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* Children are a part of our learning community and we are interested in integrating them into the activities of our hackerspace - giving them ownership of the space and making them feel as if they are a part of our community. At SudoKids children interact with the adult members of our space as the adults go about their everyday hacking. | * Children are a part of our learning community and we are interested in integrating them into the activities of our hackerspace - giving them ownership of the space and making them feel as if they are a part of our community. At SudoKids children interact with the adult members of our space as the adults go about their everyday hacking. | ||
* We create a project-driven learning environment that includes a mixture of activities organized by the facilitators and projects/learning objectives identified by the learners themselves. | * We create a project-driven learning environment that includes a mixture of activities organized by the facilitators and projects/learning objectives identified by the learners themselves. | ||
* We provide a mix of structured and unstructured activities. We provide structured activities and workshops (calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening, homestead-keeping) along with the opportunity to freely interact with our community of sudoers - people who are always learning and making, people who share their knowledge freely and are open to collaboration on the spot ("what are you working on?" is perhaps the most commonly-asked question after "anyone seen the tape?"). We create opportunities for serendipitous moments of learning and collaboration between adult members of our community and SudoKids participants. | * We provide a mix of structured and unstructured activities. We provide structured activities and workshops (calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening, homestead-keeping, piano, book-binding, and more) along with the opportunity to freely interact with our community of sudoers - people who are always learning and making, people who share their knowledge freely and are open to collaboration on the spot ("what are you working on?" is perhaps the most commonly-asked question after "anyone seen the tape?"). We create opportunities for serendipitous moments of learning and collaboration between adult members of our community and SudoKids participants. | ||
* We aim to create an environment where a child can come to us with a project or something that she wants to learn and we are able to provide the resources and guidance to help her achieve her goal (along with some confidence and ideas about how she might go about accomplishing similar goals in the future!). | * We aim to create an environment where a child can come to us with a project or something that she wants to learn and we are able to provide the resources and guidance to help her achieve her goal (along with some confidence and ideas about how she might go about accomplishing similar goals in the future!). | ||
* We want parents too! Sudo Kids is a part of the Sudo Room community and we certainly hope that by providing a child-appropriate environment at Sudo Room that we also provide an opportunity for parents to hack and learn without having to worry about making arrangements for childcare or worry about kids putting themselves in vices while they turn away (although this cannot be guaranteed! :)). | * We want parents too! Sudo Kids is a part of the Sudo Room community and we certainly hope that by providing a child-appropriate environment at Sudo Room that we also provide an opportunity for parents to hack and learn without having to worry about making arrangements for childcare or worry about kids putting themselves in vices while they turn away (although this cannot be guaranteed! :)). | ||