Social Development – 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, Broadening of Mind, Composition, Comprehension, Note Taking, Context Comprehension, Custom & Social Awareness, Developing Self, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, History, Integrity, Knowledge Base Expansion, Lils, Social Development, Societal Studies, Society & Culture, Understanding Humans' Minds

Adam Ruins a Sitcom

What is this episode about? What is the general idea discussed? How racism and sexism shape society for the worse. What are the sub-concepts discussed in this episode? Stereotypes, racism, victim blaming, sexism, toxic masculinity. Why do you think this episode was written? Do you see any value in the concepts presented? Explain. Written for […]

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, 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, Bugz & Her Explorations, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Kindness, Lils, Literacy, Playing, Social Development

Bookwormish

Last night I started reading Fairy Swarm to Lily. I haven’t tried reading her a chapter/novel like book from a tangible book copy before now. We read from an electronic device often before bed, or in the car, etc.. but this time, I had book in hand. She snuggled up next to me and as […]

A Mind Wide Open, Art, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Custom & Social Awareness, Dance, Developing Self, Earth Science, Economics, Engineering, Exploration, Fine Motor Skills, Geography, Geometry, Global History, Imagination, Invention, Knowledge Base Expansion, Language, Lils, Literacy, Social Development, Societal Studies

Just Another Day to Cherish

Our yesterday, with the 7 year old: Breakfast over the Lego Movie in Hindi She built a snowcat while watching and eating, I worked on cleaning out our greenhouse/workshop and prepared the yard for the impending freeze. By 11am we were discussing the angles cut into pieces of wood (trim) that I was […]

A Mind Wide Open, Art, Biology, Botany, Bugz & Her Explorations, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Custom & Social Awareness, Drawing, Earth Science, Economics, Engineering, Geography, Geometry, History, Imagination, Invention, Language, Lils, Literacy, Math Discoveries, Neurological Development, Physics, Playing, Resources, Responsibility, Science Discoveries, Sculpture, Self Management, Social Development

Minecraft, It Is

This past weekend, we launched our first ever, private Minecraft world that we’re hosting. It’s been offered to a group of young kids from the WLU community and we’ve set it as Creative only. The kids (about 30 of them, ranging from 4 to 15, with all but two of them are under 11) are […]

A Mind Wide Open, Art, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Creative Solution Generation, Developing Self, Economics, Empathic Awareness, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination, Kindness, Lils, Literacy, Self Esteem, Social Development, Writing

First Tangible Letter – Mailed

Lils brought this picture she created for her grandma to me today, folded in an envelope, hoping to send it off to Denver (where Grandma lives). I worked with her to create a second envelope for mailing, as her first had her image folded into a fully 4 dimensional object. I explained the machines, sorting, […]