This Week

Core Texts

• The Art of War — Chapter 2 (Waging War): planning, cost, conservation, preparation
• Magic Tree House — Afternoon on the Amazon (complete read this week)

Child-safe framing: “Every choice costs time/energy/materials. Smart leaders plan so they don’t waste what matters.”

Daily Rhythm (Mon–Sat)

• Morning Ritual (45–60m): avatar care (dress/hair/skin), planner, guided journal, guinea pig care, room reset
• Core Learning (90m): MTH reading + talk, short writing, Mathmatica touch (20–30m)
• Creative/Build (60–90m): Muses art or Lego ecosystem engineering
• Life Skills (15–30m): dishes + tidy loop
• Snow-day bonus block (optional): bake / longer project / board game strategy

Sunday Dedication Block (2–3 hours)

1. Strategy Scroll (30m): Household resource map (time/energy/water/food waste). Choose 1 “save” habit for the week.
2. Mathmatica Deep Quest (60–90m): indoor seed sprout lab + measurement + graphing (details on the Mathmatica page).
3. Systems talk (20m): “What happens if we don’t prepare?” (garden, money, time, attention)
4. Documentation (20–30m): build a “Summer Projects Prep” page (what we want to grow/build; what we need; next steps)

Japan Essay (Informal)

You already have a layout + rubric, so this week we’re doing gentle support:

• 10–20 minutes/day: notes, headings, one paragraph draft, or image captions
• Weekend: polish + finalize (typed or hand-made zine style)

Weekly Play Anchors

• Board games: 1–2 sessions (strategy + patience + joy)
• Video/PC games: 1–2 sessions (balanced, intentional)