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The Focus of Phase Three

Here is our overview of the third phase of the curriculum, Partnership, designed for ages 8 and 9.

During this stage of child development we’re focused on friendship, responsibility, and practicality. There is an emphasis on realistic applications and of course partnership with others.

With the format accommodating developmental and psychological variance, the below courses bring this vision into being.

Phase Three Coursework

The first year of Partnership is spent improving reading, writing, drawing, mathematical computation, music composition, and research and observation skills. These skills are built in tandem with the studies of identified partners/mentors who are older, experienced experts in the topics the child is interested in. These mentor partners will be carefully selected by the child and parent together. If you’re having trouble finding a mentor, contact us and we can help connect you with excellent opportunities when they are available.

The second year is spent partnering with someone their own age this time, a friend or a sibling, and resolving problems together by doing their own in-depth research in tandem. Together they will work on creative projects that will become the first activities on their resumes, and learn to collaborate.

Storytelling

this course is about vocalizing, reading, writing, and drawing our emotional experiences. Students will improve their oral narration technique and learn about oral histories passed down through the generations. They will also author, illustrate, and publish their own children’s book or comic book.

Required Lesson Plans

• The Construction of a Story
• An In-Depth Guide to Oral Narration
• The Writer’s Process
• Constructing Character-Driven Plots
• Illustration Techniques
• Methods of Publication
• Become an Author

Optional Lesson Plans

• The Comic Book
• Fairytales and Fables
• Creation Stories from World Religions
• Heroes from Ancient Mythology

Arithmetic for Entrepreneurs

this course will teach the mathematical skills needed as a foundation for business, science, and social studies. The skills will be taught through practical applications- students will open an imaginary store, conduct a science project in an imaginary top-secret lab, and do psychological research for an imaginary marketing campaign.

Required Lesson Plans

• Calculating Totals with Multiplication
• Parts of a Whole: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
• Measurements for Scientific Study
• Arithmetic for Operating a Store
• Statistics You Should Know

Optional Lesson Plans

• An In-Depth Look at Division
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Time Traveling Skills

this course will be a more in-depth survey of primary sources chronicling the accomplishments of human beings across history. Students will learn about various cultures, identify leaders and influential people and their decisions, keep a record of famous inventions that advanced the human condition, they will read mythologies, they’ll view art and music from other times and places, they will learn more about the design and application of various political systems, we’ll review resource management for community development, key social movements for human rights advancement, and they will listen to political speeches and news broadcasts while identifying misinformation, biases, and fear mongering. For their major projects/assignments, they will design their own country from the ground up and then interact with/trade with/go to war with other students’ societies, in order to learn about social engineering and community leadership.

Required Lesson Plans

• Famous Speakers from History
• Engaging with Primary and Secondary Sources
• Identifying Misinformation during Current Events
• Community Supports

Musically Gifted

this year we will be playing a musical instrument, learning more about musical notation, practicing active listening skills, writing song lyrics, creating a band, learning about marketing and publicity in the entertainment industry, practicing interviewing skills as if we were already famous, creating an online presence, and strengthening performance skills for presentations and concerts. The children will each be allowed to choose an instrument they’re interested in.

• Reading Sheet Music
• Song Composition
• Active Listening Skills
• Creating a Band and Performance Skills
• Interviewing Skills
• Cultivating a Creative Portfolio

Cryptology

this course builds a deeper understanding of linguistics and pattern recognition through the breakdown and assembly of various languages. For their major project/assignments, they will be creating their own private spoken and written language with a partner. This course will reinforce what they’ve learned about grammatical construction and expand their understanding of how language is created, encoded, and utilized in communication with others.

Required Lesson Plans

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Optional Lesson Plans

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Citizens’ Guide to Advocacy

this course is all about engaging with the community in a way that advances the self, loved ones, and society as a whole. It includes another look at some etiquette basics, thought-out presentation, and public speech skills for reinforcement. It’s also paired with an evaluation of the fundamental rights of modern world citizens according to the UN, a current events journal to evaluate our current position and trajectory as a society, and it covers the processes through which our leaders are chosen and laws are created in an increasingly?) populated world. We’ll also be introducing some psychological theories on human behavior and learning, and teaching CBT and DBT basics, with the goal of learning how to modify one’s own behavior in order to advocate for oneself in social situations. The major projects/assignments will be volunteer work and writing to political leaders and human rights advocates.

Required Lesson Plans

• Environmental Resources
• Fundamentals of Democracy
• Diplomacy w/ Mock United Nations
• Practical Skills for Daily Self-Advocacy
• Engaging with Leaders and Authorities
• Running a Political Campaign

Optional Lesson Plans

Your Intellectual Property

This course covers how to evaluate business ideas for realistic applications, how patents, trademarks, and copyrights can protect your work, how to register an official business with your state, how to create and utilize labor unions, and managerial and hiring basics for young entrepreneurs and inventors.

Required Lesson Plans

• Famous Creators and their Inventions
• Evaluating a New Idea
• Creating a Personal Website
• Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks
• The Benefits of Labor Unions
• What Are Taxes?
• How to be a Business Manager

Recommended Extracurricular Activities

The Vocabulary List

These vocabulary words will be incorporated into their lessons. They will learn to spell some of these words and become familiar with all of them. By the end of the phase, they should know what all of these words mean and be able to define them aloud for you:

• Management
• Business
• Practicality
• Friendship
• Network
• Professional

The Reading List

Here are the 20 required books for this phase:

• The Magic Treehouse series
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Click here for a list of other recommended books that your child can choose with you.

The Required Viewing List

Each video, TV show, and film on our required viewing list comes with a show-specific guide for facilitating a family discussion about what you’ve seen.

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