How about we catch up?

Here are some of my favorite shots from the last month or so:

Reaching a consensus with our 5-finger voting model in Mila's class meeting

We learned to tie a square knot, a trucker's hitch, and a bowline

Cruisin on our bikes at Samuel P. Taylor

In the next pictures, we're working together on a series of team-building challenges at Samuel P. Taylor:

The Helium Stick challenge takes coordination, communication, patience, and trust

The Human Calculator only works if we take turns and really listen to one another

The kids communicating to solve the Human Calculator Challenge

Mindfulness with Rebekkah:

We're talking about releasing ourselves from the destructive cycle of "Bear Thoughts", those fearful thoughts that instinctively pop into our heads.  For example, when you see a group of friends talking across the playground and instantly assume that they're saying mean things about you.

Alex is typing his final draft

Playing Greatest Common Factor Sorry!

Here we are mining for vein deposits. Eureka!

Taking on Wild Bob Jr., a claim-jumping bandit!

3rd graders visualized complex 3-D structures from different angles, then built them to prove it.

Sharing our writing in small groups