Mangrove School of Sarasota

1 day ago

Sweet heart flags blowing in the wind from our community to yours! 💞💞 May all the wishes and prayers flow out into the universe for the nourishment of all beings.🌎🌠

Thank you so much to Ms Jessica and Birdman for leading this community experience! 😍
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Mangrove School of Sarasota is at Mangrove School of Sarasota.

3 days ago

Bird bonding!💖🐦
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Mangrove School of Sarasota is at Emerson Point Preserve.

7 days ago

Scale. Perspective. Context. Contemplation. Today our 6/7th grade began a new class with Architect and Mangrove Dad, Mr Dominic. The ultimate in learning by doing, he expanded on their study of perspective in real time, by exploring the grounds of Emerson Point Preserve, and finding the hidden lessons in the natural landscape and simple structures, helping them to see the natural vanishing points and converging lines before them. The ultimate goal: designing a sustainable structure for our landscape, under his guidance!🌳 We are so grateful to allow them the opportunity to understand how this process works, from napkin sketch to model to reality!🙏🙏🙏
The seeds for this class began long ago, in 3rd grade when they studied dwellings around the world; then in 4th grade they learned how to make maps and see things from above. In 5th grade they learned of the architectural achievements of past civilizations, when learning about the state of human consciousness in cultures such as ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece. In 6th grade they explored this in Ancient Rome, the cathedrals that came about in the middle ages; they also immersed themselves in geometric drawing. Finally this year they began perspective drawings, using a t-square and triangle, to extrapolate lines and see what happen mathematically.
Each year, as they matured, their ability to absorb the innovations and discoveries they have learned, past and present, deepened. The questions and discussions are remarkable, as they consistently make connections to things they learned about years ago. What a gift, to learn in an integrated way, with subjects taught
so that they DO connect, and they gain an understanding of how and why. 😍
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