Today in the woodshop

We are finishing up student projects in the woodshop to clear the decks for an experiment in learning during the month of June in which Clear Spring students will be divided up into three multi-aged groups. 

It's an experiment that would be impossible in most schools. For us it will further extend a family style learning in which students take greater responsibility for each other. Each group has a theme and students are grouped to get along withe each other and to meet student interests.

I'll be working primarily with the "camping group" that will be centered on outdoor learning.

My students Grace and Sola are making a board game for classroom use. It has four turned game pieces, and a central dragon, all on a board carefully laid out on a grid.

The dragon's area of movement is laid out in darker lines at the center of the board.

Make, fix and create. Assist others in learning likewise.