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Quick Answer: Jordan and Richard Watkins found Ivybrook Academy as parents and as an educator (Jordan) when a campus opened near their family’s home in Mooresville, North Carolina. After they moved back to Northwest Arkansas, they decided to bring the school with them. Jordan […]
Quick Answer: Ivybrook educators watch, listen, and write down what each child does and says. They use those notes to plan what comes next and to show families what learning looks like. Documentation is the record: photos, quotes, work samples, and displays that trace […]
Quick Answer: A provocation is a set of materials an educator places where children will find them, chosen to raise a question without answering it. When a provocation holds a group’s interest, it can grow into a project that runs for days or weeks. […]
Quick Answer: Kindergarten educators look first for a child who can join a group, follow a two-step direction, take a turn, and stay with a hard task. Writing a name and counting to 20 come second. Those skills grow through daily practice, and a […]
If you want an honest read on a franchise brand, start with what people outside the company say about it. Over the past several months, Ivybrook Academy has shown up in national parenting media, in local news across a string of new markets, and […]
