Studies show that a child’s curiosity and creativity decline drastically by age 10 because their primary caregivers (parents and...

Familiarity. Preschoolers usually hate surprises! They feel more safe in familiar surroundings. Also, the more they get to know their...

I received a message from a mom that voiced out what a friend told her. “A friend of mine told me not to enroll my child in a progressive...

At my monthly guesting in Anthony Pangilinan’s Magbago Tayo, last Saturday, I invited Teacher Tanya Velasco of GuruFirm and author of the...

Mommy Mundo, the go-to resource portal for active, modern moms in the Philippines, presents the first talk in its MomSchool series on...

After a year and a half in DZMM‘s Kapamilya Konek, I was invited by inspirational speaker Anthony Pangilinan to be a monthly guest and...

Raya High is the answer! One of the country’s premier progressive schools, The Raya School, led by power educators Ani Almario and CP...

Last week, we had another Progressive Early Childhood Education seminar up North. Before we speak with teachers, we get information on...

This started out as a summary of progressivist John Dewey’s writing on Traditional VS Progressive Education entitled Experience and...

The journey that was 2014 was long, hard and fruitful for me as a teacher. It opened up a lot of opportunities to be the teacher I always...

My good friend Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan debuts in radio tomorrow, April 21, in a DZMM 630 TeleRadyo show called “Kapamilya Konek”. This...

This is the story of the Empty Notebook… Once upon a time, there was a boy who went to school from Monday to Friday. In his bag was an...

Recently, I asked a friend why he was transferring his daughter back to a traditional school even if his daughter is clearly having a...

It’s the time of year of goblins, ghosts and horror movies and it got me thinking — how do we explain the concept of death to our...

Photo from CNN August 23, 2010 is a sad day in the Philippines when a dismissed officer Rolando Mendoza of the Philippine National Police...

Why aren’t there more homework? Why aren’t there more quizzes and tests? Why is my child always “playing”? Why isn’t the school like my...

It’s the start of another school year and what better way to start the year but to inspire all our teachers to think of progressive and...

copyright Nest School 2009 Tis the season of admission test results.. I was chatting with a parent the other day and she told me that she...

Timpalakasan 2010! When Teacher Tin Canon of Create-Learning Paths (CLP) called Teacher Ani Almario of The Raya School, Teacher Tina...

It’s the calm after the storm. The Philippines has been ravaged by Storm Ondoy/Ketsana and Storm Pepeng/Parma. Statistics show that...