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• 7:29 What Is Soft Start? Supporting the Transition to School at Chance

  Learn how Virginia Chance School helps children begin the school year with confidence through Soft Start, our thoughtful transition-to-school approach. Soft Start gives children time to build relationships, become familiar with classroom routines, and ease into the school environment in a way that supports emotional security, independence, and belonging.
  
  By creating a calm, intentional beginning, teachers are able to get to know each child more deeply while helping students feel comfortable, connected, and ready to learn.

  Uploaded Nov 07, 2022
• 36:10 Positive Discipline & Developing Capable Young People | Part 3

  In the final session of Virginia Chance School’s Positive Discipline and Developing Capable Young People series, Lisa Howie and Sue Musson continue the conversation about supporting capable, confident children at school and at home.
  
  Learn how shared approaches across Preschool, Elementary, and family life can help children develop responsibility, independence, healthy relationships, and the skills to navigate everyday challenges.
  
  This series draws on concepts from Positive Discipline and Developing Capable Young People.

  Uploaded Jan 26, 2023
• 33:01 Positive Discipline & Developing Capable Young People | Part 2

  Continue exploring Positive Discipline and Developing Capable Young People at Virginia Chance School. In Part 2, Lisa Howie and Sue Musson share how these approaches support children across Preschool and Elementary and how families can reinforce similar expectations, language, and relationship-building practices at home.
  
  This parent education series highlights the partnership between school and family in helping children become increasingly capable, confident, and responsible.
  
  This series draws on concepts from Positive Discipline and Developing Capable Young People.

  Uploaded Jan 20, 2023
• 46:27 Screen Time, Gaming & Technology: Healthy Boundaries for Families

  Explore practical strategies for creating healthy boundaries around screen time, technology, and gaming at home. In this Virginia Chance School parent education session, families learn how to make thoughtful technology choices, establish expectations that work for their household, and adapt those boundaries as children grow.
  
  This conversation supports Chance School’s whole-child approach by helping families navigate technology with intention, balance, and confidence.

  Uploaded Nov 07, 2022
• Preschool Inquiry in Action: Bus Theme Study at Chance School

  See how inquiry-based learning comes to life in Virginia Chance School’s Early Childhood program through a preschool theme study focused on buses. Children explore a topic through questions, observation, conversation, hands-on experiences, and interdisciplinary learning that builds curiosity and understanding.
  
  Theme studies are one way Chance’s progressive preschool program follows children’s interests while intentionally supporting language, problem-solving, collaboration, and early academic development.

  Uploaded Nov 25, 2019