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Working with Teachers & Caregivers
Workshops for teachers, care givers, social workers and parents who wish to bring creativity, joy and self awareness to their children.
In recent times more and more teachers and parents have become aware of the constant expectations on themselves and the children in their care, to do more and better – to be more and better. A strong push for academic excellence threatens to stifle creativity especially that experienced through experiential play.
In trying to rectify this imbalance, inadvertently we have created more of the same. Creative activities have become yet another form of achievement that is regulated and assessed. The teaching of life skills and values most often does not allow for true understanding and discovery but rather imposes yet another theory or belief system that can be memorized and ‘parroted’ but not actually realized on a deeper level and applied to day to day living. Don’t miss this opportunity, not only to discover more about yourself, but to also gain practical skills for the home and the classroom so as to enable the same access to discovery for children. The "Evolving to Awareness" workshop is about bringing joy back into education and life.
Gerry will draw on over twenty years of experience in education, creative expression and yoga to guide participants step by step through a hands on journey of self-discovery using many different mediums of creative expression from the physical exploration of movement, sound and stillness to narrative and art. Gerry will also detail how to apply these activities to the classroom.
