Music Together in Phoenix, a fabulously fun research based program for early childhood music and movement development, is committed to helping families rediscover the pleasures and educational value of informal music experiences. Classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children call learn to sing in tune, keep a beat and participate in the music of their culture, given their early environment supports such learning. Call 602-363-8202 for more information!

Joyful You - Joyful Child is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), organization that promotes Inner Joy. Our two major vehicles for doing so are Joyful Child®, which focuses on parent and teacher education, Joyful You™, which focuses on YOU. Pegi-Joy Jenkins, Ph.D is author of Nurturing Spirituality in Children and several other publications.

Teen Talking Circles. Our mission is to educate, inspire, empower young women & men, foster partnerships between the genders, generations, & cultures, support youth in positive self-expression and social action for a just, compassionate & sustainable world

Chick Moorman wrote the book Spirit Whisperers: Teachers Who Nourish a Child’s Spirit which so beautifully expresses how to nurture, uplift, inspire and help students tune into the spirit and power within. His site is filled with articles and resources for parents and teachers.

Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to developing and promoting experiential education worldwide.

Alternative Education Resources Organization (AERO)
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education.

Brain Gym® is a program of physical movements that enhance learning and performance in ALL areas. Brain Gym includes 26 easy and enjoyable targeted activities that integrate body and mind to bring about rapid and often dramatic improvements in:concentration, memory, reading, writing, organizing, listening, physical coordination, and more. Brain Gym develops the brain's neural pathways the way nature does – through movement.

Human Scale Education
Education because people matter. Human Scale Education is an education reform movement committed to small scale learning communities based on the values of democracy, fairness and respect.

Living Wisdom Schools
Living Wisdom TM strives to provide real direction for constructive change in schools, the home, and society

Holistic Education, Inc.
The mission of Holistic Education, Inc. is to help people develop their individual strengths and capacities to the fullest possible extent through holistic education.

SERN: Sudbury Education Resource Network
The Sudbury model is a set of ideas. 'Freedom', 'Democracy', 'Trust' and 'Responsibility' are at its core. These ideas are implemented in democratically run schools where children direct their own education. Each school that implements this model is unique, and we celebrate their vibrant diversity and commonality.

The Natural Child Project
Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.

Educators for Social Responsibility
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments.

Satya International
Satya International is a training, consulting and independent publishing organization specializing in meditation for children and parents. Meditation helps children find sturdy steps along their creative paths as well as open hearts along the way. Satya International offers training and certification for those interested in teaching meditation to children. These courses are offered in both teleconference and weekend workshop formats.

PassageWorks Institute (previously known as PassageWays), founded and directed by Rachael Kessler, is dedicated to transforming the culture of classrooms, schools and districts so that the inner life of students and teachers is safe, nurtured and welcomed.

Reimagine Education
Our mission is to support and enhance efforts to provide a vibrant, meaningful, and effective education designed for the whole child.

Tribes is a new way of learning and being together. Resilience research demonstrates that schools, and the people within them, have the power to transform young lives. The Tribes process shows educators exactly what they can do to provide the caring relationships, positive expectations, and opportunities for participation and contribution that promote positive youth development and successful learning."

Touch the Future builds bridges of understanding between the visionary research community and those who are caring for and mentoring children. Touch the Future’s focus is the caregiver. By helping those who care for children become more knowledgeable, sensitive, and empathic, we Touch the Future of every child they meet. This web site contains hundreds of inspired articles, publications, interviews and research papers on child and human development.

Spiritual Parenting offers information and support in raising kind, honorable children who remain connected to their spirits and their families. You'll find ideas to create a more soulful connection with your family and a life that honors your values and most treasured priorities.

Montessori Education
Montessori philosophy is a method of seeing children as they really are and of creating environments which foster the fulfillment of their highest potential - spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual - as members of a family, the world community and the Cosmos.

Inspired Parenting
Combining leading-edge information and research with real world experience, we have created an extensive collection of tips, tools and articles that help you focus on a mind-body approach to nurturing and recognizing the whole child.

Able Child
Parents for Label and Drug Free Education consists of a growing number of parents outraged over both the subjective labeling (ADHD, ADD, OCD, ODD) and pervasive drugging of our children. This web site provides information to parents regarding the many subjective labels and the risks associated with drug "treatment" that are critical to their ability in making an informed decision.

Partnership Education
Partnership Education offers a new integrative approach that puts the joy back into education for teachers and students alike. Based on the concepts outlined by Riane Eisler in Tomorrow’s Children. Partnership Education helps young people achieve their highest potentials both academically and personally.

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