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Working directly with teachers, both at professional development conferences and through long-term engagements,\u00a0my workshops inspire educators’ interactions with children, creativity within the classroom environment,\u00a0and their own spiritual development.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the hands-on workshops I developed and have taught recently:<\/p>\n
Science, Play and Spirituality: Visions of Children and Beautiful Spaces<\/strong> A Spiritual Beginning<\/strong> The Spiritual Life of Children<\/strong> Nattles\u2122<\/strong>\u00a0(nature rattles) Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Young Children<\/strong> I also co-create\u00a0and\u00a0lead enriching educational programs, for families and for professionals, with my husband, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein<\/a>:<\/p>\n The 100 Language of Children Meet the 70 Faces of Torah Judaism for Young Children and Those Who Love Them See what people are saying about Deb’s workshops!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Learn about Deb’s nature bottle-making workshops<\/a> for adults, teachers, families, and children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *Photo credit: Jason Rogers, Argonaut Studios<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Working directly with teachers, both at professional development conferences and through long-term engagements,\u00a0my workshops inspire educators’ interactions with children, creativity within the classroom environment,\u00a0and their own spiritual development. Here are some of the hands-on workshops I developed and have taught recently: Science, Play and Spirituality: Children\u2019s Deep Engagement and Learning National Association for the Education Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5172,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/513"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChildren\u2019s Deep Engagement and Learning
\n<\/i><\/strong>National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Conference,\u00a0Los Angeles, CA (November, 2016)<\/p>\n
\nAgency of Jewish Learning,\u00a0<\/i><\/i>Pittsburgh, PA (August, 2013)
\nThis workshop was designed for educators and directors as inspiration for beginning the school year.\u00a0 The lens focused on the integration of Reggio Emilia philosophy to Jewish early childhood education.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\nPittsburgh, PA (August, 2013)\u00a0This workshop focused on an integration of nature, aesthetics and Judaism.<\/i>
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\nNewCaje Conference, Dudley, OH (July, 2013)
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\nBiosophical Society, Punderson State Park,\u00a0 Cleveland, OH \u00a0(July, 2013).
\nI shared my theory of spiritual development with an early childhood school and we all made Nattles\u2122<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Akron, OH\u00a0(June, 2013)
\n<\/i>This workshop ended with\u00a0 teachers exploring and making their own Nattles\u2122 (nature rattles) for their classrooms.<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/i>Here we integrate\u00a0Reggio Emilia philosophy with Jewish text, holidays, and values.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/strong>An exploration of selections from a new book we are currently writing together,\u00a0in which we discuss the gifts of Judaism\u00a0\u2013\u00a0spirituality, growth, nature, learning, Jewish experiences \u2013 and the integration of\u00a0holistic Judaism, including practical resources for educators and parents living in today\u2019s digital world.<\/p>\n