Starting Session Three!

Session 3 Weeks 1 and 2 Year 5

We had a great Children’s Business Fair on November 2nd that wrapped up our Entrepreneurship Quest! We have moved on to the Survivor Quest in preparation for our annual camping trip on November 23rd. Our heroes are so excited to start fires, build shelters, and enjoy the outdoors with their friends and families!

Children climb on a green dome climber on the grass under a cloudy sky

Two girls stand at a children’s business fair booth with a small display and cash on the table

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Quest

The ES heroes began their Survivor quest and are exploring the five basic needs of human survival: food, water, shelter, safety, and identity. They started out the week researching edible insects and plants. They were able to try two edible plants from our garden - basil and mint! Next they learned how to tie a few different types of knots and completed a teamwork challenge to untie several knots without letting go of a rope. Later they put their skills to the test creating a primitive shelter out of sticks, cloth, and string. Throughout the quest they will be trying to master three different fire starting methods - using a magnifying glass, flint and steel, and rubbing two sticks together. We are excited for them to display what they’ve learned at our camping trip on November 23rd!

Three boys sit at a picnic table outdoors, writing in notebooks during a session

Two girls work on a knot-tying activity with laptops and red rope at a classroom table

Children work at a table with a laptop, string, pencil, and tape in a classroom

Two learners sit at a table using laptops while practicing rope knots

Six children stand on a grassy field holding a long rope during a team-building activity

Children stand in a circle outdoors, holding a rope for a knots challenge

Green leaves scattered in a white bowl for a nature activity

A hero in glasses sits on a rug and eats a snack in the classroom

Learner concentrates while working a knot with rope in a blue-walled room

Two children kneel on a rug, with a girl holding a small leaf and smiling at the camera

Children gather around a teepee of sticks, practicing fire starting outdoors

Children gather around a teepee on the grass, tying cords while a guide stands nearby

Three learners sit smiling inside a small tent on the grass outside the school

A smiling girl kneels on grass beside a basket of twigs and holds a green magnifier

A child kneels on gravel using a lighter to start a small fire in foil-lined kindling

Child with a magnifying glass examines a foil-lined tray on the grass

Hands add dry grass to a small fire in a foil-lined pan on the grass

Barefoot child’s hands tend a small fire in a foil pan on the grass

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ES Comms

The Elementary Studio began crafting a letter to a hero of their choice on Tuesday. They chose a person that they haven’t met but who has inspired their journey. The letters describe the lessons learned from their hero and the character traits that they admire about that person. Once their first drafts were completed they got feedback from their peers and revised. The learners researched the address of the recipient and labeled an envelope. Each person asked a question that will hopefully elicit a response back from their hero!

Five learners work on laptops at a classroom table during session three

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Art

This week we began exploring Mexico! Our heroes learned about the Mexican holiday “Day of the Dead”. Day of the Dead is a cultural holiday celebrated in several Latin American countries where ancestors are remembered and celebrated. Sugar skulls, or calaveras, are a traditional symbol associated with departed loved ones on this day. Our heroes created their own sugar skulls using paper, glue, and colored pencils!

Heroes create colorful paper sugar skulls at a table with glue, scissors, and colored pencils

Hero uses glue to decorate a paper sugar skull craft at a table during Mexico exploration

A child-made sugar skull craft decorated with colorful paper flowers on a black background

Sugar skull craft with a white paper skull face and colorful paper flowers on a black background

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Cooking

Mrs. Molley led the learners in cooking a Mexican dish - quesadillas! Each hero was able to pick their own ingredients and place the quesadilla on the mini grill. This was a fan favorite amongst the group! The next week she brought the ingredients to make nachos!

A guide and a hero make quesadillas at a table with a mini grill, bowls of ingredients, and cutting board

Children sit at a table eating quesadillas during a cooking lesson, with a guide in the background

Boy eats a quesadilla at a classroom table during cooking

Young learner smiles at a table with a plate of quesadilla and salsa during cooking

Learners and a guide share a cooking activity around a table with bowls, tortilla chips, and a grill

A child with skull face paint holds a chip over a tray of nachos at a table

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Guest Speaker

Thank you to Mrs. Brittiny from “Blooms by Brittiny” for teaching our learners how professional flower arrangements are made and explaining your hero’s journey as a business owner! We love hearing how local entrepreneurs turned their passion into a calling!

Learners and a guide pose in costumes, with one holding flowers, in a classroom decorated for Halloween

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Focus Challenge Party

All of October both studios competed in a focus challenge during core skills. Those who met the goal of getting 66 points were able to participate in a pizza party/Day of the Dead party during core skills on November 1st! Heroes had the option to get their face painted like a sugar skull - check out a few of them below!

Girl with sugar skull face paint and flower crown sits at a table in the classroom, flashing a peace sign

Young hero with sugar skull face paint, flower crown, and orange shirt smiling in the classroom

A hero in sugar skull face paint and a flower crown holds an orange pom-pom in the classroom

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Business Fair

We had a fabulous children’s business fair where our learners displayed great entrepreneurship! Their ideas were creative and their hard work paid off with several selling out of their product!