by Hannah Beach | Apr 21, 2020 | Aggression, Anxiety, Attachment, Building Relationship, Emotional Health, Emotional Release, Expression, Play
A couple of weeks ago, Tamara and I joined Jeff Ikler and Kirsten Richert on their podcast, Getting Unstuck, to talk about Reclaiming Our Students and the huge potential for every single person who cares about children’s learning to create deep,...
by Hannah Beach | Apr 16, 2020 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Connection, Discipline, Emotional Health, Expression, Feelings, Play
Imagine a wilted plant in a window. Your first thought to help it would probably be to determine what it needs: Does it need more water? Less water? Does it have enough sun? Does it need extra care now because you forgot about it for a few weeks? Is it a delicate...
by Hannah Beach | Apr 9, 2020 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Connection, Emotional Health, Emotional Release, Emotional Safety, Teaching
A lot of us are back to teaching – but teaching now in a whole new way. It’s a big learning curve, one that I also am experiencing. Although I am currently teaching undergraduate students in a university faculty of education, I find myself grappling with many...
by Hannah Beach | Mar 25, 2020 | Anxiety, Attachment, Building Relationship, Connection, Emotional Health, Emotional Release, Emotional Safety, Feelings, Hands-on Activities, Play
Whether we are a parent, a teacher or a child-care provider, many of us are asking ourselves how we can best support the children in our care during this stressful time of uncertainty around the COVID-19 virus. There are universal strategies that we can use to help...
by Hannah Beach | Mar 11, 2020 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Community Building, Connection, Emotional Safety
In my past two blogs, I have shared about the attachment rituals of collecting (creating a conscious invitation into relationship) and bridging (keeping relationship alive even while disciplining). This blog is about the art of matchmaking and how we can use it to...
by Hannah Beach | Feb 20, 2020 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Connection, Discipline, Emotional Safety, Feelings
In my last blog about collecting, I spoke about how creating a conscious invitation into relationship is a vital part of creating emotionally safe learning communities. It is relationship that helps children to feel safe with us. It is through relationship that their...