CHOICE as a Rube Goldberg machine

CHOICE as a Rube Goldberg machine

3/7-3/13 As you walk into the school right now, the beauty and messiness of Rube Goldberg machines greets you. The older heroes spent two days during quest creating Rube Goldberg machines and are now spending hours before school and after school trying to make them...
Discoveries

Discoveries

2/28-3/6 Operating in a learner driven environment, surrounded by Socratic discussions, discovery is a daily event for our heroes. In the Spark Studio… the heroes are discovering Antarctica. With limited ability to purchase food, what foods would you pack with...
Physics is fun!

Physics is fun!

2/22-2/27 One of the many nudges to start CHOICE came from our daughter as she walked into the house from school one day. “Mom, I am tired of reading about other people doing this, I want to do things!” The “doing” started this session right...
Freedom within Boundaries

Freedom within Boundaries

1/31-2/6 CHOICE is a daily experience and experiment of freedom within boundaries. The older the heroes, the larger the boundaries. With Miss Hannah gone this week, I had the opportunity to spend more time in the Spark Studio. I thoroughly enjoyed more time with the...
Sharing our voices

Sharing our voices

1/24-1/30 The blue discussion rugs…a symbol of CHOICE. 😊 I often wish parents could sit and listen to the discussions their children participate in. Sometimes the questions asked are duds and the discussion falls flat and short, but far more often than that, the...