Halloween this week! Here’s what Ethan was up to…
October 27
In the afternoon, Ethan had his creative writing class.
October 28
Monday, which means violin class and taekwondo in the evening.
October 29
In the evening, Ethan had his mindfulness class.
October 30
From Ethan’s nature school teacher, Mink:
It was another beautiful day in North Van and everyone was thankful for the continued sunny weather. The crew started off their day by ferrying kids to a less-used location in order to reduce their impact on the usual opening game spot above the meadow. After some good old fashioned “Plant Ball” and the next installment of the “Iron John” story by Scott, everyone went their separate ways for the day.
Mink’s group (the Ravens) took the less-travelled path to a new place most of them had never been before, where they established a super-secret base of operations for their day. From there, some of the group worked on harvesting and grinding up charcoal for face paint, while others finished their elderberry containers (which could be used to carry extra charcoal with them). The face paint was used for camo, and everyone dove fully into the exercise! Once everyone’s face had a healthy amount of charcoal, Mink introduced a few extra colours of face paint which she brought from home to add the final touches. The camo worked wonders for breaking up the lines of the face which make it easily recognizable. The Ravens established a symbol for their group which was drawn/painted onto everyone, along with some secret bird calls and hand signals to assist with stealthy travel. After a few rounds of a sneaking game to warm up their bodies, everyone embarked on what turned out to be a wildly successful scouting mission!
Ethan also had taekwondo class in the evening.
October 31
Ethan had swimming lessons this morning.
November 1
November 2
Ethan had a symphony class and swimming lessons today in the morning.
And that was Ethan’s week as an unschooler. Let us know if you have questions or comments about unschooling.
Another incredible week, complete with pacman game coding, lots of research, a ton of teaching what you learn, math, space, costume creation and trick or treating!
I have noted many of the highlights of learning and I will not be responding in full to this observation as I am going to be working on the Fall Connection and will be having a Zoom call with you tomorrow. Please remember to complete your goal setting activity I posted in Week 11.
I find it interesting that Ethan does not play video games and yet it really interested in the math and sequencing behind the game.
Are there other games which the coding interest him? What’s next?
I have to say I love the anchor painting he did in mindfulness.
Anchor: breath, nature, math
So wonderful to have such a clear image of what makes him feel anchored. I felt inspired to think of my own three words.
It is so difficult to pick three but I will try: nature, connection and movement
The Pumpkin pi costume is clever and fits his interests so well, much like the black hole did last year.
I did the SelfDesign workshop, where I meet up with people/kids/students/happy faces/teacher.
Can you tell me more about this when we talk tomorrow?
teach, teach, teach.(today, I learned about loop de loop bowling!)
Ethan does so much teaching.
Who is the audience?
Who else could he teach?
Is he interested in doing any peer tutoring? Maybe in math? At the library?
It is so striking to witness how much Ethan is writing compared to this time last year. Huge progress! Thank oyu for sharing his process from researhc to notetaking to publication of content for his blog.
You read “Old Man and the Sea” fantastic
What did you like best about this book?
Did it remind you of any other books you have read?
It’s on my list to read since it is a Classic and I still have not, do you recommend it?
Why do you think Hemmingway is considered to be such a great author?
Wrap it in bacon recipes
The bacon wrapped shrimp sounded delicious. Here are 17 other snacks to try wrapped in bacon..
https://tasty.co/article/melissaharrison/mouthwatering-bacon-wrapped-snacks-that-you-need-to-try
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