Wholistic Creativity & STEM
A class in the three skills that decide most of what follows: speaking, writing, and the quality of your ideas. Children practise them with pen and paper, one STEM concept at a time.
How a class runs
- 01Breathwork, a short meditation, then yoga stretches and movement.
- 02A drawing prompt. Everyone shares what they drew, and we record it.
- 03A journaling prompt. Everyone shares what they wrote, and we record it.
- 04Nobody critiques. We celebrate them for creating.
- 05A STEM concept, explained for a three, seven and twelve year old.
- 06They teach it back in their own drawings and words, and we record it.
- 07Finish all three and earn a point. Ten points earns a reward.
The classes
They build on each other and compound.
Meet the Computer: Wholistic Creativity & STEM
Breathing and movement, free drawing and expressive writing, and a first STEM lesson: what a computer actually is, explained for every age.
What Is AI? Learning from Examples
How computers learn from lots of examples, the same way we learned what a cat is, plus the story of AI, the people who built it, and where it goes next.
What Is a Blockchain? The Notebook Nobody Can Erase
How a lot of people can agree on what is true when nobody is in charge, plus the thirty-year story behind it, and why some things belong on a wall and some belong in your notebook.
What Is the Internet? Millions of Computers Passing Notes
How a message is chopped into pieces that each find their own way across the world, plus the hundred-year story behind it, and why being reachable by five billion people is not the same as being known by five.
What Is Encryption? Hiding the Key, Not the Message
How a message can be carried by thousands of strangers, read by any of them, and still be a secret, plus the four-thousand-year story behind it, and why the maths is never the weak point.