[email protected] 3 Steps on how to let S*^# go! For a species that finds it hard to fulfil new year’s resolution's after only a month, you would think it would be easy for us to let go of things. They say regret is a useless emotion. It causes us p... Dec 31, 2018 Blog
[email protected] I need an extension - on extending children's interests “You don’t look like you’re enjoying your job, what are you stressed about?” “I have so much paperwork”, sighs the educator with a furrowed brow as she looks up between piles of folders, and trimmed p... child education childcare early childhood education May 17, 2018 Blog
[email protected] It's time to teach food to our children... And I mean Teach (not preach) Food (not nutrition) to our children. Forget nutrition education for children (or even adults for that matter), we need to go back to basics and teach food education firs... Jan 1, 2017 Blog
[email protected] Why we must sing to our babies Singing is an intrinsic part of raising children. When a baby cries, it feels right to hum a lullaby. We sing action songs and nursery rhymes with our toddlers and young children. I have even spoken t... Jan 1, 2017 Blog
[email protected] What is technology really doing to our children? The amount of screen time children receive is alarming. Ernest et al. (2014) report that on average, 83% of children under the age of 6 years old in the United States today use some form of screen tim... May 1, 2016 Blog
[email protected] Why Wellbeing isn’t all Sunshine and Rainbows Why Wellbeing isn’t all Sunshine and Rainbows By Christopher Phoenix DOWNLOAD PDF PRINTABLE HERE >>> My Wellbeing Workshop is not all sunshine, rainbows, and yoga. My Mindfulness Presentations are not... Phoenix Cups Phoenix Cups Framework mindfulness wellbeing workshop Dec 31, 2015 Blog
[email protected] Earth Child Environmental Sustainability with Phoenix Support for Educators The earth is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old. Agricultural humans have only been on this planet for 10,000 years. In that 10,000 y... Dec 31, 2015 Blog
[email protected] Anything is possible This article was first published in 2015, and still relevant today. Education and care is changing. Quality education and care is no longer rigid, inflexible and bound by Kilometres of red tape. It is... Sep 29, 2015 Blog
[email protected] Get Muddy! No Sanitiser required A few years ago, this photo would have made me squeamish. Mud. Yuck. Now, I’m an educator advocating for this kind of messy play. In fact, when I sat together with this little man, smooshing mud and s... Dec 31, 2013 Blog