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THE SEVEN DA VINCIAN PRINCIPLES
1. Curiosita - An Insatiably Curious Approach to Life and an Unrelenting Quest for Continuous Learning
- Keep a Journal
- Ask questions and find theme for the day
- Contemplation or Reflection Time.
2. Dimonstrazione - A Commitment to Test Knowledge through Experience, Persistence, and Willingness to Learn from Mistakes.
- Experience/Hands on Learning
- What are the beliefs or opinions
- Mistakes are a learning experience
- Create Affirmations (must be real)
3. Sensazione - The Continual Refinement of the Senses, Especially Sight, as the Means to Enliven Experience.
- Awaken the senses in the classroom
- Expose children to fine art & music
- Appreciation of colors and sounds.
- Expose children to beauty daily
- Silence is golden for children to listen and appreciate the beauty around them
4. Sfumato - A Willingness to Embrace Ambiguity, Paradox, and Uncertainty.
- Young children are not ready to deal with the paradoxes of life.
- Tell stories.
- Play games and put together puzzles
- Tell the same story, but change the ending
5. Arte/Scienza - The Development of the Balance between Science, Art, Logic and Imagination. "Whole-Brain Thinking"
- Mindmapping
6. Corporalita - The Cultivation of Grace, Ambidexterity, Fitness, and Poise
- Do aerobic exercises
- Encourage children to sit up straight and to walk with shoulders back
- Learn to juggle to develop ambidexterity, balance and mind-body coordination.
7. Connessione - A Recognition of and Appreciation for the Interconnectedness of Things and Phenoma. Systems Thinking.
- Everything is connected to everything else.
- Ponder the origin of things.