A Guide to Building Our Best Schools Based on the SOIL
School of Indigenous Learning Model!
Reading and Language Arts are part of every experience! Whatever we do, explore, or learn, we keep journals and take notes and make observations and develop questions to investigate. We create shareable pieces of literature from these notes.
Math is everywhere so we look for it! Whenever applicable, we use math as relevant. If something has parts or units involved, or if there’s a profit potential for an idea, we calculate it.
We create things that show what we’ve learned. The SOIL model offers project-based learning opportunities, meaning you do meaningful work with useful applications in the real world.
How are skills taught developmentally in an interest-based child-centered curriculum? Reading and Language Arts are part of every experience! Whatever we do, explore, or learn, we keep journals and take notes and make observations and develop questions to investigate. We create sharable pieces of literature from these notes. Math is everywhere so we look for it! Whenever applicable, we use math as relevant. If something has parts or units involved, or if there’s a profit potential for an idea, we calculate it. We create things that show what we’ve learned. At SOIL, we offer project-based learning opportunities, meaning you do meaningful work with useful applications in the real world. Every week offers an independent learning unit Each month is based on a broader learning goal Each semester has a large culminating project and presentation Every day is an amazing day of unique student-centered learning! SCIENCE AND NATURE Every week we plant new seeds and document their growth until they are transplanted and brought home. Every month we cover a progression of types of plants. Every semester we establish local community gardens and harvest the fruits of our labor and share it with the community. Every day we learn new things […]
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