Growing Humans

I often felt out of place in a lot of social groups. Never really felt like a “normal” person. So to be able to have a microschool for students who feel the same way is a dream. 💙

I knew when I saw the project that it was gonna be our Mother’s Day project. Students proud about all the work and love they put into these!

Setting a timer and committing to working on a task for that time can be really helpful as well.

I still remember the first day I microschooling. I was nervous about having enough time to get things done in a 4 day school week when I came from a 5 day one.

But then our first time cleaning up and heading out for recess, they were ready in about 1.5 minutes. Other transitions they were doing in 30 seconds.

Lots of transitions with 25-30 students took 5 minutes or more. With 10? It’s so much faster.

So right on that first day of microschooling I was able to see how you can go so much MORE done in LESS time!

Been feeling inspired by my artsy students so sometimes I’ll jump in and paint with them.

Some students, nearly everyday, need that pause. They need that moment to process and reflect in their feelings. With a small group, and mastery-based learning, it makes it so much easier for us to do that.

We have the ultimate flexible seating. As long as students are trustworthy and responsible about it of course.

Somehow missed planning one of our morning activies this last week. Thankfully has a whole library of empowerment lessons that I can easily access, and quickly pick one for them to do!