Immersive Classroom
We put an emphasis on creating an artistic and immersive experience for our students. Student's earn "Motif Points" for accomplishments and good behavior which can "purchase" prizes. Our curriculum is full of fun and interactive riddles, questions and activities. All while learning super cool design skills and creating amazing projects!
We supply enough laptops for every student to have their own and at the end of the course they take their project home on a flash drive provided by us.
Awesome Teachers!
Our caring instructors are passionate about digital design and STEM. They love equipping students with the knowledge and encouragement they need to achieve amazing results. Highly trained and experienced, they are all First Aid/CPR certified and background checked.
Minecraft Anyone?
In our longer classes, if your student reached the daily goal on their project they are welcome to play Minetest (free alternative to Minecraft) in an interconnected network with the other students for the dedicated last 20 minutes of our longer classes. If your student doesn't want to play or you'd rather them not, they can "free-design" or work on homework.
It's a great end-of-class reward that students look forward to. It's also a great team building activity and has many beneficial learning qualities including fundamentals of coding, increasing spatial abilities and more.
What Class Looks Like
Our classes vary in length and price depending on location. See our schedule above.
Our longer classes generally look like this:
- 15 Min – Overview (review of previous lesson, current day's lesson overview, snack time, riddle, etc.)
- 50 Min – Lesson (slideshow, videos, Q&A, interactive follow-along)
- 10 Min – Break (snack, water, bathroom, stretch, chat)
- 50 Min – Creating (using learned skills to work on the project)
- 20 Min – Minetest (team building, reward for hard work, completing specialized challenges)
- 5 Min – Clean up & Parent pick-up
Total = 2.5 Hours
Our shorter classes generally look like this:
- 15 Min – Overview (review of previous lesson, current day's lesson overview, riddle, etc.)
- 40 Min – Lesson (slideshow, videos, Q&A, interactive follow-along)
- 30 Min – Creating (using learned skills to work on the project)
- 5 Min – Clean up & Parent pick-up
Total = 1.5 Hours
For much more information, please see our FAQ section near the bottom of the Home Page.
Motif Points & The Motif Store
At our Local Classes students earn "Motif Points" which accumulate throughout the course. On the last day of the course the teacher brings the "Motif Store" to class where the students can spend their points on various items. Things like mini solar powered cars, fidget spinners, notepads, and much more can be found in the Motif Store.
Motif Points do not cost the parents anything and are a fun way to motivate kids. If you don't want your student participating in this aspect of the program, just let us know!
Motif Points are rewarded for:
1. Answering certain questions correctly
2. Extra special good behavior
3. Winning competitions