STREAMS for Living and Learni<\/strong>n<\/strong>g Spiritual Development and Literacy <\/i>Spiritual Development and Teacher\u2019s Dispositions Looking at Reflection, Nature, Inquiry, and Project Approach through the lenses of The Hundred Languages of Children and the 70 Faces of Torah The Principles for Nurturing Spiritual Development in Young Jewish Children<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>NewCaje Conference, Dudley, MA (July, 2013) Spiritual Development and Nature I am also honored to write for \u00a0several publications that serve the field.<\/p>\n Articles:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n Schein, D. L. (in press). \u00a0“Practices that Nurture Young Jewish Children\u2019s Spiritual Development,”\u00a0Special edition of CCAR Journal.<\/p>\n Schein, D. L. (in press). “Research and Reflections on the Spiritual Development of Young Jewish Children.”\u00a0Special early childhood edition of NJRE.<\/p>\n Wilson, R.A., & Schein, D. (Accepted for publication in Exchange Magazine). \u00a0“Supporting the Spiritual Development of Young Children.”<\/p>\n Rifkin, M., with Schein, D. (2013).”The Great\u00a0outdoors:\u00a0\u00a0Providing Natural Spaces for Young Children.” \u00a0Washington DC: NAEYC.<\/p>\n Schein, D. L.\u00a0(2012). \u00a0“Early Childhood Educators\u2019 Perceptions of Spiritual Development in Young Children: A Social Constructivist Grounded Theory Study” (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (Accession Order No.\u00a0waldenu13144)<\/p>\n Handelman,\u00a0M., & Schein, D. (2004). \u00a0“What\u2019s Jewish about Butterflies?” \u00a0Denver: A.R.E. Publishers.<\/p>\n Schein, D. (2001). \u00a0“Building home-school connections through surveys.” \u00a0In Schein, J., & Schiller, J. S. (Eds.),\u00a0Growing Together\u00a0<\/em>(pp.183-187).\u00a0Denver: A.R.E. Publications.<\/p>\n Schein, D. (2001). \u00a0“Tu B\u2019Shevat breakfast.” \u00a0In Schein, J., & Schiller, J. S. (Eds.),\u00a0Growing Together<\/em>\u00a0(pp.191-193).\u00a0\u00a0Denver: A.R.E. Publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I really love opportunities to connect with a lot of people at once. The energy is so palpable at these conferences! I remember an experience I had at the winter, 2012, Cleveland Association of the Education of Young Children\u2019s (CAEYC) Conference where participants were excited to be thinking and talking about something so powerful, but Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5172,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":2,"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\/70"}],"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=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/520"}],"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=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Nature Based Education Summer Institute, University of Maine \u2013 Farmington (June, 2017)
\nMy vision for transforming STEM<\/em>\u00a0curriculum to better develop<\/i>\u00a0whole children, including their need for nature.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference
\nWashington, DC (November, 2013)<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>NAEYC \u00a0Conference Washington, DC (November, 2013)
\n<\/i><\/i><\/i>Teachers model spirituality and therefore become a model for a child\u2019s spiritual development.\u00a0\u00a0The question explored in this workshop is,” how do teachers reflect this spirituality?”<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>NewCaje Conference, Dudley, MA.(July, 2013)
\n<\/i>Note: This presentation can be either a lecture or a hands-on workshop, depending on the length of time available.<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Shared my research and how I extended it to include Buber, Heschel and Senge.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Biosophical Society,\u00a0 Punderson State Park, Cleveland, OH (July, 2013)<\/i><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/growing-wonder.com\/files\/2013\/09\/Nurturing-Spiritual-Development-in-Children-Cover-small-for-web-231x300.jpeg\")
I\u2019m also the author of two books:\u00a0Nurturing Spiritual Development in Children by Understanding Our Own Spirituality<\/i>, published in December, 2016 by Whole Person Mental Health and Wellness, written in collaboration with my dear friend, author and mental health advocate Ester Leutenberg; and\u00a0Inspiring Wonder, Awe, and Empathy: Spiritual Development in Young Children, due out in September, 2017 from Redleaf Press<\/i>.<\/p>\n