These are true moments from our first pod—real challenges, imperfect builds, new skills, deeper friendships, and the kind of learning children carry home with them.
This is what Skip School looks like in real life. Not polished demonstrations with predetermined outcomes, but children building, testing, struggling, adapting, laughing, and discovering what they can do—alongside families who keep showing up for one another.
Build a telescope, decode clues, and assemble a treasure map.
Children rolled, aligned, taped, and tested simple Galilean telescopes, with extra hands helping through the delicate parts of the build. Then they used their tools to look for hidden symbols along an orchard fence.
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Build a paper rocket and use its flight to explore a map.
Parents worked together to draw a large chalk map of the United States. The children built paper rockets, found California, and used the cardinal directions to orient themselves.
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Build a lever launcher and discover how a fulcrum changes the work.
A heavy bucket of bricks concealed a message from the story. Instead of relying only on strength, the children explored how a lever could help move the load.
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Build a trebuchet for the final challenge against Tangle.
Rain changed the setting but did not cancel the mission. Families gathered under shelter to build trebuchets and test them against a fortress target.
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Create a tree with movable branches to protect a forest dove.
Children used their growing understanding of bones and joints to design a defensive tree. Its flexible branches needed to protect a dove and nest from Slogmire the Slippery Slug.
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Build three little houses and see how their materials behave.
The children brought The Three Little Pigs into the physical world with small houses made from straw, sticks, and bricks. They bundled, stacked, and glued materials that did not always behave as expected.
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