THE SEVEN DA VINCIAN PRINCIPLES



1. Curiosita - An Insatiably Curious Approach to Life and an Unrelenting Quest for Continuous Learning

• Keep a Journal
  
• Ask questions and find theme for the day
  
• Contemplation or Reflection Time.
  
  
  
  

2. Dimonstrazione - A Commitment to Test Knowledge through Experience, Persistence, and Willingness to Learn from Mistakes.

• Experience/Hands on Learning
  
• What are the beliefs or opinions
  
• Mistakes are a learning experience
  
• Create Affirmations (must be real)
  
  
  
  

3. Sensazione - The Continual Refinement of the Senses, Especially Sight, as the Means to Enliven Experience.

• Awaken the senses in the classroom
  
• Expose children to fine art & music
  
• Appreciation of colors and sounds.
  
• Expose children to beauty daily
  
• Silence is golden for children to listen and appreciate the beauty around them
  
  
  
  

4. Sfumato - A Willingness to Embrace Ambiguity, Paradox, and Uncertainty.

• Young children are not ready to deal with the paradoxes of life.
  
• Tell stories.
  
• Play games and put together puzzles
  
• Tell the same story, but change the ending
  
  
  

5. Arte/Scienza - The Development of the Balance between Science, Art, Logic and Imagination. "Whole-Brain Thinking"

• Mindmapping
  
  
  

6. Corporalita - The Cultivation of Grace, Ambidexterity, Fitness, and Poise

• Do aerobic exercises
  
• Encourage children to sit up straight and to walk with shoulders back
  
• Learn to juggle to develop ambidexterity, balance and mind-body coordination.
  
  
  

7. Connessione - A Recognition of and Appreciation for the Interconnectedness of Things and Phenoma. Systems Thinking.

• Everything is connected to everything else.
  
• Ponder the origin of things.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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