1:3 – Wednesday – Gameschooling

Instructor: Andrea Kaufmann

Semester Pricing: $250 per semester for self-pay, Blue Ridge, Sky Mountain, and Granite Mountain or $62.50 per month.
($300 for any other charter, using Homeschool Coaches)

Wednesday 9:15-10:15am

Grades: 3rd-5th

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” – Mr. Fred Rogers

Gameschooling is about using the knowledge and skills students have learned and putting them into practice through play. The games played in class will touch on a variety of subjects such as math, language, vocabulary, and geography. Strategy, reasoning, critical thinking, logic, problem-solving, and team cooperation will also be taught.

Themes: Logic & Strategy, Math, Language/Vocabulary and Geography.
Themes will rotate every month and then repeat the 2nd semester with some new games added.

Some of the games will be Apples to Apples, Homonyms Bingo, Charades, Word ladder, Where in the world is Carmen San Diego, Pandemic, Rummikub, Life, Allowance, Clumsy Thief, Skip counting, Operations, Going to Boston and many more.