Author Entries
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A King of Swords
Joaquin's book for season 1 of his GOT-inspired TV show. A rich medieval story not appropriate for very young audiences. Read »
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Recap of a Crucial CA Game
A colorful write-up of the game that made Joaquin champion of his Counter Attack league. Read »
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Call to Play Counter Attack
A video with a purpose: Introduce a board game and connect with interested play mates online. Watch »
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7th Grade Learning Plan
Co-created with Joaquin, this is our plan for a new round of self-directed learning at home amidst a pandemic. Read »
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“Swongsburg Realty” Game
An original and complex board game where players compete for profits in real estate development. Read »
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Everdell Game Expansions
Expanding the board game Everdell with new ideas, materials, and game mechanics. Read »
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Dioramas
Joaquin's dioramas for wolf, fox, cheetah, and owl, plus an original story about a bear and a black widow. Read »
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Ask Joaquin: Fire
Joaquin tells the story of Prometheus, the Greek titan who gave humans fire and was punished for it. Watch »
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Summer Art Camps
This summer Joaquin took four art camps at a local studio. These are our favorite pieces from them. Read »
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Ask Joaquin: Seasons
Joaquin gives a verbal presentation explaining the reason for our planet's seasons. Watch »
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Lesson Books
With his Waldorf Lesson Books, Joaquin practices many new and important skills in addition to writing and art work. Read »
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Drawing Birds
Our favorite drawings and watercolor paintings from Joaquin's self-directed birds art camp. Read »
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Mr. Bally Sketching
The story and collection of nine charcoal pieces from Joaquin's imaginary (i.e. self-directed) Sketching Art Class. Read »
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Spring Art Classes
Joaquin's artwork from six different art classes he took from March to May. Read »
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Mr. Bally Art Class Brochure
Joaquin wrote and designed a brochure for a self-directed mega art class with imaginary instructor, Mr. Bally. Read »
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Pastels with Nani
Joaquin learns pastels from his grandmother and makes two gorgeous bird drawings. Read »
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Latest Artwork
Joaquin's artwork has gotten detailed. I love his interpretation of visual references. Read »
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Animated Lego Garages
Stop animation and a verbal presentation of our functional lego garages Watch »
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Wind Wind Blow Away
Joaquin reads a story he recently wrote and responds to his audience Watch »
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4th Grade Learning Goals
Topics, themes, and skills in which I will focus this year to best support Joaquin’s development and education as he turns ten. Read »
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Comienza Un Plan
A chapter from Joaquin's 2nd book "Comienza Un Plan". The little author is developing his writing skills in an impressive way. Read »
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Digital illustrations for book series
A collection of drawings illustrating Joaquin's books "Mission for Disaster" and "Comienza Un Plan" Read »
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Mission for Disaster
A chapter from Joaquin's first solo book, "Mission for Disaster". En Español. Read »
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Dr. Lodlow vs. Dr. Pumpum
Joaquin's story about two dentists and a lot of crime. Written quickly at bedtime in order to learn from it as opposed to suffering through "boring" content. Read »
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Lego Wars 30 – Grocery Store
Joaquin y mama documentan la competencia entre las tiendas de mercado de lego de Pumpum y Bloomberg. Read »
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Lego Wars 32 – Museum
Relato a cuatro manos de la competencia entre Luz y Pumpum construyendo un museo de legos. Read »
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Lego Wars 6 – Dream Playroom
Joaquin y mama relatan juntos el reto de Light y Rindin construyendo el cuarto de juegos de sus sueños. Read »
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Lego Wars 26 – Dreams
Una historia escrita en colaboracion con mama acerca de una competencia en la que dos muñequitos representaron sueños con legos. Read »
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3rd Grade Learning Goals
Intentions and areas of focus, awareness, and expansion I will offer this year for the enrichment of Joaquin’s education and development. Read »
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Lego Wars
In this new competition, Joaquin creates two versions for each lego building challenge. He presents his creations and we discuss my feedback. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 14
En la emocionante semi-final del concurso, Oso y Bevo compiten por el tercer puesto preparando un plato salado. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 13
Joaquin y mama discuten y escogen un chef entre oponentes pasados para competir por el tercer puesto en las rondas finales del concurso. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 2.2
Carrots and cheese test Light and Rindin's culinary creativity one more time. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 12
Enrique recibe una nueva oportunidad y compite con Light por el mejor plato de pescado o mariscos. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 11
Oso y Light compiten por el mejor brunch. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 2.1
Beginning round 2 of the Pato a Pato playoffs, Rindin and Light compete with carrots and cheese. (Español). Watch »
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The Twilight Zone
Joaquin's muñequitos wake up in a dimension where all food tastes differently and sweets are no longer an option. A filmmaking project en Español. Watch »
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Game Highlight
I'm incredibly impressed by the fluidity and richness of Joaquin's spontaneous speech in this new basketball game highlight. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 10
En un episodio especial, "Oso's Redemption", Oso y Bevo preparan platos de pasta. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 5 — “Win or go home”
Pillo and Light compete one last time for the chance to move to the next round in these fun pretend cooking playoffs. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 4
Round 1 of these playoffs is still up for grabs; Pillo and Light must give it their all with some more eggs and bread. (English and Español). Watch »
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Pato a Pato 3
Pillo and Light test their creativity with a new preparation around bread and eggs. As a special treat for papa, Joaquin included text translation to English. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 2
Light and Pillo compete one more time with bread and eggs in what has become a daily competition ala NBA playoffs. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 9
Enrique reta a Bevo en una competencia por el mejor sandwich o hamburguesa. Watch »
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Pato a Pato 1
A 100% made by Joaquin filmmaking project, this is the first episode of a new TV cooking competition. (En Español). Watch »
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Storytelling and web coding
Creative writing, filmmaking, HTML and CSS coding, all to document Light's fun story in a cooking competition. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 8
Luz compite con Bevo —un torito con necesidades especiales— en un reto de huevos. Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 7
Light compite por el mejor postre en contra de su esposa, Luz. Watch »
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Game Flow Charts
The basketball passion leads Joaquin to dive in cartesian coordinates charts as one more way to tell his games' stories. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep6
Light y Bloomberg compiten por el mejor pollo Watch »
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Box scores and PHP code
Adding box score tables to his basketball game pages requires math, great attention to detail, and exposure to PHP coding. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep5
Light vs. Pumpum in a challege of breakfast meals. Watch »
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First Web Page
Scenarios were built, photos were taken, words were written, html was coded... in order to document Pillo's day at the university in Joaquin's first web page. Read »
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First steps into coding and web publishing
Joaquin's current passion for basketball has led him to code HTML. Today he discovered coding and web publishing and he's in love with both. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 4
Rindin vs. Pumpum en un reto de ensaladas. Watch »
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Ridse Jail Part
Joaquin tackles all aspects of this 100% self-directed filmmaking project. In this episode, Rindin puts Sochi in jail for not cutting his hair. (En Español). Watch »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 3
Rindin vs. Pillo en un reto de pizzas. Watch »
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Rindin’s Menu
The "interesting" selection of dishes 8-year-old Joaquin would serve as chef of a restaurant. Read »
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Pequeño a Pequeño – Ep 2
Rindin vs. Oso en un reto de sopas y caldos. Watch »
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Shark Wave
A dramatic and funny shark film directed and produced by 8-year-old Joaquin (en Español). Watch »
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Basketball game with friends and green screen FX
Joaquin adds stuffed players and fans plus green screen effects to his newest basketball highlight video. Watch »
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Basketball Highlight
An exciting basketball highlight played, edited, and expertly narrated by Joaquin Watch »
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2nd Grade Learning Goals
A set of guidelines, ideas, and wishes for the homeschool year according to Joaquin’s current abilities and referencing curriculums for 2nd grade. Read »
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A Chopped Day
Chef Joaquin cooks three meals in a fierce Chopped competition against his muñequitos. Read »
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Chopped
Joaquin bakes for a 45-min "Chopped" challenge involving lavender, cream cheese and fruit. Watch »
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Making a Monster
Joaquin's first sewing project was to make a stuffed monster. His name is Pumpum and here's his birth. Watch »
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Leon Drawings
A collection of drawings of the main cast and staff from our film, "Leon". Read »
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Astronaut Storyboard
A collection of drawings illustrating the story in "Astronaut", an animated movie Joaquin planned to make at 6 years old. Read »
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Lego Catalogs and Buildings
From following Lego instructions, Joaquin starts designing sets and building his own constructions. Read »