It started with a short film on Vimeo about children exploring the outdoors in Norway. Since then I’ve been catching bits and bytes about the forest kindergarten/outdoor education programmes around the world on blogs, newspaper articles, Facebook and even Twitter.
This week as British Columbians took part in Pink Day, I noticed a stream of Pink Day photos in my social media accounts. People sported pink shirts, black shirts with pink writing or talked about their experiences on that day. There was even a Pink Day related flash performance involving 30 schools, 3,000 participants and the Vancouver Giants hockey team. Despite all of these efforts, there was discontent about how the day went down.
Pamela Chan, BCFamily.ca/Editorial Lean 30 : 30 days of keeping it lean and old school online. More This year my…
Pamela Chan, BCFamily.ca/Editorial Lean 30 : 30 days of keeping it lean and old school online. More As my children…
Pamela Chan, BCFamily.ca While observing elders in my family who immigrated from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century, I…
Recently a local public school in Coquitlam held a dance performance event that involved students and teachers performing dance routines. …
Recently a woman who was a student in the 1970s told me about her memories of female teachers who wore…
Pamela Chan, BCFamily.ca There is no such thing as bad weather – just bad choices in outerwear. Since our family…
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In the spirit of the Bullying Summit taking place in Vancouver today, here are a few questions one might pose…