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Braiding Identities In Nature Through Preschool, Hannah E. Newell
Braiding Identities In Nature Through Preschool, Hannah E. Newell
Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays
Preschool is an age when many things are yet to be discovered. This capstone presentation engages the public in what free play in nature is like. Often as adults, we lose our ability to think with our imagination first. Preschool aged children can lose this ability as well if they are not allowed the time to explore freely. More importantly, they can lose the opportunity to develop a sense of place making it less likely that they will feel connected to nature. It is also pertinent that children of this age are introduced to the many differences and similarities that …
What Came First, The Love Or The Learning?, Samantha J. Hale
What Came First, The Love Or The Learning?, Samantha J. Hale
Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays
Today I’ll be talking about identity and a sense of home. Before I start, let me briefly tell you a bit about myself. I am 1⁄4 Irish, 1⁄4 Italian, 1⁄4 German and 1⁄4 English. I don’t know where my Irish, German or English relatives originated, but my Italian side of the family comes from Bergamo, Italy; I still have family there to this day. I was born in Weymouth Massachusetts, a suburb just south of Boston. I was raised and educated in Weymouth until high school, when I opted to go to a private school a few towns over. At …