by Hannah Beach | Feb 24, 2026 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Emotional Health, Play, Professional Development
It’s Week 2 of our Re-Thinking Recess series, and we’re so glad to welcome Tory, Principal of St. Bernadette’s Elementary School in Ottawa (OCSB), back to the conversation. This week, she shares how she thoughtfully introduces new playground materials—and how her team...
by Hannah Beach | Jan 5, 2026 | Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify About this Episode: Guests Why are school children more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever before? We first heard answers from educators Tamara Neufeld Strijack and Hannah Beach in April 2020. Hannah takes us up 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 | Sep 8, 2025 | Attachment, Caring, Connection, Emotional Health, Emotional Release, Emotional Safety
My mom passed away recently. Tomorrow is her funeral. As I’ve walked through these days, I’ve been reminded in the most visceral way to practice what I so often teach: making space for feelings — not rushing them, not reshaping them, not bypassing them with forced...
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,...
