by Darsa Morrow | Sep 4, 2015 | Keen MInds, News & Events
Re-posted with permission from Maker Boulder. Written by Martha Lanaghan. At the Boulder Mini Maker Faire, we hosted a lock picking table. Adults and children alike sat for hours experimenting with locks and practicing their lock picking skills. One of the parents...
by Darsa Morrow | Aug 28, 2015 | Community, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
“Mom, we’re going to have a say and also maybe change the world!” That was from my super-excited second grader upon returning home from the first day of school at Mackintosh Academy-Boulder. They had discussed in class the new schedule the school has adopted and the...
by Darsa Morrow | Aug 28, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
UPCOMING PARENT TALK AND WORKSHOPS – Mackintosh Academy is pleased to partner with award-winning educator and retired science teacher John Paull to help you learn to use science to inspire your child(ren)’s curiosity and re-ignite your own sense of discovery in...
by Darsa Morrow | May 13, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
When my oldest son was in the first grade, he used to feel sick to his stomach every morning before school. It got to the point where I was making special pumpkin custard—his favorite dessert—for breakfast in the attempt to entice him to eat something, anything,...
by Darsa Morrow | May 5, 2015 | Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
In Boulder on May 6th, nationally acclaimed conscious parenting coach Michael Vladeck will teach you how to raise grounded and self-aware children within the distractions and disruptions of the internet and digital media …without the power struggles. Gain a...
by Darsa Morrow | Apr 20, 2015 | Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events
“Mom, that burrito is still in my backpack.” Burrito? What burrito? In his school back pack? Surely my twelve-year-old son couldn’t be referring to the egg and cheese breakfast burrito I bought him last week. (Yes. Yes, he was.) Today was one of those days when I felt...