November 2: C4! class prep

 This month we are focusing on CREATING:

-CREATING in our lives

-CREATING things that inspire

-CREATING things that bless

This week we will look at what creating is and how we can starting applying a more creative outlook at our lives and the world around us!

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1. What does it mean to "create"?

    MAKE A WORD STUDY!

        a. pick your favorite 1828 Webster dictionary definition and write it down:  

CREATE, verb transitive [Latin]

1. To produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist.

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1.

2. To make or form, by investing with a new character; as, to create one a peer or baron; to create a manor.

I create you companions to our person.

3. To produce; to cause; to be the occasion of.

Your eye in Scotland would create soldiers, and make women fight.

Long abstinence creates uneasiness in the stomach; confusion is created by hurry.

4. To beget; to generate; to bring forth.

The people which shall be created, shall praise the Lord. Psalms 102:18.

5. To make or produce, by new combinations of matter already created, and by investing these combinations with new forms, constitutions and qualities; to shape and organize.

God created man in his own image. Genesis 1:1.

6. To form anew; to change the state or character; to renew.

CREATE in me a clean heart. Psalms 51:10.

We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:10.

        b. pick two or more scriptures or quotes that include the word "create."

    c. re-write the definition in your own words.

    d. create an action sentence of how you will create!

    e. bring it to class to share

“The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.”

--DaVinci

2. Leonardo DaVinci was one of the most creative people of all time...he wrote, painted, designed, and built throughout his entire life!  

    a. Learn more about him and bring one fact to share

    b. create something and share it with us: recipe, invention, origami,...anything!

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3. READ pages 84-91 in HABIT 2 in "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and create a mission statement! Please consider bringing it to share :D.

(Here's a link for a video that covers the idea of missions, but the pages in the book help you actually write it out better :D: link for Habits video)

3. READ Habit 3 or watch this video: link for video

October 12: C4! class prep

  This month we are focusing on BEING BUILDERS:

-Building ourselves

-Building those around us

-Building things that inspire

-Building the world

AND THIS WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS!

Here's what I need from you to get ready for next week!  
We have a couple core and crust projects to work on...

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1. ART: People build some crazy things to awe and inspire...

2. Personal project:

    learn how: 

Make your own and come and share!

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3. POETRY: Read this poem and come with your favorite line to share for an activity.

The Bridge Builder

BY WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE

An old man going a lone highway,

Came, at the evening cold and gray,

To a chasm vast and deep and wide.

Through which was flowing a sullen tide

The old man crossed in the twilight dim,

The sullen stream had no fear for him;

But he turned when safe on the other side

And built a bridge to span the tide.

“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,

“You are wasting your strength with building here;

Your journey will end with the ending day,

You never again will pass this way;

You’ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide,

Why build this bridge at evening tide?”

The builder lifted his old gray head;

“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,

“There followed after me to-day

A youth whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm that has been as naught to me

To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be;

He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;

Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!

4. Finish reading "Charlie's Monument" and
    a- bring a rock that represents ONE thing you want to be remembered for
    b- bring one question or quote from the book. (Not "what did you like/not like about this book, lol!  Something specific!)

October 5: C4! Class prep

 This month we are focusing on BEING BUILDERS:

-Building ourselves

-Building those around us

-Building things that inspire

-Building the world

AND THIS WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING GEOGRAPHICALLY AND HISTORICALLY!

Here's what I need from you to get ready for next week!  
We have a couple core and crust projects to work on...

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1. Geographically: There are SO many cool buildings around the world!

    a-brainstorm how many buildings come to mind with your family without using any other resources besides your brains.  Bring your total list to class for a contest!

     b-once you're done with your list, pick a building a recreate it using food, toys, yourself...whatever you come up with!

2. Historically: People have built many things: civilizations, buildings, traditions, trade routes, armies, organizations, etc.  

    a-pick something "built" historically (like those mentioned above) and report to us on it! Feel free to answer the following questions:

    -who built it?

    -why?

    -what impact did it have?

    -how long did it last?

    -what were its strengths and weaknesses?

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4. Think about the building you chose above for current buildings.  What does that building represent?  Why is it famous?

5. Think about the historical things that were built you studied.  What can you learn from it that you can apply to your life?  Be prepared to come and share! 

September 26: C4! Class prep

 This month we are focusing on BEING BUILDERS:

-Building ourselves

-Building those around us

-Building things that inspire

-Building the world

AND THIS WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING MATHEMATICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY!

Here's what I need from you to get ready for next week!  
We have a couple core and crust projects to work on...

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MATH--based upon what we have seen before, we try to predict what is going to happen!

1.  Math began as a way to search for truth.  Does it still today?  Why or why not?

2. Learn about the FIBONACCI SERIES:

...and how it applies in nature...

3. What patterns do you find in your life that help build you up?

SCIENCE: we see what happens and try to figure out why!

4. Little things like atoms can add up in a big way: review and answer the following ?s

--Review about chemistry, atoms and the periodic table or check out the following video:

(at least the first 4 minutes) 

-- What connections are there between math and chemistry?

-- What connections can you make between chemistry and your life?

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6. Thinking mathematically helps us solve problems:

Check out one of these riddles:

6. Make your own model of an atom using whatever you choose!  Bring it to share!

September 14: C4! Class prep

This month we are focusing on BEING BUILDERS:

-Building ourselves

-Building those around us

-Building things that inspire

-Building the world

Here's what I need from you to get ready for next week!  
We have a couple core and crust projects to work on...

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1. What is a builder? What does it mean to "build"?

According to Noah Webster, 

BUILD,

1. To frame, construct, and raise, as an edifice or fabric of almost any kind, as a house, barn, shop, ship or vessel, a wall, or other structure of art; to unite materials into a regular structure for use or convenience.

2. To raise by art; to frame or shape into a particular form; as, to build up a head dress in a cone...

4. In scripture, to increase and strengthen; to cement and knit together; to settle or establish and preserve. Acts 20:32. Ephesians 2:22. i Sam. 2.35.  

Do any of these words or phrases stand out? Find a quote or scripture or write your own definition of "build" and bring it to share.

2. Look at Leaders who built:     GHANDI & FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

  

Learn about Ghandi and bring a short report (like five facts or a paragraph) or project about him!

Quick resources--read this short article online (link)
or watch this video:

Learn about Frank Lloyd Wright and bring a short report or project about him!

Quick resources--read this short article online (link)
or watch this video:

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3. Learn another way to look at things and BUILD connections: VENN DIAGRAMS

Make a Venn Diagram of Ghandi and Wright, mwa-ha-ha!  Feel free to make it with family members or friends and share your presentation in class.

4. Build on what we did last week!  Come to class with more QUESTIONS.

First, double your age.  Then write down that many questions! Do it all at once and bring them to class. (You can have someone else write or type them for you, if you'd like.)

*SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY!!*

C4! Hero's Journey...please prep now!

 I am SUPER excited to begin our new C4! class next Tuesday! It will be a great call to adventure for the kids to rise up with excitement, empowered to discover and move forward on their own personal hero's journeys!!

To help them prep for their "journeys," I need a little prep from each parent:

1- Please send me an email with a note/letter from you to for each of your children that highlights something that is unusual about that child's birth or childhood--something that sets them apart.from the beginning. I am going to be printing these off and pasting them in their unique reflection journals that they will be writing/drawing in every day. They will be recording their impressions and things learned that day in these journals through art or words and I want to make this letter from you the first part of it :D.

2- Please go through this "Crossing the threshold" application process in the next couple days with your child(ren). Ideally it is done together and should only take 15-20 minutes (or longer, if your kids like to discuss, lol!) I think it will be a fun way to get started! I've included the waiver to sign within this application process to make it easier the first day of classes. (And it's kind of fun!)

LINK

This is an image of something to consider in the registration link...curious?? ;)

3- I've decided to make the class no cost other than books, although sometimes your kids may come home with a list of supplies we may ask to have donated for whatever current project they are designing. Please use that money to go towards gas getting you to and from my house. I really appreciate the sacrifice it takes for you to participate and want to make it as easy as possible!

4- If you have the chance to watch/listen to one of Ken Robison's talks within the next few days, (I have one linked below.) I think it will really help prep your mind for my unusual classroom style and approach. Each of these kids has their own unique genius and "you can't make every cookie the way it needs to be to make it unique by using the same recipe"! Each genius may need different tools which will make this class look a little different than perhaps what most of them are used to. No worries if not! Just something that might help (and their funny to listen to!).

LINK

Please note that we are officially changing the time to 12-3 to allow kids to get back to their practices.

We can even do 11:30-2:30 if it makes it possible for all our perspective students to come! Everyone please reply asap if that makes it better or easier for you to participate or even if you are just okay with it!!

(For those who made it down here, I feel like Pythagoras under the wagon paying the street urchin...lol!! LINK)

Registration form and info for William Tell!

My children's theater group is going to be putting on "William Tell," a patriotic re-telling of the Swiss legend...with a few humorous twists. It is geared toward 8-12 year old actors with rehearsals on Thursdays from 2:30-4:30 September 2 through November 4. (Dress rehearsal 5-7 pm Nov 4, too.) We will have two performances, one in the evening of November 5 and one lunch matinee on November 6. The final performance will be around 30 minutes long. Younger actors are welcome if they are able to be attentive for the 2 hour rehearsal and memorize lines well.

Our purpose is to help the young actors have a chance to perform meaningful and fun plays while practicing all those skills that come with such performances: confidence, articulation, public speaking, teamwork, etc. The timing of this patriotic tale comes right before Veterans Day...voila!

The cost is $30/child (unless they are already in our Les Mis play...the cost is already covered in that) plus providing the costume for your child. Some volunteer positions may also be available to bring the cost down to $10. It's not for profit (all money goes towards the production supplies, renting building, etc.).

PM me if you are interested so we can arrange a video or in-person audition...or I can just cast them and we can wing it!

I'd like to get the parts out by Friday, so please let me know before then if you are interested.  

Registration Link