This lesson fosters resilience, encourages problem-solving, and promotes a positive mindset in a fun, interactive way.

Learning from mistakes in a dynamic and engaging activity helps children embrace errors as opportunities for discovery and improvement.

This lesson helps children develop self-awareness, which is critical for building confidence, sustaining healthy relationships, expressing emotions, and increasing resilience.

Children practice communication skills that will help them effectively manage conflicts, collaborate with teammates, demonstrate empathy, actively listen, and adopt a positive outlook in any situation.

Children who can understand and support others are better equipped to build social connections, which are vital to one’s emotional well being. Children with empathy are more motivated to help others who may be suffering or in need.

Children learn to question the world around them rather than accepting things at face value. Encourage children to ask “why” and to develop critical thinking skills by observing nature and drawing conclusions based on what they see.

FOUNDER & JOURNALIST

Angie Lau is an entrepreneur and award-winning veteran journalist. Prior to Life Beyond School, Angie co-founded and exited Forkast, a digital media startup covering digital assets and blockchain technology.

For many years, Angie anchored Bloomberg TV’s flagship morning show “First Up with Angie Lau” out of Hong Kong, and broadcast globally into 350 million homes, offices and trading floors. Angie’s TED Talk “I Am Not Supposed to Be Here” is now a TED Ed Lesson for its global audience of 6.7 million followers.

M.ED EDUCATOR & ADMINISTRATOR

Elizabeth Prince is a professional educator who has worked with children and families for more than 25 years. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Miami University. Elizabeth graduated from the Executive Leadership & Superintendency Institute at University of Cincinnati.

Over the years, she has worked as a teacher, principal, founder and administrator. She currently holds teaching and principal educator licenses in Ohio and Indiana and a Superintendent license in Ohio. Elizabeth specializes in curriculum development, assessment, child development, community and family engagement, methods of teaching and learning, equitable education and organizational structure.

Elizabeth is the mother of three children ranging in ages from 11 to 31 years of age. She grew up in rural Appalachia within a family of seven girls. She believes strongly in the power of parents and educators' super abilities to guide children and in turn be guided by super children.