Class 6 - The Year of Wonder & Courage
Dec 30, 2025
There’s something about sixth grade that always catches me a little off guard. One day the children still seem tucked into the cozy nooks of childhood during the year of Class Five, and then, on the wings of twelve-year change, as if overnight all seems to change. Their limbs get longer. Their questions get sharper. Their jokes get wiser. I feel that I can almost hear the doors of their castles opening out into new world experiences.
In our Seasons of Seven lessons this year, I’ve watched that shift happening in real time. Geometry is becoming an area of wonder and discipline for many students. Once the initial “my compass won’t stay still!” moment passes, they settle into the rhythm of circles and lines, and I can almost see their thinking deepen and strengthen in the process. Then, we time travel to Ancient Rome finding its stories under those arches and on old roads, and the weight of discipline settles in. The students intuitively sense that it’s all connected: the forms they draw, the stories they hear, the quiet strengthening happening inside themselves.
Of course, to thrive, they still need warmth just as much as form. They need a place where it’s safe to feel that something is confusing, or to laugh at themselves, or to be proud of a Main Lesson Book page that isn’t perfect but shows their best effort. Even online, small moments like these sparkle: someone sharing a comment in the chat, another student holding up a beautiful circle construction, and everyone cheering each other on and applauding their classmates’ efforts. Those tiny sparks knit together our class community.Students are learning, little by little, that seeing clearly is bringing back wonder into their world.
“Where the senses perceive, where the mind reflects, there is the ground on which the human being may grow upright.” —Education for Adolescents, GA 302
Sixth grade is such a beautiful threshold!
Ms. Daniela
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