Akoben Institute co-founders Ena Yaa Baruti and Baba Mwalimu Baruti.
Akoben Institute is an independent Afrikan centered full-time and after-school home schooling and tutorial program for middle and high schoolers.
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22 September 2021
SOIL – Our Curricular Design and What We Teach
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 […]
15 September 2021
Volunteer or Donate
Would you like to volunteer your time or donate resources to SOIL? Feel free to use our SOIL ATL Teacher Application and let us know how you’d like to help. You may also contribute to SOIL by making a monetary donation below.
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