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"Connection, Compassion, and Community" Art & Play Guide

$30.00

This guide focuses on fostering emotional well-being and social development in young children through open-ended art and play ideas. Offering these experiences in context is the most effective way to nurture skills like collaboration, self-regulation, and advocacy. By helping children recognize and express emotions, they will learn to understand the needs and perspectives of others. You will find many ideas using materials you already have and simple methods of integrating art and play into the school day.

Our guides are inclusive and honor each child’s individuality and way of thinking and working. They are more than just a collection of art ideas; they are the key to a cohesive, child-centered, manageable creative practice for your classroom or any space where children gather, explore, learn, and grow.

In this 30-page digital guide, you will find:

  • The 5 most essential social-emotional skills children learn through open-ended art and play, with in-depth investigation and mindset work

  • 3 Teacher-approved picture book lists with an emphasis on diversity, inclusion, earth stewardship, and kindness

  • Master supply list

  • 20 creative invitations using everyday, low-prep materials that are either recycled, collected in nature, or already on hand

  • “Self-Advocacy Phrases” printable to help children get comfortable advocating for themselves.

This guide focuses on fostering emotional well-being and social development in young children through open-ended art and play ideas. Offering these experiences in context is the most effective way to nurture skills like collaboration, self-regulation, and advocacy. By helping children recognize and express emotions, they will learn to understand the needs and perspectives of others. You will find many ideas using materials you already have and simple methods of integrating art and play into the school day.

Our guides are inclusive and honor each child’s individuality and way of thinking and working. They are more than just a collection of art ideas; they are the key to a cohesive, child-centered, manageable creative practice for your classroom or any space where children gather, explore, learn, and grow.

In this 30-page digital guide, you will find:

  • The 5 most essential social-emotional skills children learn through open-ended art and play, with in-depth investigation and mindset work

  • 3 Teacher-approved picture book lists with an emphasis on diversity, inclusion, earth stewardship, and kindness

  • Master supply list

  • 20 creative invitations using everyday, low-prep materials that are either recycled, collected in nature, or already on hand

  • “Self-Advocacy Phrases” printable to help children get comfortable advocating for themselves.

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