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Laurie Clark
Bereavement Education
Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner
Nature Connection Youth Programs. RECE


Debrief PA DAY January 31st 2020 / 4 to 7 year olds
We began the day exercising our core routine- a Morning Gratitude Circle around the fire- while enjoying sub-zero temps. We then set off...


2020 PA Forest Day and March Break Programs (this blog post was written pre-covid)
2020 PA Forest Day Winter Programs and March Break Nature Connection Program: Wandering down the trail to identify forest medicine,...


nature immersion and restorative communication circle sharing go hand in hand
Laurie Lynn Clark- Outdoor Classrooms/ Nature Immersion as a Restorative Practice (Photo: Children (4-7 year olds) walk hand in hand to...


Upper Canada District School Board partners with Lanark County Elementary Schools
Lanark County Community Justice's BE STRONG Program partners with UCDSB's Rural Elementary School's Outdoor Classroom Design process. Garden Classrooms and Restorative Practices on the Elementary School Playground “The Garden is a master teacher of responsibility and decision making. In taking responsibility for a living, growing ecosystem that will endure beyond a single class, students begin to co-create their outdoor classroom. In this way, garden-based learning goes be


PA DAY Forest Program/ October 2019
We started the day with a gratitude circle around the fire where we passed the talking piece and expressed our personal interests and...


Grief Ceremony with Death Doulas / Conscious Dying Institute- Healing through Sound and Voice with C
I was called to co-facilitate a Self-Care Ceremonial Workshop in the Sacred Passage Doula Certificate program /Ottawa with The Consicous...


Planting Cardinal Direction Perennial Gardens in the Outdoor Classroom
Planting for the future of Drummond Central School's outdoor education program - a nature connected community event.


Article- Ontario Society for Environmental Education
Outdoor Classroom article - Ontario Society for Environmental Education's Interactions
Link: https://home.osee.ca/current-issue/intera


Nibi is Life. Grand River Water Walk
Nibi Nagamowin (Water Song) by Doreen Day : Water is Life Water is what sustains us. Water is what brings us into this world, and water...
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