by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observe and Describe
Eyes Wide Open → Observe and Describe || The Da Vinci Road Story Development It was a lovely late autumn day, and I abandoned all my indoor projects to go sit on the swing under the piñon pine tree on the hill. The kids were swinging from various ropes that hung from...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Immersion
Eyes Wide Open → Immersion || The Da Vinci Road Music “This song has fun stuff in it,” Seric commented, hitting the yellow button on the toy table again.A friend had given us a toy table with various buttons and noise-making contraptions on it. We placed...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Immersion
Eyes Wide Open → Immersion || The Da Vinci Road Language and Culture Flashback: Papua New Guinea, South Pacific, August 1997“What if he steals her soul? Maybe we should warn her.”“We're not supposed to talk about those things around her. You know how...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Immersion
Eyes Wide Open → Immersion || The Da Vinci Road Immersion into Any Medium “Look at Jack!” my brother exclaimed. We all looked at the three-year-old foster boy that had just arrived. He had been sitting on a stool at the table, next to my dad who was...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Understanding the Ethereal with the Material
Eyes Wide Open → Understanding the Ethereal with the Material || The Da Vinci Road Colorful Manipulatives “I need to work with Seric (4) on his letters for a while, so I want you, Sarah (7) and America, to sit at the table and do math with the big, glass beads....
