I feel so fortunate that my life includes opportunities to learn from and be with children. Here is a bit of learning that I journaled about the other day. One day as a school counselor, a fortunate human being, sharing, relating and exploring in an educational community. Today I learned about bravery. These children are […]
Category Archives: Education
Roots of Empathy on CBS
Another taste of Roots of Empathy (with a commercial at the beginning)
Roots of Empathy
Tomorrow begins the next amazing (I imagine) training of this summer. I am very fortunate to be participating in the pilot of bringing the successful Canadian based program, Roots of Empathy, to the United States. I first learned about this program at the Vancouver Dialogues with the Dalai Lama on Educating the Heart (you can […]
Educating for Wholeness
I recently updated Educating for Wholeness. There you’ll find perspectives from parents, teachers and students as well as learning activities that I facilitate with students and parents. Have a peek: What We’d Like to Learn Giving Information Rather Than Nagging Turning the Television Off The Value of Class Meetings Making Our Fraction of the World […]
Creativity, Education, Intrinsic Strengths, Innate Curiosity and Play
Some educational and parenting resources for you: A MUST see, hysterical and insightful TEDtalk with Sir Ken Robinson Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an […]
things we can and cannot control
as an elementary school counselor, i get to engage with children in many enriching conversations. discussing life skills has always been a topic that i find incredibly valuable to dialogue with children. this month’s guidance lesson with grades 2-4 was on changes that happen in our lives. things in our life are constantly changing. some […]