Yes, I know it’s quite a ways into the new year, and I’m just getting back into the “business” swing of things. Believe me, this blog was a hard one to write. It’s been on my mind for a long while and, as with many things on one’s “to do” list, the longer I put it off, the harder it was to sit down and get it done.
My focus this year will continue to be on helping to lead children on the journey to self-expression through writing. I am hoping to really focus on helping parents and teachers learn how to use a child’s natural environment to help create inspiration for their writing.
I would love to introduce to you a fabulous organization called GREEN HEARTS. Their website is http://www.greenheartsinc.org/ . They have a really great resource called ”A Parents’ Guide to Nature Play” . This is free for you to download (please consider donating to this wonderful organization). The following excerpt is from their website:
Green Hearts is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to restoring and strengthening the bonds between children and nature. We believe that frequent, unstructured childhood play in natural settings is a crucial stage in the development of life-long conservation values – and thus helps lead to adult conservation behaviors. This kind of “nature play” is now an endangered part of American childhood. Green Hearts’ mission is to help bring it back.
Thanks to The Motherhood Muse - http://www.themotherhoodmuse.com/ - for turning me on to this great site.
