Building Organization Skills With Minecraft - Haunted Mansion

1. Before we start building the Learningworks For Kids gamer guides will make it clear that today’s session is about Organization. As we give out the basic materials we will talk about how organization is used in Minecraft and start to ask how they plan to organize the layout of their mansion.

2. Once the layout for their home is built we will reflect back on the blocks placed and talk about how thinking ahead and organizing the layout of their mansion will result in a better end result. The Gamer Guides will then give items to fill these rooms and ask the participants where they will organize each item and why. Then reflect back on those choices as well.

3. Through out the session we will relate the organization your child is using in minecraft with tasks they must overcome on a daily basis. For example, talking about how organizing their minecraft mansion is not too different then organizing their bedroom, and explaining why it is important to practice this skill for tasks in their life to come.

LearningWorks for Kids (LW4K) views gameplay as a foundation for children’s learning. LW4K LIVE classes leverage children's attention, persistence, and love of gaming as tools for developing executive functioning, social-emotional, and academic skills used in and out of game play. Our teachers are expert gamers, trained in psychology and education with the goal of making game-based learning into real world skills.  But playing games is not enough! We apply evidenced-based strategic teaching principles and the LW4K model of “Detect, Reflect, and Connect” to make gameplay  “Digitally Nutritious” and help students identify, think about, and then apply the skills they are practicing in gameplay to the real world.

While our classes are great fun, there is always a teaching component included. Typically we spend about 10 minutes at the beginning of class, talking, watching video, and strategizing about our targeted skill (e.g. Planning, Time Management, Organization, Flexibility, etc). The remainder of the glass is gameplay where we apply the “Detect, Reflect, and Connect” strategies to promote real world learning. Your kids will have a blast playing video games with our teachers and learn skills that will help them at home, school, and in their daily activities.