Genius workshops

Our “Genius Workshops” are our opportunities to share some big ideas about learning throughout the whole curriculum.

Because our goal isn’t just to help kids understand science — it’s to become Renaissance people — adults who’ve fallen in love with the world, built mastery in lots of different skills, and developed lives of purpose.

You can purchase download* recordings of our past workshops.

* eh, we’ve made them free

What kinds of skills?

So many skills. How to read closely, write powerfully, tell stories that grab people’s emotions, use the web without falling for conspiracy theories, grok diverse viewpoints, and see the big picture of life, the Universe, and everything… for starters!

How do you all that?

We do with online workshops designed for parents and kids.

Most of the workshops lay out a simple method you can do at home (or in the classroom) that’ll help you master those skills.

Others unpack huge ideas that might upend how you think about education… like they did to us.

Workshops — pretty boring, I bet.

We do all of our workshops in the “interactive webinar” style of our science classes.

Each starts with a riddle. We dangle metaphors, stories, and images as clues. You get multiple chances to guess. At the end, we reveal the answer.

Who’s this for?

Lots of folks. Parents who homeschool, and parents who don’t. Teachers from elementary school through college. Students who want to shape their own learning, and adults who want to give themselves the classical education they never got in school. Hyper-intelligent, pan-dimensional mice. Surly manatees. Ferns of all sizes and colors.

How much do the workshops cost?

They used to cost anywhere from $10 to $30 (USD) a pop… but now we’ve made ‘em free!

I have some friends who’d be interested in this — can I spread the word?

Please do! This is a good chance to get a feel for what we do. (Feel free to post links to social media, too.)

Are you going to do more of these?

…probably not?

Ah, life was once so sweet and simple! Then this happened, and it blew up.

The bad news: we’re now officially Too Danged Busy to plan any more of these.

The good news: we’re still talking about helping kids become Renaissance people on Brandon’s substack, “The Lost Tools of Learning”. Its purpose: to help people bring Egan’s vision of education (of which Science is WEIRD is just an appetizer) into being. You might find the post “How to Build a Deep Practice Book” especially interesting.