FAB FRIDAYS

education
 

The Future of Education Through Ms. Fab’s Eyes

The future belongs to those who dare to think differently and question the defaults. Those who learn how to play to their strengths and solve problems in new ways. Those who get comfortable figuring things out and dealing with failure. Those who master the art of rethinking and unlearning. Those who generalize, and then specialize. Those who develop their unique knowledge stack and a love for learning.

I want to equip kids with the toolkit for this future, but in a fun way that doesn’t feel like school.

Subscribe to FAB FRIDAYS to follow my journey and receive your weekly (sometimes biweekly!) dose of childhood education with a twist + new ways to learn.

I promise to keep it simple, relevant, and interesting.

Thanks for giving my work a slice of your attention ♥

Ana Lorena Fabrega—aka Ms. Fab.

Read previous issues:

Fab Fridays Issue 106: A tree, a baby, and a book

Fab Fridays Issue 105: Fab Book Recs + updates!

Fab Fridays Issue 104: The US Education System

Fab Fridays Issue 103: Mental Models for Parents

Fab Fridays Issue 102: Negotiating with Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 101: Memorization

Fab Fridays Issue 100: How to Manage Screen Time, The HBS Case Study Method, and NUVU Studio

Fab Fridays Issue 99: Your Child's Developing Brain

Fab Fridays Issue 98: Is School Really Broken?

Fab Fridays Issue 97: How to Raise Successful Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 96: Book Deal!

Fab Fridays Issue 95: How to help kids develop character with the Stoic framework

Fab Fridays Issue 94: Decentralizing Education with Synthesis

Fab Fridays Issue 93: Personal Life Update!

Fab Fridays Issue 92: Exit the System without Leaving School

Fab Fridays Issue 91: 7 ways to help kids WANT to learn

Fab Fridays Issue 90: 7 Dangerous Lessons Taught in School

Fab Fridays Issue 89: Developing Number Sense

Fab Fridays Issue 88: How to Pick a Good Book

Fab Fridays Issue 87: Five Lindy Ideas in Education

Fab Fridays Issue 86: How to Succeed in a Specialized World

Fab Fridays Issue 85: What Games to Play?

Fab Fridays Issue 84: How Games Teach Kids to Think

Fab Fridays Issue 83: How to Negotiate with Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 82: Lessons from Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 81: Lessons from 2021

Fab Fridays Issue 80: The Psychology of Screens

Fab Fridays Issue 79: Story-Driven Learning

Fab Fridays Issue 78: Probabilistic Thinking

Fab Fridays Issue 77: Gratitude

Fab Fridays Issue 76: Rethinking Assessment

Fab Fridays Issue 75: Making Better Decisions

Fab Fridays Issue 74: Thinking Hats

Fab Fridays Issue 73: Elastic Thinking

Fab Fridays Issue 72: The Do's & Don'ts of Creativity

Fab Fridays Issue 71: Parents with Skin in the Game

Fab Fridays Issue 70: Skin in the Game

Fab Fridays Issue 69: Are LEGOs reducing Creativity?

Fab Fridays Issue 68: Vuja De

Fab Fridays Issue 67: Flow State

Fab Fridays Issue 66: The Art of Failure

Fab Fridays Issue 65: The Art of Evangelism

Fab Fridays Issue 64: The Art of Quitting

Fab Fridays Issue 63: Thinking in Bets

Fab Fridays Issue 62: Range: Generalize, then specialize.

Fab Fridays Issue 61: Specific Knowledge

Fab Fridays Issue 60: Diagnosing a Broken System

Fab Fridays Issue 59: The LEGO Analogy

Fab Fridays Issue 58: Gamification vs. Pointsification

Fab Fridays Issue 57: Learning to Love Learning

Fab Fridays Issue 56: Raising Antifragile Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 55: The Education System

Fab Fridays Issue 54: Raising Entrepreneurial Kids

Fab Fridays Issue 53: The Power of Writing + Synthesis’ Big Week

Fab Fridays Issue 52: The Learning Style Myth

Fab Fridays Issue 51: Confusion Sparks Curiosity

Fab Fridays Issue 50: Questions to Avoid

Fab Fridays Issue 49: Synthesis Takes Off!

Fab Fridays Issue 48: Rethinking and Unlearning

Fab Fridays Issue 47: Behind The Scenes at Synthesis

Fab Fridays Issue 46: Design Matters

Fab Fridays Issue 45: Helping Kids Think For Themselves

Fab Fridays Issue 44: Kids and Video Games

Fab Fridays Issue 43: The Metagame

Fab Fridays Issue 42: Ms. Fab’s Book Recommendations

Fab Fridays Issue 41— 2020 in Review

Fab Fridays Issue 40— Question the Defaults

Fab Fridays Issue 39— Ms. Fab + Synthesis

Fab Fridays Issue 38— Kids crave complexity

Fab Fridays Issue 37— Seven Insights on Childhood Education

Fab Fridays Issue 36— First Principles Thinking

Fab Fridays Issue 35— Launch of Synthesis School

Fab Fridays Issue 34— The Super Mario Effect

Fab Fridays Issue 33— Gamify the Learning Process

Fab Fridays Issue 32— Conundrums

Fab Fridays Issue 31— ReFABricating School

Fab Fridays Issue 30— The Lindy Effect

Fab Fridays Issue 29— Kids are the best teachers

Fab Fridays Issue 28— 5 things to UNlearn

Fab Fridays Issue 27— Anti-Goals

Fab Fridays Issue 26— Remote Work

Fab Fridays Issue 25— Microschools

Fab Fridays Issue 24— Overcome Choice Paralysis

Fab Fridays Issue 23— Self-Directed Learning

Fab Fridays Issue 22— The Power of Play

Fab Fridays Issue 21— Online Learning vs. Remote Learning

Fab Fridays: Issue 20—Modern Making

Fab Fridays: Issue 19— What YCombinator tells us about Education

Fab Fridays: Issue 18— Unstructured Learning

Fab Fridays: Issue 17—Show and Tell

Fab Fridays: Issue 16— Creativity and a generation of Producers

Fab Fridays: Issue 15—Trying new things

Fab Fridays: Issue 14—The Game of School

Fab Fridays: Issue 13— Learning by Doing

Fab Fridays: Issue 12—Write of Passage Summer Camp

Fab Fridays: Issue 11—10 Tips to Cultivate Creativity

Fab Fridays: Issue 10—Silver Lining in this Crisis

Fab Fridays: Issue 9—Sharing is Caring

Fab Fridays: Issue 8— From Brick and Mortar Schools to Online Education

Fab Fridays: Issue 7— Less IS More

Fab Fridays: Issue 6— Our Ed System needs a Facelift

Fab Fridays: Issue 5— Free to Learn

Fab Fridays: Issue 4 —Thoughts on Online Education

Fab Fridays: Issue 3 —Unlock your writing superpower

Fab Fridays: Issue 2 —Less schooling and more educating

Fab Fridays: Issue 1 —The First Edition