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Victoria Vidler Profile picture@homeeddiscovery·Apr 29

5 ways to turn any 'World Day' into a full learning adventure

5 ways I turn random “World Days” into actual learning 👀

 

Because I used to worry about getting the “facts” in…

 

Now they’ve become some of our best learning days 🤍

 

 

1. Start with a question

 

Not teaching… just curiosity

 

Something like:

“Why do you think bees need to fly?” 👀

 

And then just see where it goes

 

 

2. Bring it to life

 

Not just reading about it

 

Build it

Listen to it

Act it out

 

The more real it feels… the more it sticks

 

 

3. Let it go off track

 

This is the best part

 

What starts as one thing

usually turns into something completely different

 

And that’s where the real learning is

 

 

4. Make it local

 

“Where would we see this?”

“Is there one near us?”

 

It just hits differently when it’s real

 

 

5. Let them create something

 

Not because they have to

 

But because they want to

 

And that’s when you know it’s landed

 

This is exactly why I started creating my own packs… 👀

 

Because I couldn’t find anything that felt like this

 

Just something simple

curiosity-led

and actually enjoyable

 

Our May packs (Bees 🐝 Trains 🚂 Parrots 🦜) are coming soon 🤍