A Dream Come True
I had a dream many years ago. I was looking up a south face, sloping hillside. I stopped to take it in. When I turned 180 degrees, I saw the …
Mark Gordon
Hat of Choice (Had a Choice) How Do You Like to Learn?
There are at least three processes to place concepts/skills into long-term memory where the data explains it is never forgotten. Input Storage Retrieval Which one(s) work for you? They are …
UTV
It’s snowing again—from gentle to purposeful. After all the snows this year, its beauty melted my hardness, so I could slip into delight. For over two days, David and I …
The Mission: Part 1 A Simple Game To Discover A Big Mystery Since I was a young kid, I’ve known there was a Big Mystery. “What is was, I didn’t …
“Shit for Brains”
Everyone was sitting comfortably. He stood up. He was a tall, athletic, good-looking redhead young man of 18. We were discussing parenting and the good and bad we had experienced. …
After Many Years, I’ve Returned Home
I bought 24 acres of Vermont woodland and built a 12X12 cabin with my mate so we could stay warm and dry for the winter. The cabin and an Ashley …
Playbook: “The Mission,” Part 1
Welcome, Knowledge Explorers! This is “Learning Is a Ball Theater’s” Playbook based on the video, “The Mission.” This learning is based on play. Why? At The Kuriosity Lab, we have discovered that people learn just as much—if not more—through play. As famed educator, Joseph Chilton Pearce, lucidly stated: “There is no part of play where …
Ball as the Mother of Invention
A mom and her son arrived at my classroom after school ended. The youngster of 12 or 13 refused to write. He was attending a prestigious and expensive private school. …
Truth to Youth: Dream On and Recognize How to Play This New Game
We’ve led you down a path that promised infinite possibilities. Unfortunately the game was one of finite possibilities. And finite games always have winners and losers. We were fooling ourselves …
Breaking Spells for Hating School
I couldn’t count all the teens I’ve met who hated “normal” school. In class, many acted out, others were silently defiant, while others played comedian which was often a welcome …