Igniting 21st-Century, Durable Skills in Camps, Classrooms, and Clubs
SkillFire is scalable, flexible curriculum designed to teach the creative process alongside 21st-century, durable skills to a broad audience of young learners.
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SkillFire introduces and reinforces…
Who can use SkillFire?
How does SkillFire work?
SkillFire’s components are meant to introduce students to certain skills, and then enforce and build on those skills in a meaningful way. We also offer a Capstone Assembly Kit to help you celebrate and recognize your SkillFire students. Each component is a digital download that you can start using right away!
SkillFire Handbook | $199
The SkillFire Handbook includes 16 sessions, each lasting 45-60 minutes each, to introduce key skills. Along with facilitator instructions, each session is broken into two activities:
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Purchase all six components of SkillFire and receive a $75 discount on your entire order.
SkillFire Skill Extenders | $59 each
SkillFire Skill Extenders are engaging, hands-on activity volumes designed to unleash the creative, critical thinking, and collaborative potential in any youth group, classroom, or after-school program. Each volume offers a series of unique, medium-length projects that foster essential 21st-century skills in a fun and flexible format.
Whether you’re looking to spark innovation, develop problem-solving abilities, or simply provide enriching and exciting experiences, SkillFire Skill Extenders are the perfect solution. Each activity is designed to be completed in 2-5 hours or over several days, adapting to your schedule and group’s needs.
With SkillFire Skill Extenders, you’ll provide an environment where participants can explore new concepts, experiment with different approaches, and build confidence as they tackle exciting challenges. Get ready to watch your group discover their inner innovators and thrive!
Includes the FREE Scheduling Guide!
Skill Extenders Volume I features three medium-length activities designed to boost diverse skill sets:
Performance Skill Extender: Your group will become intrepid archaeologists, unearthing ancient writings and bringing history to life through a captivating performance.
Task Skill Extender: Step into the role of visionary architects, designing and constructing three unique towers, each with a distinct function, using various materials.
Hybrid Skill Extender: Unleash your inner inventor! Your group will design and build a multi-purpose invention to solve three everyday problems, then showcase its impact through a dynamic performance.
Skill Extenders Volume II: Fine Arts offers three medium-length activities designed to ignite creativity and artistic exploration:
Music Skill Extender: Your group will dive into the world of sound, exploring musical concepts, rhythm, and creative composition.
Dance Skill Extender: Get your group moving and expressing themselves through movement, focusing on rhythm, choreography, and storytelling through dance.
Visual Arts Skill Extender: Unleash your group’s inner artist with hands-on visual arts challenges, exploring color, form, texture, and various mediums to create compelling visual narratives.
Skill Extenders Volume III: Engineering offers three medium-length, hands-on activities designed to ignite problem-solving and innovation:
Big Bridge: Your group will design and build a sturdy structure capable of spanning a gap and supporting a load.
Special Delivery: This challenge tasks your group with creating ingenious devices for both sending and receiving items, culminating in a compelling performance.
Ping-Pong Roller Coaster: Your group will design and construct an exciting, gravity-defying path for a tiny traveler.
SkillFire Skill Master | $39
The SkillFire Skill Master is designed for groups seeking a more in-depth, long-term creative challenge. This single, expansive project provides an incredible opportunity to reinforce both technical and artistic skills, or you can choose to focus on just one area for specialized development.
While the Skill Master can be completed in 5-7 hours total or spread out over several days, allowing for flexible integration into your program, dedicating more time often leads to truly elaborate and impressive solutions.
Plus, you’ll receive a FREE Scheduling Guide to help you seamlessly plan and execute this exciting project.
Ready to embark on a transformative long-term challenge and witness your group’s most ambitious creations come to life?
This edition’s Skill Master activity challenges your group to design and construct an innovative creation using unconventional materials. But the creativity doesn’t stop there! Your team will then craft and present a captivating performance that vividly demonstrates how their unique invention works and its impact. It’s a fantastic way to combine ingenuity with imaginative storytelling.
SkillFire Capstone Assembly Kit | $79
Ready to host an unforgettable celebration for your SkillFire participants? The Capstone Assembly Kit provides everything you need to easily produce an interactive recognition ceremony or celebratory event.
All resources are conveniently downloadable directly from a single PDF, giving you instant access to:
Make your SkillFire capstone event a memorable experience for everyone involved!
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Purchase all six components of SkillFire and receive a $75 discount on your entire order.
SkillFire Scheduling Guide | FREE
Your purchase of any SkillFire component will include our Scheduling Guide – a document outlining different ways to schedule your club, class, or camp with tips on all the resources needed to create a great experience.
Ready to light a fire?
Download a FREE SAMPLE of the SkillFire Handbook to try. You will get one complete Skill Session, including the facilitator guide.
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