17. How do Story Weavers kids take the skills into everyday life

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We are live. Hey, everybody excited to be on early in the morning or late in the evening across the world with Amanda. So today we're having tea time or water time with a story Weaver. With the story we were asking about the experiences inside the program, and Amanda has been with us from the very beginning. That's why and I mean, it's been an amazing ride. And I'm proud to now caller one of my friends. And so first maybe Introduce yourself shortly Amanda, where you come and how you come came into the story Weaver?

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Hi, I'm Amanda and I have an 11 year old daughter, and we came to story was over in Seattle, USA. And we came to story weavers because the idea of the collaborative and leadership and writing program was just so alluring. I couldn't just walk away, I had to find out more. And I'm really glad that I did.

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So one of our main and we are glad, by the way that you did as well. So one of our core pillars, I would say or that's important to us is that kids apply the information they have in the group setting. That's why collaborative, but also that they take it into their real life. So have you noticed a skill that she transferred from the program and uses it elsewhere as well?

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Yes, yes.

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Good question. I noticed that in the groups, they had it set out for jobs, each child had a job within the team setting. And her job for one of the rotations was to make sure that everyone was on task and that they were hitting their their marks for the day for that meeting. And outside of that I've noticed her really being quite the taskmaster. And okay, what are we supposed to be doing right now. And I want to make sure we hit all of our marks, so I have my reward at the end, she's really become that driving force.

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That's amazing. And that's exactly what the rules are for, in simply being able to experience it experience when you can work in a group setting and actually be the person responsible for that. That's so cool that she goes beyond that and uses it. And I know she's she's perfect at it as I notice it. Myself listening to the group of my, my daughter and and they continuously saying she's like the one let's stay on tack. Let's keep focused, guys. And I think that's, that's so valuable. And she does it in a way that's just amazing. So I remember in in Christmas time, one of the stories that I really love the story weavers that demonstrate the values of the story weavers is in a story where your kid lifts this value. And I know you with the cookie cutter, that's just my hint. So could you explain that story of of the cookie cutter maybe to everyone because I think that really demonstrates of what values we want to also live here.

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Yeah, sure. Of course, that's one of our favorites to show. The group was working on a cookbook project together. And she was really into it and really excited about making these recipes and building out her cookies and putting it all very visually together. And she was like what can we do to this cookie that would make it like better, you would embody this ideal a little bit deeper, and she wanted to make this cookie cutter of the story weavers. And she had worked really hard a few years prior and earned herself enough money to buy a 3d printer. And so we had it's just sitting right next to the kitchen in our little dining area. And she was like, I want to make this cookie cutter. So we designed it together and with help from dad we design we printed out this cookie cutter she made some sugar cookies that were shaped like snowflakes and she pressed the story Weaver 3d prints into it and created story Weaver cookies. And they were delicious. I would I've heard that.

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Story weavers is delicious.

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I was so excited because this value of just doing one step more than expected, I think really drives home the message. That's why next to that, I was excited as one of the founders of story Weaver receiving such an amazing gift I find, I also got super excited from the values behind it, that we have kids and parents in our community that live this quality. So thank you so much for being part. Guys, if you have any questions for a story Weaver, for those who don't know what story Weaver is, it's a secular writing program that focuses on collaboration with other kids teaching communication tools that go way beyond being taught anywhere in the world. So they really learn this Leadership School way. So and as you can see, with an amazing community of driven parents, or gifted or entrepreneurial parents, and as I said, the children are amazing, just the same. So if you want more information, comment down below, reach out to us, and we'll be happy to answer more questions. Or if you have more questions to other story leavers, which we'll be coming alive on here as well then let me know. With that, thank you so much, Amanda, for being on and we'll talk soon. Bye, guys.

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