A Moon on Water: Activities, Games and Stories for Developing Children's Spiritual Intelligence - Softcover

Steve Bowkett; Tim Harding; Trisha Lee; Roy Leighton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845903927 ISBN 13: 9781845903923

Publisher: Crown House Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

'Spiritual intelligence' is the innate ability that all children have in finding greater wonder and purpose in their lives. Natural curiosity, a sense of playfulness and fun, the urge to question these are the resources that all children possess and can use to explore more deeply who they are and what their existence can mean to them. A Moon On Water is intended as a workbook of practical ideas and activities for use in schools that can be applied in a range of contexts across the curriculum; as a basis for philosophical enquiry, for exploring feelings and enhancing emotional resourcefulness, for adding the dimension of values to the subjects and knowledge that children study. In short this book seeks to show children how to connect who they are with what they do, with why they are here. This book contains stores, activities, music and wroksheets mixed and matched to create your own lessons. It also includes two CDs-an audio CD with stories from the book with accompanying music, and a resource CD-ROM which contains printable resources for classroom activities--all designed to enhance the learning process

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Bowkett is a full-time writer, trainer and creative writing tutor. He has 18 years' experience as an English teacher and has published 40 books. Tim Harding taught in primary schools for 23 years, 15 of these as a headteacher and is now a freelance educational writer and song-writer. Trisha Lee is artistic director and founder of MakeBelieve Arts a theatre and education company with a primary focus on story telling and drama in the classroom. Roy Leighton links the worlds of creativity, commerce and learning. His work ranges from lecturing on complexity, condence and organisational evolution to running sustainable development programs for schools and businesses throughout Europe

Review:

This is a rare and compelling book, one that consistently demonstrates a profound respect for the intelligence and spiritual lives of children, and those who teach them. Story after story takes us into the larger dimensions of life, and the questions that need to be asked but which can never be answered. I found myself wanting to engage immediately with the children in my life, to share these stories and to explore together where they would lead us. And I know that as teachers guide their students into these wondrous and life-affirming stories, they will be nourished and awakened. --Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science

If you have struggled to a find a practical and inspiring resource that welcomes all to adventure into the heart of life, you can now relax. This is a book that helps us to access the creative wisdom of the past so that we may explore the present in fresh and meaningful ways. Education without hat is nothing more than schooling. --Will Ord, Education Consultant

If you have struggled to a find a practical and inspiring resource that welcomes all to adventure into the heart of life, you can now relax. This is a book that helps us to access the creative wisdom of the past so that we may explore the present in fresh and meaningful ways. Education without hat is nothing more than schooling. --Will Ord, Education Consultant

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1845903927
• ISBN 13: 9781845903923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200