Let Grow For Schools
Want your students to be more independent and engaged?
It’s not your imagination that more students are struggling to do things for themselves, solve simple problems, and expect constant direction at school. They aren’t self-directed, confident kids at home, so they can’t be self-directed, engaged learners at school. Let Grow School Programs are free, easy, and get parents engaged in building independence at home that will naturally make them better students. No cost and no instructional time required, one superintendent called Let Grow “a silver bullet“ for building essential skills.
Let Grow School Programs
Competence and confidence grow hand in hand.
The Let Grow Experience
Our complete full-year student and parent curriculum for building agency is free, easy to use, and all available through a shared Google Drive. Promote independence as a pillar of your school culture with a school-wide program designed by educators to strengthen home-school participation, support empathy and equity, and help with:
- Agency
- Self-Confidence
- Executive Functions
Independence Therapy
“Go home and do something NEW on your own.” That simple assignment called The Let Grow Project has a profound effect on kids’ self-confidence, that Dr. Camilo Ortiz, a clinical psychologist and advisor to Let Grow used it as the basis for a new treatment for anxiety in kids. His results and Clinical Therapy Manual are available at no cost.
- Confidence
- Resilience
- Problem-solving
Think For Yourself Essay Contest
When kids leave their comfort zone, it’s cause for applause. Our high school essay contest awards $8000 in college scholarships for students’ stories about a time they stood up for freedom of thought, speech, or deed in their everyday lives. Scholarships can be used for:
- Colleges and Universities
- Community Colleges
- Trade or Technical Schools
Educators Praise Let Grow
Schools are Recognizing the power of independence.
Let Grow is a perfect fit for all children, allowing every child and every family in our community to grow and develop into the very best version of themselves.
Dr. Aurelia Henriquez, Superintendent, New York
After my students participated in Let Grow’s initiatives, I saw a dramatic increase in their confidence level — and a dramatic decrease in their anxiety.
Jodi Maurici, Middle School Teacher, Sayville, NY
Bring Let Grow Programs To Your School
We’ll share all of our materials with you completely free! Really! Our only requirement is that you have a call with us so we can get some information and count you as a Let Grow school, so our donors see the impact we are making. Complete the form to get previews of our programs, a list of upcoming group Zooms, and the link to schedule a custom call (recommended for teams of 3 or more).
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Play Club Case Study #1: Discovery Ridge Elementary
BACKGROUND
Students at Discovery Ridge Elementary in O’Fallon, Missouri, were tattling and fighting more than they did before COVID and expecting the adults to soothe them. P.E. Teacher Chris Sevier thought free play might help kids become more mature and self regulating. In Play Club students organize their own fun and solve their own conflicts. An adult is present, but only as a “lifeguard.” Chris started a before-school Let Grow Play Club two mornings a week open to all the kids. He had 72 participate, with the K – 2nd graders one morning and the 3rd – 5th graders another.