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🌿 Phenomenon-Based Learning in Action: Teaching for Thinking, Curiosity & Agency
Phenomenon-Based Learning goes beyond projects and subject silos. This blog explores how real-world inquiry builds deeper thinking, agency, and collaboration in Finnish-inspired CBC classrooms — showing teachers how to bring curiosity and meaningful learning into everyday lessons.
vanessa speigle
Nov 213 min read


🌿 Agency in Action: When Students Lead Their Own Learning
When students are trusted to lead their own learning, something shifts. Creativity becomes responsibility, and confidence grows through real choices. This week’s Rekla deep dive explores how voice, choice, and reflection build authentic student agency in Finnish-inspired CBC classrooms.
vanessa speigle
Nov 172 min read


🌿 When Students Create, They Learn More Deeply
When students create, they don’t just show what they know — they discover how to think. Explore how Finland’s visible thinking approach transforms everyday lessons into spaces for curiosity, reflection, and creative confidence. Includes practical routines and the Rekla Visible Thinking Toolkit for CBC classrooms.
vanessa speigle
Nov 63 min read


🌿 From Reflection to Agency: How Creativity Builds Confidence and Voice in the Classroom
Creativity in the classroom is more than imagination — it’s reflection in motion. This blog explores how creative thinking builds confidence and helps students take ownership of their learning. Discover routines like Connect–Extend–Challenge and Claim–Support–Question that turn reflection into real agency in CBC and Finnish-inspired classrooms.
vanessa speigle
Nov 34 min read


🌿 Beyond Subjects: How Collaborative Teachers Build Thinking Through Phenomena
🌿 Collaborative teachers don’t add more — they connect more.
Learn how phenomenon-based learning transforms creativity and critical thinking into everyday classroom habits.
vanessa speigle
Oct 302 min read


🌿 From Siloed Subjects to Cross-Subject Learning: How to Plan Thematic and Phenomenon-Based Lessons
In the real world, knowledge doesn’t live in separate boxes — and neither should learning. Discover how phenomenon-based lesson design helps students connect ideas, think critically, and create meaning across subjects. 🌿
vanessa speigle
Oct 283 min read


🌿 The Creativity of Thinking: Why Students Need Space to Wonder
What happens when we stop rushing students for answers and start giving them space to think? In Finnish-inspired classrooms, silence isn’t a gap — it’s strategy. Discover how structured routines and creative pauses build student confidence, curiosity, and critical thinking across all grade levels. 🌿
vanessa speigle
Oct 274 min read


🌱 Creativity in Every Subject: From Curiosity to Confidence
What if the most creative moment in your classroom wasn’t in art—but in math? 🌱 This reflection explores how curiosity fuels creativity and builds confidence across every subject, drawing from Finnish pedagogy and CBC principles to help teachers make learning more meaningful, imaginative, and student-led.
vanessa speigle
Oct 223 min read


🌱 From Teacher-Led to Student-Led: How to Build Agency in the Classroom
Discover how Finnish-inspired classrooms turn quiet compliance into confident leadership. This Rekla guide helps teachers shift from teacher-led to student-led learning through trust, reflection, and collaboration — with practical, low-resource steps you can try this week.
vanessa speigle
Oct 76 min read
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