FAB FRIDAYS
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