Why Outdoor Classrooms
Outdoor Classrooms enhance learning and fuel imaginations Animal Masks using Earth Paints: Circle of Life class 2013 Hands-on outdoor learning boosts physical activity, mental health, brain power and...
View ArticleGarden of Love Book Project
I invite you to join me on a beautiful journey “ The Garden of Love Book”- Sowing the seeds of love and wisdom I invite you to share your childhood memories with Orange Moon as she travels on her...
View ArticleRECLAIMING CHILDHOOD
RECLAIMING CHILDHOOD Childhood is a very special and magical time…or at least it should be! Childhood is when we learn about the world and ourselves, and provides a foundation of who we’ll be in the...
View ArticleCrying is part of what makes us human
My latest illustration for my new book “Garden of Love” - sowing seeds of love and wisdom. A book about remembering who and what we are. Orange Moon’s little brother was sad that she was setting out...
View ArticleThe Essence of Who We Are
“This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life; We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves”. - Chief Seattle...
View ArticleOutdoor Classroom
Autumn is probably my most favourite of seasons. A magical time in nature, providing some of the most breath-taking displays of colour and the temperature allows for more adventurous play, not to...
View ArticleNature Art can bring every subject to Life
Infusing Nature Art into the school curriculum in a way that deepens learning and encourages critical thinking. Animal Masks using Earth Paints: Circle of Life Hands-on outdoor learning boosts...
View ArticleLONG LIVE THE PEN, PENCIL OR QUILL!
Drawing and writing with Goose Feathers Today I read an article entitled : “ Technology may script an end to the art of cursive writing” How Incredibly Sad!!! As more and more children learn their...
View ArticleNature is ART
ART is Everywhere in Nature… Nature IS ART I adore colour. One of my favourite artists is the great French Post-Impressionist Gauguin because of the colour and nature in his art: vibrant, sensual and...
View ArticleIn Their Element
Each Friday throughout summer, we run a nature art class from a local Organic farm. The farmer, Jim wood, an ex- Biology teacher and his beautiful wife Lorena love having children visit the working...
View ArticleSlow Things Down and Get Creative
Every Child is An Artist All children are artists and need to be given the opportunities to express themselves creatively. We all do, not just our children. Each and everyone of us is an artist....
View ArticleMindfulness
Mindfulness & Magical Moments Jasmine, my teenage daughter was excited to show me a shell she had found on a walk with her father along the seashore, earlier in the morning. It was large and...
View ArticleOutdoor Spaces and Classrooms
OUTDOOR SPACES & CLASSROOMS When children and nature mix, something magical happens. I am fortunate to witness that magic every day in our outdoor classrooms. I believe the outdoor classroom,...
View ArticleFly into the Light
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”~Robert Lynd Mount Erskine, Salt Spring Island March 2014. Photograph by, David Hughes @ www.davidhughescreative.com “Once you...
View ArticleTe amo
When photographing Orange Moon on the elephant last night I thought of all your beautiful elephant creations we made together…at Worthyland School ECE workshops last week…so magical and inspirational....
View ArticleOutdoor Classroom
Autumn is probably my most favourite of seasons. A magical time in nature, providing some of the most breath-taking displays of colour and the temperature allows for more adventurous play, not to...
View ArticleNature Art can bring every subject to Life
Infusing Nature Art into the school curriculum in a way that deepens learning and encourages critical thinking. Animal Masks using Earth Paints: Circle of Life Hands-on outdoor learning boosts...
View ArticleLONG LIVE THE PEN, PENCIL OR QUILL!
Drawing and writing with Goose Feathers Today I read an article entitled : “ Technology may script an end to the art of cursive writing” How Incredibly Sad!!! As more and more children learn their...
View ArticleNature is ART
ART is Everywhere in Nature… Nature IS ART I adore colour. One of my favourite artists is the great French Post-Impressionist Gauguin because of the colour and nature in his art: vibrant, sensual and...
View ArticleA School Made In Heaven (Part 1)
Client: Worthyland School Location: Miami, Florida Project Description: Worthyland School Pre-Launch ECE Two day workshop Connecting Children with Nature through ART. I have just returned from...
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