Partners · Manhattan, Chelsea
Where the EDU curriculum was written, tested, and first taught — co-developed with Lower Division teachers.
Since 2021 · Active
The Baby Sprout EDU curriculum was co-developed with Lower Division teachers at Avenues. We brought the first kit into a first grade classroom in spring 2021 to find out whether the material held a class's attention, then expanded to two 5th grade science classes that November.
Avenues is also where MintBox itself started, through the Mastery program and the Seedbank grant that paid for the first run of kits.
Field log
November 2021
Ethan and Zenchang introduced the curriculum to two 5th grade science classes, about 30 students, from lesson plans built with the Lower Division teachers. The model was student to student: Upper Division students designed and led the lessons rather than adults teaching into the classroom.
May 2021
We brought a kit into a first grade class at Avenues to find out whether the material held a class's attention. It did, and that session became the basis for the EDU curriculum.
