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🏗️Apprentice

Start a Micro-Business

American DynamismProject

8 weeks (ongoing, approximately 5-10 hours per week)6 materials

🏗️Apprentice

Joinery for a Client: Build to Someone Else's Specifications

Building & EngineeringProject

6 sessions over 3-4 weeks (90-120 minutes each)16 materials

🏗️Apprentice

Build and Deploy a Web Application

Software & AIProject

6-8 weeks (5-10 hours per week)5 materials

🏗️Architect

Launch a Real Business

American DynamismProject

12-16 weeks (10-20 hours per week)8 materials

🏗️Architect

Expedition Design and Leadership

Physical & SurvivalProject

4-6 months (3 months planning, 2-4 weeks in the field)11 materials

🏗️Architect

Ship a Product

Software & AIProject

16-24 weeks (10-20 hours per week)7 materials

Build a Bookshelf

Building & EngineeringProject

4 sessions, 60-90 minutes each19 materials

Bread Baking Mastery

Food & FarmingProject

5 sessions over 2-3 weeks (each session: 30 minutes active, plus waiting time)13 materials

Build a Personal Website

Software & AIProject

4 sessions, 60 minutes each6 materials

Asking Why — The Power of Questions

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson

40 minutes4 materials

Fair vs Equal

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion

35 minutes4 materials

🏗️Explorer

My Family Rules Debate

Agency & Critical ThinkingProject

3 sessions of 30 minutes each (90 minutes total)5 materials

🗺️Explorer

Problem Spotting Walk

Agency & Critical ThinkingField Plan

60 minutes (30-minute walk + 30-minute processing)6 materials

Spot the Pattern

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice

40 minutes5 materials

Testing Predictions

Agency & Critical ThinkingExperiment

45 minutes5 materials

The Decision Tree

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity

45 minutes4 materials

🏔️Explorer

The Mystery Trail

Agency & Critical ThinkingAdventure

60 minutes6 materials

America's Builders Timeline

American DynamismPractice

45 minutes6 materials

🏔️Explorer

Founders' Day Expedition

American DynamismAdventure

Half day (2-3 hours including travel)6 materials

Invention Convention

American DynamismActivity

60 minutes5 materials

🏗️Explorer

The Neighborhood Improvement Plan

American DynamismProject

3 sessions of 40 minutes each (120 minutes total)7 materials

Thank a Veteran

American DynamismService

60 minutes (plus optional visit time)5 materials

🗺️Explorer

Visit a Small Business

American DynamismField Plan

90 minutes (30 minutes preparation, 30-minute visit, 30 minutes processing)4 materials

What Would You Build?

American DynamismDiscussion

35 minutes3 materials

Who Built This Town?

American DynamismLesson

45 minutes5 materials

🏗️Explorer

Build a Working Catapult

Building & EngineeringProject

3 sessions, 45-60 minutes each14 materials

Cardboard City

Building & EngineeringActivity

60-90 minutes11 materials

🗺️Explorer

Construction Site Watch

Building & EngineeringField Plan

60-90 minutes8 materials

Homemade Concrete

Building & EngineeringRecipe

45 minutes active + 24-48 hours curing time14 materials

How Bridges Work

Building & EngineeringLesson

50 minutes10 materials

Measuring Everything

Building & EngineeringPractice

40 minutes8 materials

The Strongest Shape

Building & EngineeringExperiment

45 minutes8 materials

Why Do Buildings Fall Down?

Building & EngineeringDiscussion

30 minutes4 materials

Daily Acts of Kindness

Character & PurposePractice

5-10 minutes daily reflection, ongoing practice3 materials

🗺️Explorer

Interview an Elder

Character & PurposeField Plan

60-90 minutes (including preparation and reflection)4 materials

🏗️Explorer

My Personal Code

Character & PurposeProject

3-4 sessions, 20-30 minutes each5 materials

Reading Buddies

Character & PurposeService

30-45 minutes per session, recurring weekly or biweekly4 materials

🏔️Explorer

Solo Sit Spot

Character & PurposeAdventure

10-30 minutes (progressive, building over multiple sessions)4 materials

The Gratitude Jar

Character & PurposeActivity

5-10 minutes daily, ongoing4 materials

What Is Courage?

Character & PurposeLesson

30-40 minutes3 materials

When Is It OK to Break a Rule?

Character & PurposeDiscussion

25-35 minutes2 materials

Daily Journal

Core AcademicsPractice

10-15 minutes daily3 materials

Fractions in the Kitchen

Core AcademicsLesson

45-60 minutes7 materials

🗺️Explorer

Library Research Mission

Core AcademicsField Plan

90 minutes (including travel)4 materials

Math at the Market

Core AcademicsLesson

45-60 minutes5 materials

Measurement Olympics

Core AcademicsActivity

60 minutes8 materials

The Reading Detective

Core AcademicsExperiment

30-40 minutes5 materials

Why Do We Need Numbers?

Core AcademicsDiscussion

20-30 minutes3 materials

🏗️Explorer

Write and Illustrate a Field Guide

Core AcademicsProject

4-5 sessions, 30-45 minutes each7 materials

Community Garden Volunteer

Food & FarmingService

Half day (2-3 hours of garden work)6 materials

Composting 101

Food & FarmingActivity

45 minutes initial setup, then 5 minutes daily for ongoing maintenance9 materials

🗺️Explorer

Farm Visit Day

Food & FarmingField Plan

Full day (4-6 hours including travel)7 materials

Knife Skills for Kids

Food & FarmingPractice

30 minutes8 materials

Stone Soup

Food & FarmingRecipe

60 minutes (including story time and cooking)7 materials

🏗️Explorer

The Family Garden

Food & FarmingProject

5 sessions over 6-12 weeks9 materials

What Do Plants Really Need?

Food & FarmingExperiment

30 minutes setup, then 5 minutes daily for 14 days9 materials

Where Does Food Come From?

Food & FarmingLesson

40 minutes5 materials

🏗️Explorer

Build a Survival Kit

Physical & SurvivalProject

3-4 sessions, 45-60 minutes each7 materials

🗺️Explorer

Creek Exploration Day

Physical & SurvivalField Plan

3-4 hours13 materials

Fire Safety and Match Striking

Physical & SurvivalPractice

45 minutes10 materials

🏔️Explorer

First Overnight Camp

Physical & SurvivalAdventure

24 hours (afternoon to morning)15 materials

Knot Tying Basics

Physical & SurvivalActivity

40 minutes6 materials

Reading the Sky

Physical & SurvivalLesson

45 minutes6 materials

Trail Clean-Up Day

Physical & SurvivalService

2-3 hours11 materials

Water Purification Test

Physical & SurvivalExperiment

60 minutes13 materials

Can Machines Think?

Software & AIDiscussion

30 minutes4 materials

Debug the Recipe

Software & AIPractice

30 minutes4 materials

🏗️Explorer

Design Your Own Game

Software & AIProject

4 sessions of 30-40 minutes8 materials

How Computers Think

Software & AILesson

40 minutes5 materials

Programming a Human Robot

Software & AIActivity

35 minutes4 materials

Scratch Jr Adventures

Software & AIActivity

40 minutes (including 15 minutes screen time)4 materials

The Algorithm Race

Software & AIExperiment

45 minutes5 materials

🗺️Explorer

Visit a Tech Workspace

Software & AIField Plan

Half day (2-3 hours including travel)5 materials

Cause and Effect Through the Senses

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson

20 minutes5 materials

Choice-Making Games

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity

10 minutes4 materials

✏️Foundation

Daily Autonomy Routines

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice

5 minutes per routine (spread throughout the day)4 materials

Feelings and Wants

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion

10 minutes3 materials

🗺️Foundation

Observing and Choosing in Nature

Agency & Critical ThinkingField Plan

45 minutes4 materials

Problem-Solving with Blocks and Puzzles

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity

15 minutes5 materials

Building Something Together

American DynamismActivity

30 minutes6 materials

Community Helpers

American DynamismLesson

20 minutes4 materials

Helping Our Neighbors

American DynamismService

30 minutes4 materials

✏️Foundation

I Can Do It — Daily Independence Moments

American DynamismPractice

5 minutes per moment (spread throughout the day)3 materials

🏔️Foundation

Visit a Working Place

American DynamismAdventure

60 minutes (including travel)5 materials

What Do You Want to Build When You Grow Up?

American DynamismDiscussion

10 minutes2 materials

🗺️Foundation

Watching Builders: A Trip to See Construction

Building & EngineeringField Plan

45 minutes6 materials

✏️Foundation

Tiny Hands, Big Work: Threading, Fitting, and Turning

Building & EngineeringPractice

15 minutes10 materials

Float or Sink? Discovering What the Water Holds Up

Building & EngineeringExperiment

20 minutes17 materials

Fort Builders: Making a Shelter from What You Have

Building & EngineeringActivity

30 minutes8 materials

Tower Power: Stacking, Building, and Watching Things Fall

Building & EngineeringActivity

20 minutes5 materials

My First Toolbox: Learning What Tools Do

Building & EngineeringLesson

25 minutes9 materials

Caring for Living Things: Growing Empathy Through Nurturing

Character & PurposeActivity

10-15 minutes4 materials

✏️Foundation

Gratitude Rituals: What Are You Thankful For?

Character & PurposePractice

5 minutes3 materials

🏔️Foundation

Gratitude Walk: Noticing Beautiful Things in Nature

Character & PurposeAdventure

20-30 minutes5 materials

Naming Feelings: The Emotions Lesson

Character & PurposeLesson

15 minutes4 materials

Sharing Toys and Food With Others

Character & PurposeService

15-20 minutes3 materials

What Makes You Brave? A Discussion About Courage

Character & PurposeDiscussion

10-15 minutes3 materials

Counting With Real Objects

Core AcademicsLesson

10 minutes3 materials

✏️Foundation

Daily Read-Aloud and Book Handling

Core AcademicsPractice

10-15 minutes3 materials

Letter Sounds Through Songs and Rhymes

Core AcademicsActivity

10 minutes3 materials

Bigger, Heavier, Taller: Measuring and Comparing

Core AcademicsExperiment

15 minutes5 materials

Shape Hunt: Finding Circles, Squares, and Triangles

Core AcademicsActivity

15-20 minutes3 materials

Storytelling Together: Making Up Stories as a Family

Core AcademicsDiscussion

10-15 minutes4 materials

Ants on a Log and Friends

Food & FarmingRecipe

15 minutes7 materials

Where Does Food Come From?

Food & FarmingLesson

15 minutes4 materials

🗺️Foundation

The Farmers Market Adventure

Food & FarmingField Plan

60-90 minutes6 materials

✏️Foundation

Little Kitchen Helper

Food & FarmingPractice

10-15 minutes (integrated into regular meal prep)6 materials

Planting Seeds and Watching Them Grow

Food & FarmingActivity

30 minutes for initial planting; 5 minutes daily for ongoing care7 materials

What Do Plants Need to Grow?

Food & FarmingExperiment

20 minutes for setup; 5 minutes daily for 7-10 days of observation8 materials

🏔️Foundation

Backyard Basecamp: Your First Night Outside

Physical & SurvivalAdventure

Evening to morning (approximately 14 hours)12 materials

Wiggly Bodies: Crawling, Climbing, and Balancing

Physical & SurvivalActivity

20 minutes5 materials

✏️Foundation

Morning Movers: A Daily Physical Routine

Physical & SurvivalPractice

10 minutes2 materials

🗺️Foundation

First Trail: Nature Walk Survival Basics

Physical & SurvivalField Plan

45 minutes7 materials

Water World: Getting Comfortable and Staying Safe

Physical & SurvivalActivity

25 minutes8 materials

What's the Sky Doing? Dressing for Weather

Physical & SurvivalLesson

20 minutes4 materials

Cause and Effect Machines

Software & AIExperiment

20 minutes6 materials

How Does That Work?

Software & AIDiscussion

10 minutes2 materials

If-Then Adventures

Software & AIActivity

15 minutes4 materials

Patterns All Around

Software & AILesson

20 minutes4 materials

✏️Foundation

Sequencing My Day

Software & AIPractice

10 minutes4 materials

The Sorting Game

Software & AIActivity

15 minutes3 materials

Writing Your Family Values Statement

Character & PurposeDiscussion

90 minutes (two sessions of 45 minutes)4 materials

Language Flooding: Talk to Your Baby

Core AcademicsLesson

Ongoing daily practice (15-20 minutes of focused narration per day, plus ambient narration throughout the day)3 materials

Prenatal Nutrition: Real Food, Not Supplements

Food & FarmingLesson

60 minutes (reading and meal planning)4 materials

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