A heart-centered blog space for educators…
Educators know in their hearts that if students don’t feel safe, connected, and cared about at school, they won’t be able to reach their true potential.
Before the academics will stick, the heartspace must be nurtured.
This blog is a space for kind and supportive heart-based learning.
In today's interconnected world, armed conflicts cast a shadow over our collective consciousness. Amidst these turbulent times, the classroom emerges as a beacon of hope and stability for students grappling with the complexities of global unrest. Social and Emotional...
5-4-3-2-1, blast off! No, not this time. Quite the opposite. 5-4-3-2-1, ground down. 5-4-3-2-1 is a recentering or grounding technique. What you do is move through the senses and name: 5 things you see 4 things you feel 3 things you smell 2 you hear 1 you taste (or...
I was a serial hugger for decades. It wasn’t the hugging per se, that was the offence, but the ambush that typically came with it. My urge to hug came out with my family, friends, neighbours, heck, even my daughter’s super supportive math teacher. I didn’t know I had...
“We don’t laugh because we’re happy. We’re happy because we laugh.” —William James First it was Friends. Years later, the Rick Mercer Report, followed by Schitt’s Creek. Now I know why I looked forward to these shows so much. They were laugh-out-loud funny....
My daughter started grade nine twice, at two different schools. Her first time at school number two she only attended for half a day, but immediately noticed the strong sense of community and, get this, already felt like she was becoming part of it. Her first day of...
