Destination Speech

05/18/2021

Thank you to the innovative & delightful Gabriele Nicolet at Speechkids for this important conversation about integrating mindfulness into parenting, into therapy sessions with kids and into our own lives as Speech-Language Patholgists and childhood educators. We talk about how the practices help develop presence, embodied living & social understanding in the midst of full lives 🧘‍♀️

In this interview I reground and learn about mindfulness with ex SpeechKids team member Melanie Pensak. We get to talk about the importance of feeling ground...

02/22/2021

12/18/2020

https://www.childrenandnature.org/resources/seven-ways-to-give-the-gift-of-nature-this-year/?fbclid=IwAR2xktGNmRYWe3eErZpdb-hKiTvHz1V4k8nBKx_hjFdzELl8Bnnn6AkOdPU

This time of year, families around the world are celebrating the traditions of their culture, their faith, and certainly, the arrival of 2021. (It can’t come soon enough!)

11/28/2020

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/05/731346268/kindness-vs-cruelty-helping-kids-hear-the-better-angels-of-their-nature?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0bqda_laOb5z4a6YRi99xhOkelZ0gVcQS8YgmlaWGG9l2uqdNYhleRyFo

A hardwired, us-vs.-them mentality can easily pull kids away from kindness, toward cruelty. Here's what parents can do about it.

10/27/2020

http://haskinsglobal.org/mindful-family/?utm_source=Susan+Kaiser+Greenland+Master+List&utm_campaign=f5f3af9a61-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_01_02_00_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4269579ecf-f5f3af9a61-101450245

[WEBINAR] Exploring how to build resilience, happiness, and compassion

10/26/2020

https://www.sciencealert.com/daycares-in-finland-built-a-backyard-forest-and-it-changed-children-s-immune-systems?fbclid=IwAR0xyD4jjxkvFkFQl4wl5lu8ubEylOO-MCeAQb4OWQbcXCEkpUTG5HNpB6I

Playing through the greenery and litter of a mini forest's undergrowth for just one month may be enough to change a child's immune system, according to a small new experiment.

09/13/2020

Nature is our greatest teacher! • We went on a nature walk collecting interesting items • Later, we used imagination & creativity to make something from what we found! • This activity is great for problem solving, sequencing, receptive & expressive language • There’s so much to naturally talk about when outside 🌳

08/24/2020

Please like & follow my new page for the latest info on my classes & to learn about nature practices, environmentalism & regenerative practices.

https://www.facebook.com/Love-for-the-Land-101310625037093/

An online space to learn about nature practices, meditation, mindfulness & the land

08/22/2020

Our children benefit from time outdoors & tech is not the enemy! Read more here...

How do we get today’s kids active and in tune with nature? And if the current generation of young parents missed out on personal experiences with nature, who will teach their children?

07/13/2020

Nature schools and outdoor learning is essential for the future of our children so they learn how to interact with the natural world experientially and can assist in creative solutions for climate change. Anyone out there working in these areas? Would love to be a part of the conversation

The pandemic has been devastating to the field, according to a recent survey

07/10/2020

Caverly Morgan will read her new children's book on mindfulness this Saturday 10 AM PCT.
Caverly is the founder of Peace in Schools.
Sign up today!
https://sangha.live/sunday_sangha/kids-book-mindfulness/