Approach tag
PBL
Subjects wrapped around a real project. You still pick the materials.
Use this tag to find families who want this methodology.
In a small parent-hired group
The week hangs on a real project — a garden, a local history exhibit, something built — with reading and math pulled in when the work needs them. A hired adult coaches the project. Families still pick the problem. Not an LMS, not a school project fair calendar.
Why a parent might want this
Some kids stay with a question longer when it is a thing in the world. A parent might want that shape of week. We do not claim better test scores, and we do not claim it is “better than public school.”
What it is not
Not a boxed project kit from Redbud. Not a lesson-plan store. The tag is not a SKU.
Recommended reading for parents
We do not sell these. They are parent reading — books, archives, and official sites. Link-outs only. Redbud is not a bookstore and not a curriculum publisher.
John Larmer, John Mergendoller, and Suzie Boss
The Buck Institute / PBLWorks framing of “gold standard” PBL. Publisher page; we do not sell it.
Suzie Boss and John Larmer
How the adult in the room coaches a project instead of lecturing over it.
PBLWorks
Official explainer from the Buck Institute for Education. Link-out only.
Wikipedia
Overview of the practice — not a kit we ship.
Approach tags are labels families put on a pod. They are not a Redbud SKU and not a catalog. Redbud is not a school. Indiana has no required homeschool curriculum list. The parent owns instruction — including the duty of equivalent instruction under IC 20-33-2-28.
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