By Sara

Read Time: 4 minutes

It’s Not Enough to Teach Kids How to Be Independent If We Don’t Let Them Put it into Practice 

Yes, we can teach our kids how to be independent. But then we have to actually step back and let them put it into practice.
By Kate Sundquist

Read Time: 6 minutes

Movement Breaks Should Not Be a Substitute for Recess

This mom has seen recess shrink at her son's school, and she believes movements breaks should never be a substitution for recess.
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

Be Inspired By This Let Grow Project Success Story

When third grade teacher Gary Karlson heard about the Let Grow Project, he saw it as a way to make an important lesson meaningful at last. "For years we put...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

The Surprising Educational Benefits of Dungeons and Dragons

In Texas, a group of kids who scored significantly higher than the rest of their district peers on a statewide test had magical powers to thank. These kids spent their...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 3 minutes

Let’s Bring Childhood Independence to Your School and Community

Let Grow is ready to help teachers and schools nurture independent, resilient students who are ready to succeed.
By Jodi Maurici

Read Time: 4 minutes

How One Teacher Lowered Student Anxiety With The Let Grow Project

Last fall I was excited to start another promising school year with my 240 seventh grade health education students. However, I was confronted by an array of challenges I had...
By Tim

Read Time: 7 minutes

250+ Fun Activities For Kids To Do Instead of Homework

I'm an elementary school teacher in Southern California. For 25 years, I have to admit that I was staunchly pro-homework, until one day I had a revelation. Here's why I...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 2 minutes

Daycare’s Helmet Rule Takes Playground Safety to a Whole New Level

If you could go back 50 years, you'd see almost no kids wearing helmets as they zoomed around on bikes. So who knows if, 50 years from now, bareheaded kids...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

A Let Grow Project Success Story: Patchogue-Medford Schools

Michael Hynes, superintendent of Patchogue-Medford Schools in Long Island, believes in the Let Grow Project. All seven elementary schools in his district participate, with incredible results. Soon, the middle schools...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 2 minutes

Why A No Rules Recess Might Be Just What Your School Needs

A New Zealand school made headlines a few years back when it introduced a No Rules Recess policy. They did away with all the don'ts at recess (except for the...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 2 minutes

Professors Reveal Secret to Succeeding at Harvard

Erika and Nicholas Christakis have noticed a troubling trend: students don't know how to play anymore. As they noted in an article for CNN, they constantly see their students struggling...