We’re proud to introduce a new Mizzen content partner, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), and share their exciting module of activities on youth entrepreneurship.
Read MoreMizzen’s Greatest Hits of 2020
You’re setting records. From inspiring creativity in the arts and STEM to supporting students’ social and emotional wellbeing, you’ve found engaging and powerful ways to use Mizzen to help young people keep connected and continue learning. By popular demand, here are your Top 20 Mizzen activities...
Read MoreCreative Activities to Spark Entrepreneurship
As we approach the new year, this is a great time to begin thinking about how to incorporate youth entrepreneurship into your afterschool program. To help, we’re proud to spotlight exciting activities in Mizzen from VentureLab that foster an entrepreneurial mindset and let your students’...
Read More23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December
With winter afoot, during a school year like no other, are you looking for fun, healthy and restorative activities you can share with children and youth?
23 Days of Fun, Healthy and Creative Activities for December offers just that.
Read MoreConversations from the Field: Meet Aiko Sato
Aiko Sato cares deeply about the quality of afterschool and out-of-school time programs. She attended an afterschool program as a child. Today, she is a program manager for Champions in Portland, where she helps to oversee thirteen programs that serve more than 600 children and youth in the...
Read More5 Fun Ways to Power Arts Education in Afterschool Programs
Particularly during this time, arts programming is an invaluable way to engage children in a wide range of subjects — from science and math, to language literacy and digital media, to 21st century skills.
Read More3 Pro Tips for Fall from Mizzen by Mott
As you carry out fall programming, here are three Pro Tips you’ll find in Mizzen.
Read MoreExperiential Learning in Afterschool Programming
Riding a bike is a great example of experiential learning. It is a skill that’s learned through firsthand experience and the trial and error of experimentation. While bicycling can be “taught” by others who offer their knowledge and guidance, it’s the process of figuring it out independently that...
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