"This is an astonishing, impressive and magnificent work. ... this is must reading for every parent, would-be parent and teacher world-wide."
- Joseph Chilton Pearce, author 'Magical Child'
"Pure inspiration for teachers and parents."
- Nancy Mellon, author of Storytelling with Children
"Every once in a while one meets a 'real' Kindergarten teacher - one of those rare souls who shake their arms and Kindergarten magic comes flying out. Betty Peck, whom I've known and loved for years, is one of those."
- Joan Almon, US Alliance for Childhood
Rebecca Dye is an award winning landscape architect and artist. As a partner in Design Focus Landscape Architects, located in Ben Lomond, California, her landscape projects range from public projects to restoration work on ranches, retreat center design and community educational gardens along with specialized design of large estate gardens. Rebecca is passionate about creating children's gardens and enjoys helping children discover their personal connection with nature. This talk will focus on how to build relationships between children and nature through creative living spaces, art and activities. Come learn about the essential ingredients for success and the language of good design. Empower people to be creative partners in the natural world and open themselves to wonder.
Rebecca ‘s vision is to create environments and experiences that enrich and inspire the human spirit. One of her core values is the importance of protecting and restoring natural systems. As water, soil, plants and animals are brought back to a site or community people respond with amazement and embrace the transformation. The outcome is personal growth and a healthier environment. Rebecca has taught garden design through both U.C. Berkeley and Foothill College and her work has been featured in books (Cultivating Sacred Space and Sacred Land: Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political & Environmental), as well as magazines and other publications. Her firm's website is Rebecca ‘s vision is to create environments and experiences that enrich and inspire the human spirit. One of her core values is the importance of protecting and restoring natural systems. As water, soil, plants and animals are brought back to a site or community people respond with amazement and embrace the transformation. The outcome is personal growth and a healthier environment. Rebecca has taught garden design through both U.C. Berkeley and Foothill College and her work has been featured in books (Cultivating Sacred Space and Sacred Land: Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political & Environmental), as well as magazines and other publications. Her firm's website is www.designfocus.com
| 9:00 | Registration and Singing Games with Anna Rainville, author of Singing Games for Families, Schools and Communities |
| 9:30 | Welcome by Betty Peck,author of Kindergarten Education: Freeing Children's Creative Potential |
| 9:45 | Presentation by Rebecca Dye |
| 12:30 | Garden Craft |
| 2:00 | Toast to the Fall Equinox with Margaret More |
Reservations required: $40 donation. Betty Peck Ed. D. (408) 867-3156
Please bring 30 copies of fall activities, poems, stories, or quotes. Thank you!
Betty Peck, founder of the Kindergarten Forum and author of Kindergarten Education: Freeing Children's Creative Potential, has received an endorsement from Joseph Clinton Pearce, author of the Magical Child. "This is an astounding, impressive and magnificent work. Astonishing in the expansive vision it offers and scope of its material synthesized and offered with such clarity... Peck's offering could very literally save us from the suicidal path currently pursued by our (collective cultural imperative) The phrase 'this is a must reading' has been overused but surely this is must reading for every parent and would-be parent, teacher worldwide. Peck provides the grounds for a true spiritual awakening in each chidl and so in our specisa as a whole I can only praise the work and pray it will be widely read."
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