Learning the VentureLab Way: Raising Questions and Inspiring Curiosity
When you encourage children's curiosity, you're actually enabling learning at a profound level. Take the case of Sue Kolby, a single mother: “My friend salvaged a flat panel television that someone had left beside a dumpster and brought it over to me,” she said, thinking her kids...
Free Activity: Prototyping Challenge
This activity will get students straight into generating solutions for a user or client's problems by creating a prototype. ...
VentureLab Champion Tina Belden encourages creativity in the classroom
Using VentureLab curriculum has allowed Tina's students to take on an essential entrepreneurial belief: “I can be as creative as I want and it’s not wrong.” ...
Growth Mindset: Your Brain Can Change!
Your brain can change. It can grow. It can form new neural pathways. You can develop new abilities to do things you never thought possible. At VentureLab, we encourage children to banish any fear of failure, any lingering notions of their own “weaknesses,” any pessimistic preconceptions,...
Curiosity and ‘Creative Mischief’
In order for entrepreneurial learning to take place, we must create an encouraging environment for children to explore where their curiosity leads. There are no penalties, no criticism, and no embarrassment. There are no right or wrong answers, only question that feeds a curiosity cycle and...