Talking Stick Learning Center

01/30/2022

We have three openings on Tuesdays and one on Thursdays if anyone is interested in joining for the remainder of the year! Come play, create, learn, tinker, and collaborate with friends on our beautiful campus at Awbury Arboretum in Germantown. Inquire at [email protected] for more information.

https://talkingsticklearningcenter.org/about-us/

10/01/2021

Join Us at Harmony Learning Community (formerly Talking Stick)! Sign up for a free visiting day on Tuesdays this fall.

Our outside programming has gotten off to a wonderful start. We have a few openings on Tuesdays and would love to have a few more young people join us.

Come experience self-directed learning through play, art and games with fellow homeschoolers ages 4 to 10 at beautiful Awbury Arboretum in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Please email our director at [email protected] to arrange for a free visiting day for your youth. Check out our website at talkingsticklearningcenter.org for more information about our philosophy and practice.

08/17/2021

Hello Folx,

We are almost fully enrolled for the fall but we need one more young person on Tuesdays! If you've been on the fence, consider registering now. I'd be happy to answer any questions or concerns emailed to: [email protected]

We are going to hold the majority of the programming outside at Awbury Arboretum due to rising infection rates, wear masks inside as well as outside and take many other precautions to keep everyone safe and healthy.

06/01/2021

Harmony Learning Community (Talking Stick's next chapter) is OPEN for fall 2021 registration for 4 to 10 year olds. Read the details in our recent newsletter. We hope to see many of you in the garden this fall. Enjoy your summer!

WHAT: The program will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, from 9 AM to 3 PM. Families can sign up for 1, 2, or 3 days.

04/13/2021

https://mailchi.mp/b10871ccafd3/t7p1nufck0

Dear Homeschooling community and friends of Talking Stick: The Talking Stick co-directors, staff, and Board have been working hard to come up with a plan to move forward with programming for Fall 2021.The pandemic has been hard on many organizations like ours due to a lack of funds and differing vie...

02/11/2021

We only have one space left in our online Math Circle with Rodi Steinig!

STATE MACHINES
APPROXIMATE AGE RECOMMENDATIONS – 13 and up
Seven week series of 1 ½ hour classes
Starting on March 1, 2021, Monday mornings at 10 am
No classes the weeks of March 28 and April 4, 2021

Tuition for the series of 6 classes is $315. The discounted rate for Talking Stick Family Members is $262.50.

DESCRIPTION – A state machine is an abstract set of instructions that can describe the behavior of a common object or situation. When written correctly, a computer can be programmed to follow these instructions precisely. Students will engage in various activities to learn the basics, and then will present to each other state machines they create to describe the function of different electronic toys. Rodi was fortunate to be in the room when LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin (Director, Multicultural Engineering Program, University of Kansas) facilitated this activity at the Baa Hózhó Summer Camp last year. Participants will engage in the skills of problem-solving, reasoning, communication, making connections, logical thinking, and process modeling.

MATERIALS NEEDED – $25 per student materials fee

Click here to register https://talkingsticklearningcenter.org/math-circle-fall-2020/

02/11/2021

https://mailchi.mp/cd57ac0d9325/beating-the-winter-blues Read our latest newsletter - hear how our community is tackling the winter blues.

11/03/2020

Our Mural Arts class went to Love Park yesterday to see the exhibit "To the Polls" by Philly Mural Arts.

10/19/2020

Our next Math Circle - Toilet Paper Math - for 7 to 9 year olds begins the first week in November. Click the link for more information and to register!

The theme for this year's series of Math Circles is Inspiring Mathematics.  The mathematical activities will be curated from the new book "Inspiring Mathematics: Lessons from the Navajo Nation Math Circles" and from Rodi's experience last summer facilitating Math Circles in the Navajo Nation at the...

09/29/2020

One of our few in-person classes this fall is Mural Arts of Philadelphia Walking Tours. So many subjects to talk about. Art, music, local history, pride, animal rescue, poetry, theater, local artists, and culture. We saw at least ten murals in our 1 1/2 mile walk.

09/15/2020

Talking Stick Family Membership Classes start this week. There's a Cooking Class happening in our house right now. I have found a silver lining for online classes. In the old days, when they cooked at Awbury the food they made was mostly consumed by the young people. Today we have a whole batch of chocolate chip cookies in our house. Thanks Pauline! If you're interested in more info about our membership, click here. https://talkingsticklearningcenter.org/membership-fall-2020-programming/