Have you read our Deep Dive on Thacher’s Astronomy Program? If you haven’t, you should. It’s a great look at a model for academic work that not only requires students to take chances, make mistakes, and get dirty (see my last …
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Archives: Experiential Learning
Take Chances, Make Mistakes, and Get Messy!
My twin 7 year-olds and I have been watching old episodes of The Magic School Bus on Netflix lately. It’s an animated PBS kids show from the mid-nineties (based on a book series). It follows a class of elementary students …
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What Our Kids Could Figure Out — If We Could Get Out of the Way
Haven’t we made a mess out of athletics for our children these days? Is it any wonder that most kids who are endlessly toted around as youngsters from one game or tournament to another by their moms and dads end …
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