Coming January 2025…
What is LetMeFail?
LetMeFail is an innovative curriculum for kids in grades 3-8 to help them practice failure, learn from failure, and promote discussions about failing ‘better’.
How? LetMeFail is designed so classrooms can host a "Failure Day" at school complete with group activities doomed for failure, virtual author visits about failure, board games where the goal is to fail, hear from famous failures from scientists, entrepreneurs, and athletes, and much more!
Why did we create LetMeFail? Our society is so focused on winning and being ‘the best’ that many kids today have a fear of failure. Yet, most of the world’s greatest accomplishments came from overcoming failure. By embracing failure through LetMeFail, we are empowering the next generation to be our future leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Beta launch - We are testing our program with classrooms in January 2025 before we launch nationally. Teachers who would like to participate will receive a $25 Amazon gift card for school supplies. Sign up below…
LetMeFail was created by children’s author Lowey Sichol, UVA professor/ WAGiLabs founder Chic Thompson, and 15-year-old kid genius engineer Anthony Hartman.
@LetMeFail #LetMeFail
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Build a Bridge, launch a bottle rocket, and drop an egg - all activities doomed for failure! Kid Genius inventor Anthony Hartman explains what to do. Registered teachers receive $25 gift card towards supplies for these activities.
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Sit back and listen to children’s author Lowey Sichol read about famous failures in her books about LEGO, Disney, Nike, and more!
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UVA Professor and Ted Talk speaker Chic Thompson leads you in an activity to think about what you would never do and then go do it.
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Invent a failure board or card game and submit it to LetMeFail! The top ideas will win prizes for their classroom. Deadline May 15, 2025.
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Watch short videos from famous business leaders, scientists, athletes, musicians, authors, and entrepreneurs who have failed.
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Do you love books but maybe you aren’t so good at finishing them? Great! You are part of the Half Book Club. Tag your Half Read Books online @HalfBookClub #HalfBookClub and we will post them.
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Create a comic strip all about failure! Does your character fail many times and then succeed? Does your character fail at only one thing but is good at other things? How does your character overcome failure? Send us your drawings! @LoweySichol
Free Classroom Supplies!
Sign up here to learn more about LetMeFail. All educators who sign up can earn a $25 Amazon gift card for free supplies for our activities.