Here’s what happened last week with Ethan and his unschooling journey.
This past week, Ethan did his usual assortment of activities, such as skating, swimming, taekwondo, nature school and violin. It was also Chinese New Year, so we spent time with family.
January 20
Ethan wanted to memorize them.
January 21
We noticed a pattern in the sharps and flats and had Ethan ask his violin teacher about the pattern. She said that there was one and would tell him about it next time.
January 22
I just went to nature school today.
Here’s the summary prepared by Mink, one of the teachers from Nature School:
The day started with a drizzly morning and we all made our way to a spot in the forest for our big group game. A treacherous round of Mr. Wolf got most of us running and warm. Afterwards, we all shared some gratitude and circle and heard the first part of what promises to be an awesome story from Scott. The story comes from Russia and we were left with a bit of a cliffhanger not knowing which path the hero of the story would choose.
Mink’s group me their way to the forest uphill of the meadow to do a team building exercise. On their way, the ravens had a circle to share would each of them was most inspired about learning in the winter season. A lot of folks expressed interest in carving, and there was also some interest in scouting. Mink attempted to tell the story that would kick off the groups team building exercise, but had a solid wall of interruptions. It became clear that the groups energy was elsewhere and everyone needed to run and move. Abandoning the story entirely, the group transitioned to a fast-paced running game and came back to the story afterwards. The team building exercise which had originally met a lot of resistance ended up being the highlight of most peoples days. The group was tasked with crossing an area of train using only a few suppliers as platforms to stand on, and had to rely on each other for support, especially when one member of the party lost their voice and another one lost their eyes! The group is excited for future challenges. Raven spent their afternoon starting new carving projects. Students are invited to bring any carving tools they might have including small saws, files, wraps, and various types of carving knives. The carving projects will be capped by Mink until they are completed, due to challenges with folks not bringing their ongoing projects back week after week.
January 23
January 24
today, I went to a birthday party with a bunch of games, and a magician even came! then, I went to my grandparent’s for lunar new year dinner!
January 25
We went to my Uncle Willy’s house for a Lunar New Year dinner. Ethan brought a magic kit he got from the birthday party. He played with some of his little cousins and had a good time.
And that was Ethan’s week!
What a month of incredible snow. Here is a little bit of magic to share with you.
Thank you for the wonderful reflections on the week. I took notes on the highlights of learning. I will be offering a shorter response to this week’s observing for learning as I was busy completing all of the midyear reporting tasks. You can now see the winter Reflections posted in the Seasonal Connections tab in the Learning Platform.
Ethan I am impressed with your writing about how to colonize the moon.
I loved the idea of making your own flashcards, that makes so much sense, but never seen anyone doing it for music theory.
Now I am curious about the pattern you noticed too…
The koch triangles and snowflakes look gorgeous. I wonder how this growing understanding of them links into more complex fractals.
Natasha
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