Readings, Friends and Resources
Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
Mothering Magazine article exploring children's natural interest in weapon play.
Wellspring Blog
Check out the Wellpsring Community School Blog!
Read the June 1, 2008 article about Wellspring Community School in THE STAR-LEDGER
Read the February 13, 2008 article about Wellspring Community School in THE BERNARDSVILLE NEWS.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativty.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowlege multiple types of intelligence.
Read the August 30, 2009 article in The Boston Globe. PRESSURE-COOKER KINDERGARTEN.
A new emphasis on testing and test preparation -- brought on by politicians, not early education experts -- is hurting the youngest students.
Guide to Alternative Education, 2007 Edition.
BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIPS is dedicated to giving parents the tools they need to raise creative and compassionate children from the time they are very young.
AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization)
THE ORGANIC NEST'S products allow you an unusual opportunity to revel in luxurious organic cotton bedding or clothing and know you've just done something great for your health, your home, and your planet.
THE STORY OF STUFF
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. THE STORY OF STUFF is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.