MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 1:2:36 Kindergarten Literacy: How Reading & Writing Develop at Chance

  Explore how Kindergarten students at Virginia Chance School develop strong foundations in reading and writing through a progressive, developmentally responsive approach. This video highlights how literacy grows through meaningful language experiences, phonics and word work, reading, writing, conversation, and hands-on learning.
  
  At Chance, children build literacy skills within an inquiry-based classroom where teachers meet students at their individual stage of development while helping them grow in confidence, independence, and a genuine love of reading and writing.

  Uploaded Jan 31, 2023
• 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
• 24:02 Positive Discipline & Developing Capable Young People | Part 1

  Explore how Virginia Chance School uses Positive Discipline and the Developing Capable Young People framework across Preschool and Elementary classrooms. In Part 1 of this parent education series, Chance educators Lisa Howie and Sue Musson share approaches used at school to help children grow in confidence, responsibility, independence, and connection.
  
  Families will also learn ways to extend consistent language and practices from the classroom into home life.
  
  This series draws on concepts from Positive Discipline and Developing Capable Young People.

  Uploaded Jan 20, 2023
• 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
• 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
• 37:44 What Is Progressive Education? | Virginia Chance School

  The foundations of progressive education. Sue Musson, Lisa Howie, and Dr. Betsy Fitch will discuss what progressive is and what it is not and share the progressive education tenets in action across our different classes.

  Uploaded Oct 27, 2022
• 7:18 Why a Chance Education? | Virginia Chance School

  Discover a progressive education built around hands-on learning, collaboration, critical thinking, outdoor exploration, and the development of the whole child. Virginia Chance School serves children from preschool through Fifth Grade in Louisville, Kentucky, helping students become curious, self-motivated, resilient learners who are prepared to grow with confidence.

  Uploaded Sep 12, 2022
• 30:16 Social-Emotional Learning at Chance School: Wellness & Well-Being

  Explore how social-emotional learning, wellness, and well-being are integrated into the curriculum at Virginia Chance School. This parent education session explains how Chance supports children’s social and emotional development alongside academic learning throughout the Preschool and Elementary programs.
  
  The presentation highlights the school’s whole-child approach and the intentional ways educators help children build the skills they need to understand themselves, navigate relationships, and grow with confidence.

  Uploaded Oct 26, 2021
• 00:58 A Family Legacy of Financial Aid at Chance | Justin Maple

  The Maple family’s connection to Virginia Chance School continued long after their children graduated. Following the loss of Chance parent Mary Maple, her family established support for financial aid as a meaningful way to honor their family’s experience and help other children benefit from a Chance education.
  
  Hear a reading of a letter from Justin Maple reflecting on what Chance meant to his family and why supporting access to the school remained important to them. Today, that legacy continues as part of Virginia Chance School’s broader financial aid program.

  Uploaded Feb 24, 2021