by Hannah Beach | Feb 16, 2026 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Emotional Health, Play, Professional Development, Teaching
You’ve got to check out these fabulous videos from Tory White! Tory is the Principal of St. Bernadette’s Elementary School in Ottawa (OCSB) and one of the most inspiring leaders I’ve met. After attending one of my full-day workshops on play, she took everything to...
by Hannah Beach | Oct 14, 2025 | Podcast, Professional Development
Listen on Apple Podcast Listen on Spotify About this Episode: Action Now: A Developmental Reset for Anxious Classrooms The state of our schools demands urgent action. We are seeing students who are consistently anxious, aggressive, or shut down. This is a...
by Hannah Beach | Nov 28, 2023 | Emotional Release, Emotional Safety, Expression, Feelings, Play, Professional Development
Play is engaging, but not necessarily ‘fun.’ Often when we think of play, we think of young children and toys. Images of children laughing, squealing and running around may also come to mind. Or perhaps, on hearing the word ‘play’ we think of children dressing-up,...
by Hannah Beach | Sep 18, 2020 | Professional Development
The Neufeld Institute has created a website to support educators! Eva de Gosztonyi, Deborah Macnamara, Tamara Strijack and I have come together to launch the IDEA Center…and it’s live TODAY! Woot! Woot! Educators everywhere have been asking for support....
