SPARKWORKS
Think through anything.
An 8-session program
teaching kids
critical thinking —
through games, not lectures.
What Kids Learn
Spotting patterns — and catching mistakes
Ruling things out to find answers faster
Estimating without all the information
Thinking ahead instead of just reacting
The 8-Session Curriculum
See What Others Miss
Pattern Detection · Elimination
Kids spot patterns, then learn the harder skill: knowing when to stop trusting them.
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Pattern Detection
The most valuable skill is knowing when your pattern is wrong.
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The Archimedes Badge
Stepped into a bath and recognized water displacement instantly — a pattern hiding in plain sight. Eureka.
Elimination
Elimination is not giving up — it's the fastest path to the answer.
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The Euclid Badge
Built all of geometry from just 5 axioms by eliminating every assumption that could not be proven.
Find the Hidden Rules
Constraints · Hidden Rules
Every system runs on rules most people never notice. Finding them first is the advantage.
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Constraints
Constraints don't block the solution. They point toward it.
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The Snow Badge
Dr. John Snow stopped the 1854 cholera epidemic by mapping every constraint until one answer remained: the water pump.
Hidden Rules
The rules everyone sees are the rules everyone plays by. Find the hidden ones.
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The Lovelace Badge
Ada Lovelace recognized the hidden rule in Babbage's engine: it could follow any logical rule, not just arithmetic.
Decide Without All the Facts
Estimation · Order of Operations
Kids estimate with logic, reason under uncertainty, and catch AI mistakes.
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Estimation
You don't need the exact answer. You need one close enough to decide.
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The Fermi Badge
Enrico Fermi estimated a nuclear explosion's yield using only scraps of paper dropped from his hand. Accurate to within a factor of 2.
Order of Operations
Understanding rules more deeply than your opponent is a structural advantage.
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The Al-Khwarizmi Badge
Invented algebra and the algorithm. The word 'algorithm' comes from his name. Every rule-based system traces to his work.
Think Beyond What You Control
Strategy · Game Theory
Every skill deployed under pressure. Thinking several moves ahead.
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Strategy
Strategy is every skill integrated, applied under pressure.
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The Sun Tzu Badge
Wrote The Art of War — the oldest framework for strategic thinking under uncertainty. Still taught at West Point and Harvard Business School.
Game Theory
Think several moves ahead — the best move depends on what they'll do.
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The Turing Badge
Alan Turing cracked the Nazi Enigma code by treating it as a game with rules that could be systematically broken. Shortened WWII by two years.
What Your Child Gains
Figuring things out without being told
Working through problems step-by-step
Noticing when something doesn’t make sense
Explaining how they got an answer
Staying calm when they don’t know yet
Thinking ahead instead of reacting
Every Session
IGNITEHigh-energy warm-up
SHARPENOne concept, one real story
ENGAGEThe game — real thinking here
REINFORCEApply, reflect, connect
In this AI age, critical thinking
has become a crucial skill for kids.
EMBER TRACK
Ages 8–9 · Max 6 students
BLAZE TRACK
Ages 10–12 · Max 6 students
WHEN
Starting week of April 13
WHERE
South Pasadena, CA
FORMAT
8 sessions · 60 min each
SIZE
Max 6 students per track
FOUNDING SPARKS · ONLY 12 SPOTS
$149 for all 8 sessions
Founding rate — won't run like this again.
Register Interest
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PARENT / GUARDIAN 2 (optional)
CHILDREN
Child 1 (required)
Classes start the week of April 13 and meet on the same day and time each week for 8 weeks.
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School teaches content. We train how to think.