Self Esteem – Discovering

A Mind Wide Open, Anatomy and Physiology, Archaeology, Arithmetic - Division, Arithmetic-Addition, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Broadening of Mind, Business: Management and Development, Calculating with Knowns to Find Unknown, Care & Nurture, Chemistry, Compassion, Composition, Confidence, Construction, Context Comprehension, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Custom & Social Awareness, Dance, Demonstrating Empathy, Developing Self, Drawing, Earth Science, Em, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Energy & Motion - Integrated Learning Permanence, Engineering, English, Equivalents, Exploration, Fine Motor Skills, Forming Complex Questions, Fraction, Geography, Geometry, History, Imagination, Inspiration, Knowledge Base Expansion, Literacy, Math Discoveries, Mental Arithmetic Processing, Movement & Coordination, Music, Pattern Recognition, Physical Development, Physics, Playing, Reasoning, Responsibility, Rhythm & Motion, Risk, Science Discoveries, Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Self Management, Simply Nature, Social Development, States of Matter, Success & Failure, Travel, Writing

Emori, Her 6th Year in Review

A Mind Wide Open, Algebra, Anatomy and Physiology, Archaeology, Arithmetic - Division, Arithmetic-Addition, Arithmetic-Multiplication, Arithmetic-Subtraction, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Broadening of Mind, Business: Management and Development, Calculating with Knowns to Find Unknown, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Compassion, Composition, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Custom & Social Awareness, Decimal, Developing Self, Earth Science, Economics, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Energy & Motion - Integrated Learning Permanence, Engineering, English, Equivalents, Exploration, Forming Complex Questions, Fraction, Geography, Geometry, Government, History, Imagination, Invention, Math Discoveries, Mental Arithmetic Processing, Music, Physics, Reasoning, Responsibility, Risk, Roe, Rowan's Development, Science Discoveries, Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Self Management, Simply Nature, Social Development, States of Matter, Success & Failure, Theoretical Physics, Travel, Values Associated with Placement

Rowan, His 7th Year in Review

A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Broadening of Mind, Business: Management and Development, Developing Self, Economics, Engineering, Exploration, Forming Complex Questions, Imagination, Roe, Self Esteem, Social Development

Rowan AAI Market Day – Planning Session 1

Rowan is preparing to share his business with the kids/group at AAI, as part of the Kids’ Market Day. This session covers most of his planning needs, except some business management logistics and the market day display/space. https://youtu.be/6eM3xhB2_dU

A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Acoustics & Sound Engineering, Broadening of Mind, Developing Self, Electronics & Circuitry, Engineering, Inspiration, Knowledge Base Expansion, Physics, Roe, Self Esteem

Seeing Sound

Rowan’s interest in sound engineering continues to develop. His latest focus is to extend his dj station with additional output of signal (sound) to more devices (speakers). In order to support his exploration and desire, he installed a small Behringer mixer, but soon discovered that while it has a lot of inputs, what he really […]

A Mind Wide Open, Broadening of Mind, Business: Management and Development, Confidence, Engineering, Exploration, History, Inspiration, Invention, Lils, Neurological Development, Physics, Self Esteem, Self Management, Social Development

Teen Entrapreneur

Lily, begin composing a summary of your idea for your business. Use the prompts, ideas, and information we have already begun to collect in your Explore Doc

A Mind Wide Open, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Earth Science, Ecology, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Imagination, Knowledge Base Expansion, Lils, Physics, Science Discoveries, Self Esteem, Self Management, Simply Nature

Herbology 1 : Hogwarts Greenhouse One

Kala participated in her first Outschool course today, “Herbology & Magical Plants”. Here’s a recap: I learned about magical plants with many, many uses. We talked about cool plants like the Nightshade. The Nightshade is so pretty, it was used to dilate women’s eyes which used to be considered a beauty standard. As time passed, […]

A Mind Wide Open, Culture Appreciation, French, Imagination, Language, Lils, Literacy, Playing, Self Esteem, Self Management, Social Development, Society & Culture, Storytelling / Recollection, Success & Failure

I Love YouTube's New Google Video Bridge

She had her first French lesson with Thierry today… went wonderfully, I am told. She’s already scheduled her next session!

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, Broadening of Mind, Confidence, Developing Self, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Lils, Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Self Management

The 5 Emotions, So Far….

In wrapping up the depression that set in for Lily during the month of February, which was relieved by a bottle of oils (empowering her to provide herself a calming stimulant), Russ and I sorting through some rather tough stuff, some candid discussions with her about sympathetic symptoms and experiences – and differentiation between her […]

A Mind Wide Open, How We Learn Best, Imagination, Lils, Literacy, Self Esteem, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development, Writing

Storytelling and Book Writing

Lily has written quite a few books, has expressed interest consistently on getting them published and distributed, and we are now looking into the process and she’s learning how she can accomplish exactly what she’s after, and she’s writing more stories. Using this page as a repository for online resources, as well as explorations for […]

A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Creative Solution Generation, Language, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Pattern Recognition, Self Esteem, Thought Process & Development

Oh, Balderdash!

This was our classroom this morning. We decided to use the “grown up” side instead of the kid’s side, in effort to even the playing field a bit because it was just the two of us. She did great, and she won, fair and square. We both learned a dozen or more new words […]