Below are some resources that have helped to inform and inspire our approach.
Books
The Montessori Method – Maria Montessori
The Absorbent Mind – Maria Montessori
Light up Your Child's Mind – Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis with Andrea Thompson
Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level – Don Wettrick
The One World School House: Education Reimagined – Salman Khan
Courage to Grow – Laura Sandefer
Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning – Peter H. Johnston
Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives – Peter H. Johnston
Papers
Joseph Renzulli's Three Ring (Ability, Creativity, Task Commitment) Conception of Giftedness.https://gifted.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/961/2015/01/The_Three-Ring_Conception_of_Giftedness.pdf
Peter Gray on the importance of play for learning.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/Children%27s%20Natural%20Ways%2C%20published.pdf
Peter Gray on the benefits of mixed-age groups.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/attachments/1195/ajp-age-mixing-published.pdf
Peter Gray on the risks associated with the decline of free-play and children losing the opportunity to take their own risks.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/attachments/1195/ajp-decline-play-published.pdf
Videos
The Gift of Failure: Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Resilience in Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaQWIV8PZ4
A more in-depth look at mastery learning with Sal Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTRxRO5SRA
Seth Godin on how our education system encourages children to do less and underachieve, while simultaneously not preparing them for the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc
Designing for mythological "average" creates an inferior product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmyttcfU4
Sir Ken Robinson talks about education today in America, from No Child Left Behind to where education substitutes learning for testing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
Sir Ken Robinson on changing education paradigms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
Sir Ken Robinson takes a look at how schools dampen creativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&t=2s
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