Gratitude Workshop

12/19/2019

What’s the hardest thing about children’s entitled behaviors? What’s possible when children are authentically grateful? What gets in the way?
Parents discuss and learn 3 keys to curbing entitlement, before it starts, with gratitude. @ Peter Pan Co-OP Nursery

12/18/2019

It’s such a privilege to be invited into my local school communities to share gratitude practices with preschool parents. What’s the hardest thing about entitled behaviors? What’s possible when children experience authentic gratitude? What gets in the way?

10/05/2019

09/04/2019

Stephen Colbert on being grateful for being alive, how embracing suffering is a way to be as human as possible, and how making his mom laugh in her grief as a child answers his question, “Why do comedy?”

08/25/2019

I agree with Montessori (see her quote in photo). What do you think? Are we ready to bring authentic gratitude practices into our homes and schools? The teachers at this talk were ready. Let’s get ready! Write “Ready” in the comments below if you are, too.

If all adults started off as children who had a keen awareness and appreciation for the work of others and a strong sense of the great interconnection between themselves and the sources of goodness in their lives (people, resources, etc), where would we be as a society? As a species? Would we act so entitled to consume all the earth’s resources or would we fight greed to protect them? Would we be burning down our greatest forests and polluting our precious water and air or cherishing them? Would we be tearing families apart and letting money accumulate in just a few pockets while others suffer much worse than we would treat our pets or would we find a way to aid those in need? Montessori was a peace advocate. Her philosophy was in response to the atrocities of world wars. I’d like to think that a life founded on gratitude would lead to a better world.

07/25/2019

These teachers are Gratitude Geeks! We used our “goodness glasses” to shift our perspectives and look for the good around us, filling our hearts with joy, just like the dozens of preschool students who will be learning about gratitude soon! @ St. Catherine University

07/21/2019

More gratitude for Minnesotans! Teachers, here is you last-minute chance to grab some CPDs and learn about how to bring gratitude practices into your classroom from a gratitude researcher.

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06/27/2019

Check out Vanessa's summer newsletter... Free online masterclass, CEUs at St Kate, keeping in touch with parents, and so much more.

Join us online and learn how to connect before you correct, with love languages 💞 - https://mailchi.mp/cc5b517e6a32/vanessas-march-newsletter-1316681

03/28/2019

Check out these AWE and WONDER resources from Vanessa and Judi's talk at The Montessori Event in Washington, DC - https://mailchi.mp/f4f76ff34c0b/awe-and-wonder-resources-from-vanessa-and-judi

03/28/2019

From Michigan to California, Hawaii to Ohio...One of the best things about the national AMS Montessori conference is the sense of community around a shared vision of peace for humanity. @ Washington Marriott Wardman Park