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🌱 Lesson Planning the Finnish Way: From Objectives to Curiosity
What if lesson planning stopped being about covering content — and became about sparking curiosity? In Finland, teachers design lessons that begin with wonder, exploration, and student voice. This blog shows how to bring that same thinking into CBC classrooms through simple shifts that create deeper learning, agency, and confidence — even in low-resource settings.
vanessa speigle
Nov 245 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
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