Mindfulness
Nature's Secrets in Our Backyard
Nature's Secrets in Our Backyards and Beyond
(Second Edition 2019)
All it takes is a willing heart and the “sixth sense” of wonder to discover diamonds in your own back yard: stars twinkling in the night sky, dewdrops shimmering on a spider web in the morning sun, mica sparkling in gravel when you hold it up to the sun.... Use this companion to immerse you and your children in the beauty of each season. It reveals secret wonders just waiting to be discovered in your backyard through the language of poetry, picture books, children's literature, art, picture study, music and nature experiences that become memories with your children. This companion is recommended for children of all ages. It is intended to be enjoyed year after year to discover worlds of wonder and create traditions that enrich daily life. Nature's Secrets is not a curriculum, it is a way of life. A way of seeing a world of wonder all around us.
More Secrets in Our Backyards and Beyond
(Supplement to First Edition)
More Secrets provides MORE living books, poetry, art, music and nature study recommendations that reveal secrets waiting to be discovered in our backyards each month. It also includes the monthly recommendations of the first edition. It does not include Seasonal Fairy Illustrations, How to Create Fairy & Gnome Home (instructions and resources), or devotional insights on re-discovering the sixth sense of wonder and living in grace.
More Secrets is not a curriculum, it is a way of life. A way of seeing a world of wonder all around us.
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My Story
Kathy acquired a deep reverence for the wonder and beauty of nature from spending her childhood “in the woods.” Inspired by Charlotte Mason's gentle art of learning, Kathy homeschooled her two children by immersing them in living books, nature, story, play, poetry, music, art and more. It made all the difference in her own life. Kathy sees a child’s innate sense of wonder, imagination, creativity and play as sacred and hopes to foster these gifts in the form of "Forest Bound–A Play-Based Immersion." She is passionate about engaging children in nature so they may experience its life-long source of refreshment.
Kathy is a Mass Audubon trained teacher naturalist. She teaches 1st-4th grade math, nature study and team building at Plumfield Academy, a Charlotte Mason school in Danvers, MA. She also facilitates mindfulness workshops to help others cultivate a quieter mind and find peace in the present moment.
Kathy holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Emanuel College in Boston with a focus in Curriculum Design. Prior to being at home full time, Kathy worked for Osram Sylvania as a Corporate Training Facilitator in the areas of Leadership, Team Building and Interpersonal Skill Development.
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