Systems Thinking for Children

Join us on March 12 for a Interactive Talk About Using STEM-based Picture Books/MA-STEM Standards to Create Engaging Hands-on Curriculum

I'm excited to partner with Melissa Roberts – Program Director of Puddle Stompers and master nature educator -- in this workshop for the 25th annual MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SOCIETY.  Our talk:  Utilizing STEM-based Picture Books and MA-STEM Standards to Create Engaging, Hands-on Nature-based Curriculum for ages 4-8 and Adults This workshop will demonstrate an integrated

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Using Rhyme to Encourage Early Systems Thinking? Yes, You Can!

Last weekend, I launched my new children's book, APART, TOGETHER  at the Silver Unicorn bookstore.  (Thank you Casey Robinson, and the enthusiastic staff at this small but mighty bookshop in Acton, Massachusetts. You made this earnest but relatively unknown children's book author, feel like royalty!) During that rainy Saturday

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Aristotle, Tigers, and a New Picture Book, Oh My!

Aristotle statue by Panos. Stageira. Greece 2730 years ago, the great philosopher Aristotle was puzzled.   He thought about the parts of a tiger, like the heart, stomach, and brain. He knew, that separately, the parts made a heap or pile. Together, though, they created something different -- 

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Storytime @ The Silver Unicorn Bookstore

Join me for in-person book reading of APART, TOGETHER during Saturday Story Time at the Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton, Massachusetts. Saturday November 18th, 2023 @ 11:00AM - 12:00 PM. Suitable for children ages 3 and up, and the adults who care for them!

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Systems Thinking Through Story Telling

A free seminar with Philip Ramsey and myself, two systems educators and authors whose books help teach about systems thinking through storytelling. Suitable for early childhood educators, parents, librarians and systems thinking advocates.

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