Browse Curriculum
Explore lessons, activities, projects, and more — organized by stage and pillar.
💬Apprentice
The Reading Year: Twelve Books and the Conversations Around Them
Core AcademicsDiscussion
1 year (one book per month; a 30-45 minute conversation after each)5 materials
🔬Apprentice
Original Scientific Investigation: Ask a Question Nobody Handed You
Core AcademicsExperiment
Multi-week (2-4 weeks; setup, repeated trials, and write-up)6 materials
📖Apprentice
Primary Source Analysis: Read the Thing Itself
Core AcademicsLesson
3 sessions over 1-2 weeks (75-90 minutes each)6 materials
✏️Apprentice
The Persuasive Essay Series: Argue Like You Mean It
Core AcademicsPractice
12 weeks (one essay every two weeks, ~3-4 hours of work per essay)5 materials
🏗️Apprentice
Statistical Analysis: Collect Your Own Data, Draw Your Own Conclusions
Core AcademicsProject
5-6 weeks (2-3 hours per week, plus brief daily or weekly data collection)6 materials
📖Architect
Independent Study Design
Core AcademicsLesson
multi-session (a 2-3 hour design sprint, then a 12-16 week study you run yourself)5 materials
✏️Architect
Technical Writing Mastery
Core AcademicsPractice
ongoing (3-4 sessions per week, 30-45 minutes each, for a minimum of 8 weeks)5 materials
🏗️Architect
Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis
Core AcademicsProject
10-16 weeks (6-10 hours per week)5 materials
🏗️Architect
Original Research Publication
Core AcademicsProject
12-20 weeks (6-10 hours per week, heavier during data collection)5 materials
🤝Architect
Teaching a Subject
Core AcademicsService
ongoing (a 4-8 week course, roughly 1-2 hours of teaching per week plus prep)5 materials
🔨Builder
Data Collection and Graphing
Core AcademicsActivity
Two short sessions plus a few days of data collection in between7 materials
📖Builder
Applied Geometry: Angles, Area, and Volume in Real Building
Core AcademicsLesson
2-3 hours, can be split into two sessions9 materials
✏️Builder
Science Fair: The Presentation Practice
Core AcademicsPractice
20-30 minutes per rehearsal session, several sessions over one to two weeks7 materials
🏗️Builder
Budget Math: Plan a Real Project on a Real Budget
Core AcademicsProject
4 sessions across one to two weeks, plus the spending itself7 materials
🏗️Builder
Research Report Project
Core AcademicsProject
5 sessions, 60-90 minutes each, across two to three weeks7 materials
✏️Explorer
Daily Journal
Core AcademicsPractice
10-15 minutes daily3 materials
📖Explorer
Fractions in the Kitchen
Core AcademicsLesson
45-60 minutes7 materials
🗺️Explorer
Library Research Mission
Core AcademicsField Plan
90 minutes (including travel)4 materials
📖Explorer
Math at the Market
Core AcademicsLesson
45-60 minutes5 materials
🔨Explorer
Measurement Olympics
Core AcademicsActivity
60 minutes8 materials
🔬Explorer
The Reading Detective
Core AcademicsExperiment
30-40 minutes5 materials
💬Explorer
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
📖Foundation
Counting With Real Objects
Core AcademicsLesson
10 minutes3 materials
✏️Foundation
Daily Read-Aloud and Book Handling
Core AcademicsPractice
10-15 minutes3 materials
🔨Foundation
Letter Sounds Through Songs and Rhymes
Core AcademicsActivity
10 minutes3 materials
🔬Foundation
Bigger, Heavier, Taller: Measuring and Comparing
Core AcademicsExperiment
15 minutes5 materials
🔨Foundation
Shape Hunt: Finding Circles, Squares, and Triangles
Core AcademicsActivity
15-20 minutes3 materials
💬Foundation
Storytelling Together: Making Up Stories as a Family
Core AcademicsDiscussion
10-15 minutes4 materials
💬Genesis
Milestone Awareness Without Milestone Anxiety
Core AcademicsDiscussion
45-60 minutes3 materials
📖Genesis
Language Flooding: Talk to Your Baby
Core AcademicsLesson
60 minutes to read and rehearse before the baby arrives, then ongoing daily practice from day one4 materials
📖Genesis
The First-Year Brain: What Neuroscience Actually Says
Core AcademicsLesson
45-60 minutes to read and absorb, then ongoing application2 materials
✏️Genesis
Reading Aloud From Day One
Core AcademicsPractice
10-15 minutes daily, ideally anchored to an existing routine4 materials
🏗️Genesis
Raising a Bilingual Baby: Building Your Family Language Plan
Core AcademicsProject
Multi-session: a few hours to plan, then an ongoing daily commitment across the first year and beyond4 materials