Mindful Nature Kids Program
A 30-week program to help you teach and share mindful nature connection with children.
In this course we’ll explore the various ways we can help children connect to the natural world through mindfulness approaches. I will be sharing a range of fun and engaging ways you can bring mindfulness and nature-connection together within an educational context – be that at home with your own children or in a classroom setting.
It’s more than simply a set of educational tools and techniques though. The program will also offer many opportunities for you to explore and deepen your own mindful nature connection, and to be part of a group of like-minded people all involved in mindful nature education.
Here’s what’s inside the Mindful Nature Kids Program:
- 10 unique lessons on different aspects of mindful nature connection
- Each lesson has three weeks of material
- Weekly coaching videos
- Weekly worksheets
- Monthly group coaching sessions via Zoom
- Membership of a community
“This course absolutely changed my relationship with the natural world. No longer is nature something ‘out there’, beautiful but somehow out of reach. Now I feel more as though I am part of nature and nature is a part of me. It’s a subtle but very deep shift that I can feel growing stronger every time I practice.” [James]
Lesson 1
Introduction to Mindful Nature Kids
3 Ps in a pod
- From doing to being
- Mindful-nature theme – the pause
- Being in the moment
- Mindful-nature theme – the present
- Feeling peace and stillness for self, others and the environment
- Mindful-nature theme – the peace
Lesson 2
Awakening the Senses Part 1
- Paying attention and the wandering mind
- Mindful-nature theme – the puppy mind
- Awakening the sense of sight by noticing things
- Mindful-nature theme – what can you see?
- Awakening the sense of sound and listening
- Mindful-nature theme– stop, look and listen
Lesson 3
Awakening the Senses Part 2
- Awakening the sense of touch in the earth and body
- Mindful-nature theme –tortoises, spiders
- Awakening the sense of smell both pleasant and unpleasant
- Mindful-nature theme – herbs, essential oils,
- Awakening the sense of taste in nature’s food
- Mindful-nature theme – Fruits and herbs
Lesson 4
Breath and Movement – Animals and Gastropods
- Finding the balance
- Mindful-nature theme – bears
- Slowing down – Flow and movement in nature
- Mindful-nature theme – snails
- Cycles, seasons and movement
- Mindful-nature theme – squirrels
Lesson 5
Breath and Movement – Relationships in Nature
- Being busy and working together
- Mindful-nature theme– bees
- Bringing together differences
- Mindful-nature theme – rainbows
- Different states in nature
- Mindful-nature theme – snow and ice
Lesson 6
Body and the Brain – The Ocean Part 1
- Nature’s resources and mindful behaviour
- Mindful-nature theme – the ocean
- Thinking and making choices
- Mindful-nature theme –bubbles
- Concentration and decisions
- Mindful-nature theme – dolphins
Lesson 7
Body and the Brain – The Ocean Part 2
- Learning and memory
- Mindful-nature theme – Seahorses
- Grounding and breathing
- Mindful-nature theme – Jellyfish
- Thoughts and stories
- Mindful-nature-theme – Octopi
Lesson 8
Emotions – The Ocean Part 3
- Understanding worry and anxiety
- Mindful-nature theme – Starfish
- Fear responses
- Mindful-nature theme – Puffer fish
- Working with anger and stress
- Mindful-nature theme – Crabs
Lesson 9
Care for The Planet – The Arctic
- Melting environments and being wild
- Mindful-Nature theme – Polar bears
- Global warming and ways to communicate
- Mindful-nature theme – Walruses
- Care for the planet and listening with the heart
- Mindful-nature theme – Whales
Lesson 10
Kindness and Happiness
- Kindness and giving to others
- Mindful-nature theme – Penguins
- Beauty and awe
- Mindful-nature theme – Aurora
- Happiness and thankfulness
- Mindful-nature theme – Quokka
Worksheets
Week by Week Activity Sheets
Each downloadable worksheet has pictures for children so that they can identify the activities, notes for teachers for background information, breathing techniques, yoga poses, meditations, and themed games and movement to music.
Live Group Sessions
Monthly Guidance with Me via Zoom
Each week has a recorded video that gives information on the topic, mindfulness and nature-based theory, ideas on how to deliver the techniques, and links to supporting videos and children’s books.
Aware-Share-Care
Mindful Nature Kids is a comprehensive and interactive program for primary school age children taking them on a journey that includes mindfulness, sensory awareness, attentional control, emotional regulation, neuroscience, nature connection and environmental action. Empowering our children with these wonderful tools is probably the most effective way to ensure a positive future here on earth.
Education
Get the benefit of a masters-level knowledge of the philosophy, psychology, and neurobiology of nature-based mindfulness approaches and the experience of a practicing children's teacher.
Practices
Learn practical exercises, yoga, breathing techniques and meditations to teach to primary school age children to help them develop mindful awareness and connect to the natural world.
Support
Join me and an educational community of likeminded souls on this beautiful interactive journey, connecting in my online community space and live online via Zoom.
The Pathways
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Holistic Wellbeing
One on one consultations or small group interventions, facilitating physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth and healing.
Inner Nature
A series of in-person and online courses and workshops that explore our deep connection to nature and love of our environment
Personal Mastery
Life knowledge workshops and team building opportunities that focus on transformation, personal power and life success.
Wandering Wild
A range of beautiful walks in diverse natural settings with emphasis on pilgrimages, nature connection, climate consciousness and mindful movement.