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~*Supervisors, Directors, and Team Leaders!*~ 🎁

~*Supervisors, Directors, and Team Leaders!*~
🎁Give your team the gift of 🌿Wellness🪴 for the new year with this 3-part Community of Practice series!!🎅

For these 3 sessions, Mary will come out to your site to deliver 3 separate COP sessions focused on: True Belonging, Culture VS. Compass, and Values & Boundaries!

🎁Contact Mary today to book at:🎁 unlockingchildhood@hotmail.com

💡🧐In my work over the years, I’ve noticed

💡🧐In my work over the years, I’ve noticed that when people learn about the science, research, and effective approaches we use in the Early Learning field to support children...they say:
~*I WISH I knew all of this SOONER! 😟*~

That’s what this online session is ALL about! I wholeheartedly believe EVERYONE should have access to this knowledge, so I’ll be sharing some of the most fundamental *secrets* from the field to truly level-up your parenting in a BIG way!

This ONLINE session will offer parents a foundational introduction to: children’s emotional well-being, supporting learning & development, nurturing your child’s *inner spark*, setting healthy limits and boundaries, and much more!

👇Are you in?👇 Register Now!:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unlocking-childhood-the-four-foundationsfor-parents-tickets-1088682932959?aff=oddtdtcreator

And, if you know someone else who might be interested, but may not know about this event, please share it with them!
I appreciate you so much!
~Mary

😊🌨️~*ATTN: All my ADHD friends!*~❄️😊

My pups have always loved a fresh snowfall...and so do I!!
As someone with ADHD, I was jumping for joy this morning with the first snowfall of the year...let me tell you why:

💡Did you know: A ~fresh~ snowfall reduces the ambient noise because it absorbs sound waves? AND did you also know: background noise is often 😫*overstimulating*😣 and distracting for people with ADHD?

So, if you have ADHD (or, just feel overstimulated in general) take today’s fresh snowfall as an opportunity to take a walk and enjoy the delicious ❄️~quiet~❄️. If you have a kiddo who struggles with overstimulation, encourage them to spend some time outdoors today as well.

I know I will!

Last week, at Garderie les petites mains, I spent

Last week, at Garderie les petites mains, I spent time with educators in their EarlyON and Child Care Centre learning about ✨Belonging✨.

We discussed the difference between “fitting in” and “true belonging”. The thing is, True Belonging requires something important from ✨US✨: to show up as our most authentic selves.

When we can show up with THIS kind of integrity, something very interesting happens: we cultivate belonging all around us. Our people show up...Our dreams take shape...Our boundaries and needs become clearer...and so much more.

I 🥰LOVE this understanding of belonging because it reminds us that we don’t have to wait on the world to “let us in” and belong. We can be agents of this change!

As many of you know, the sessions I offer bring YOU as the learner INTO the experience, so you can relate to the concepts we learn on a deeper level. Then, from that place of open awareness, we reflect on how we can show up for children and families.

The truth is, young children are really good at showing up in their truest nature. And, this does cultivate belonging all around them. BUT the difference with children is that they also require US, as leaders, to honour their true natures so they can truly shine.

Today, we can reflect:
1. Where do I feel a sense of “true belonging”?✨
2. Now, take that context and dissect it a bit. What is happening in that situation to set the stage for this felt sense of belonging?🧐 (think: the environment, the relationships, the way you show up and interact..etc.)
3. Finally, how can we take some of those components and weave them into our practice in the classroom?🍎

~🌟Today’s the Day!!🌟~ By popular request,

~🌟Today’s the Day!!🌟~
By popular request, Unlocking Childhood with Mary Hewitt is now offering an online, evening session for ✨PARENTS✨!

This ONLINE session will offer parents a foundational introduction to: children’s emotional well-being, supporting learning & development, nurturing your child’s *inner spark*, setting healthy limits and boundaries, and much more!

👇Are you in?👇 Give yourself (and your family) the gift of a *great start* to the new year by registering here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unlocking-childhood-the-four-foundationsfor-parents-tickets-1088682932959?aff=oddtdtcreator

And, please share the news of this event with others if you can!😁

✨🤩Stay Tuned…

☀️ Some sunshine on a cloudy day 🌤️! Last

☀️ Some sunshine on a cloudy day 🌤️!
Last night, many educators gathered from across Renfrew County for my session with the County of Renfrew Child Care & Early Years Division entitled “The Art of EXPRESSION!”—the first in our series of HDLH series!

Together, we explored the barriers to our own innate, creative genius (which we may have inherited over the years)—so we can ultimately come to deeply understand how to support children’s natural, creative expression.

🎆Children ARE creative geniuses…and, deep down, so are we. When we can find our way back to that in ourselves…giving ourselves freedom to create…we have no choice but to give that freedom away (in deeply authentic ways) to the children we serve🎆!

Just putting the final touches on my How Does Lear

Just putting the final touches on my How Does Learning Happen? session, which I’ll be delivering this week… 🎨”The Art of Expression!”🎨

For those attending, I can’t wait to see what your ‘glowy-little blob’ ✨sparks✨ you to create! (more on that soon🤭🌈🎨)

🌳What might nature have to teach us about our w

🌳What might nature have to teach us about our work in the ECE field?🌿 This past weekend, I was honoured to speak at the Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre's Children's Services Day to offer a session focused on the way our work mirrors a natural ecosystem!
Nature has SO much to teach us...even about very unexpected things like...our classrooms, our practice, our colleagues, and ourselves ☺️

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~*Supervisors, Directors, and Team Leaders!*~ 🎁

~*Supervisors, Directors, and Team Leaders!*~
🎁Give your team the gift of 🌿Wellness🪴 for the new year with this 3-part Community of Practice series!!🎅

For these 3 sessions, Mary will come out to your site to deliver 3 separate COP sessions focused on: True Belonging, Culture VS. Compass, and Values & Boundaries!

🎁Contact Mary today to book at:🎁 unlockingchildhood@hotmail.com

💡🧐In my work over the years, I’ve noticed

💡🧐In my work over the years, I’ve noticed that when people learn about the science, research, and effective approaches we use in the Early Learning field to support children...they say:
~*I WISH I knew all of this SOONER! 😟*~

That’s what this online session is ALL about! I wholeheartedly believe EVERYONE should have access to this knowledge, so I’ll be sharing some of the most fundamental *secrets* from the field to truly level-up your parenting in a BIG way!

This ONLINE session will offer parents a foundational introduction to: children’s emotional well-being, supporting learning & development, nurturing your child’s *inner spark*, setting healthy limits and boundaries, and much more!

👇Are you in?👇 Register Now!:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unlocking-childhood-the-four-foundationsfor-parents-tickets-1088682932959?aff=oddtdtcreator

And, if you know someone else who might be interested, but may not know about this event, please share it with them!
I appreciate you so much!
~Mary

😊🌨️~*ATTN: All my ADHD friends!*~❄️😊

My pups have always loved a fresh snowfall...and so do I!!
As someone with ADHD, I was jumping for joy this morning with the first snowfall of the year...let me tell you why:

💡Did you know: A ~fresh~ snowfall reduces the ambient noise because it absorbs sound waves? AND did you also know: background noise is often 😫*overstimulating*😣 and distracting for people with ADHD?

So, if you have ADHD (or, just feel overstimulated in general) take today’s fresh snowfall as an opportunity to take a walk and enjoy the delicious ❄️~quiet~❄️. If you have a kiddo who struggles with overstimulation, encourage them to spend some time outdoors today as well.

I know I will!

Last week, at Garderie les petites mains, I spent

Last week, at Garderie les petites mains, I spent time with educators in their EarlyON and Child Care Centre learning about ✨Belonging✨.

We discussed the difference between “fitting in” and “true belonging”. The thing is, True Belonging requires something important from ✨US✨: to show up as our most authentic selves.

When we can show up with THIS kind of integrity, something very interesting happens: we cultivate belonging all around us. Our people show up...Our dreams take shape...Our boundaries and needs become clearer...and so much more.

I 🥰LOVE this understanding of belonging because it reminds us that we don’t have to wait on the world to “let us in” and belong. We can be agents of this change!

As many of you know, the sessions I offer bring YOU as the learner INTO the experience, so you can relate to the concepts we learn on a deeper level. Then, from that place of open awareness, we reflect on how we can show up for children and families.

The truth is, young children are really good at showing up in their truest nature. And, this does cultivate belonging all around them. BUT the difference with children is that they also require US, as leaders, to honour their true natures so they can truly shine.

Today, we can reflect:
1. Where do I feel a sense of “true belonging”?✨
2. Now, take that context and dissect it a bit. What is happening in that situation to set the stage for this felt sense of belonging?🧐 (think: the environment, the relationships, the way you show up and interact..etc.)
3. Finally, how can we take some of those components and weave them into our practice in the classroom?🍎

~🌟Today’s the Day!!🌟~ By popular request,

~🌟Today’s the Day!!🌟~
By popular request, Unlocking Childhood with Mary Hewitt is now offering an online, evening session for ✨PARENTS✨!

This ONLINE session will offer parents a foundational introduction to: children’s emotional well-being, supporting learning & development, nurturing your child’s *inner spark*, setting healthy limits and boundaries, and much more!

👇Are you in?👇 Give yourself (and your family) the gift of a *great start* to the new year by registering here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unlocking-childhood-the-four-foundationsfor-parents-tickets-1088682932959?aff=oddtdtcreator

And, please share the news of this event with others if you can!😁

✨🤩Stay Tuned…

☀️ Some sunshine on a cloudy day 🌤️! Last

☀️ Some sunshine on a cloudy day 🌤️!
Last night, many educators gathered from across Renfrew County for my session with the County of Renfrew Child Care & Early Years Division entitled “The Art of EXPRESSION!”—the first in our series of HDLH series!

Together, we explored the barriers to our own innate, creative genius (which we may have inherited over the years)—so we can ultimately come to deeply understand how to support children’s natural, creative expression.

🎆Children ARE creative geniuses…and, deep down, so are we. When we can find our way back to that in ourselves…giving ourselves freedom to create…we have no choice but to give that freedom away (in deeply authentic ways) to the children we serve🎆!

Just putting the final touches on my How Does Lear

Just putting the final touches on my How Does Learning Happen? session, which I’ll be delivering this week… 🎨”The Art of Expression!”🎨

For those attending, I can’t wait to see what your ‘glowy-little blob’ ✨sparks✨ you to create! (more on that soon🤭🌈🎨)

🌳What might nature have to teach us about our w

🌳What might nature have to teach us about our work in the ECE field?🌿 This past weekend, I was honoured to speak at the Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre's Children's Services Day to offer a session focused on the way our work mirrors a natural ecosystem!
Nature has SO much to teach us...even about very unexpected things like...our classrooms, our practice, our colleagues, and ourselves ☺️

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