fostering creativity + mindfulnessin early childhood classroomsearly childhood classroom educators learn
how to foster creativity and mindfulness in a 2 hour self-paced virtual training to support social-emotional resiliency and regulation in the early childhood classroom environment see all the details below
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the kids are not alright
And frankly, neither are the teachers. Between Covid precautions and closures, staffing shortages, triaging classrooms, safety concerns, and just getting through the day to day, it's been an especially tough time to be an educator.
Even our youngest students are not exempt from the mental health, self regulation, and social-emotional challenges facing students across the country, and teachers of all varieties are burnt out and at their brink.
All of us have seen early childhood students coming in with under-developed fine motor skills, shorter attention spans, lack of confidence and increased anxiety these past two years.
We know it isn't sustainable to live, learn, or teach this way...so how do we do better?
While we can't change systemic, widespread problems overnight or with the blink of an eye, we can build small and steady steps toward resiliency and inspiration using one of the greatest assets we already have - our creativity. And our classroom environment is the perfect place to start.
Here's How
Fostering Creativity + Mindfulness in Early Childhood Classrooms Training Works staff members use our website to access training
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a valuable opportunity
for classroom educators to learn from an expert early childhood independent Art teacher with experienced background in early childhood classrooms of multiple emergent disciplines, including Montessori + Reggio Emilia
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Practices + Purposes to Support
Creativity + Mindfulness in Emergent Learning for Early Childhood Classroom Environments Overcoming Our Implicit Bias as Educators5 Pillars of Creativity + Mindfulness in PracticeProcess-based Art Making Techniques
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Who is Fostering Creativity + Mindfulness Training For?
classroom lead teachers
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An Overview of the Topics
Overcoming Implicit Biasaddressing our inspiration and burnout
how our own implicit bias translates to students purpose of examining our own creative core 5 Pillars of Creativity + Mindfulness in Practicematerial + purpose
technique + intervention implementation + self identity outcome + stress empathy + experience Process-based Art Making Techniques
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Case Studies + Demonstrations
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build empathy, compassion, inclusion + understanding,
foster the whole child through creativity + mindfulness,
support whole brain thinking skills,
develop social-emotional resiliency + self-regulation
use creative action to reduce stress + restore calm,
all in the emergent early childhood classroom environment
foster the whole child through creativity + mindfulness,
support whole brain thinking skills,
develop social-emotional resiliency + self-regulation
use creative action to reduce stress + restore calm,
all in the emergent early childhood classroom environment
what's included for $37
*includes lifetime access to full training via website
*narrated powerpoint/slideshow style videos with full presentation,
printable pdfs, and complementary audio
for each segment of the training outlined above
*printable eBook of short, social-emotional learning based creative projects
for use in the classroom environment
*optional activities and prompts to examine your own creativity
*direct email support for staff member questions
*CERTIFICATE FOR 2 CLOCK HOURS
additional training options:
+ lunch-and-learn / staff meeting style workshop
+ curriculum consultation / existing program auditing
+ in-person local or virtual nationwide hands-on Art making lesson training
*includes lifetime access to full training via website
*narrated powerpoint/slideshow style videos with full presentation,
printable pdfs, and complementary audio
for each segment of the training outlined above
*printable eBook of short, social-emotional learning based creative projects
for use in the classroom environment
*optional activities and prompts to examine your own creativity
*direct email support for staff member questions
*CERTIFICATE FOR 2 CLOCK HOURS
additional training options:
+ lunch-and-learn / staff meeting style workshop
+ curriculum consultation / existing program auditing
+ in-person local or virtual nationwide hands-on Art making lesson training
wondering how it works step by step? read on below!
ready to purchase? click here
So...why take professional development this way?
Hi, I'm Karly Mortensen!
I am a practicing artist, wellness enrichment educator + Denver-based business owner who helps teams + educators understand creativity + mindfulness so they can do their best work possible.
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As an instructing artist, my dedication is to expanding the lens through which
preschoolers view their world. The rapid development during a person’s
early years will shape the rest of their life - emotionally, intellectually, spiritually,
physically, and socially. I believe it is a privilege to work closely with the world’s
youngest people, and I honor the special responsibility that comes along with this
privilege.
My passion is working with this specific niche of people in a way that supports their
lifelong ability to think creatively, while attending to the age-appropriate development
of fine and gross motor skills, along with cognitive, language, and social
considerations. I integrate methodology from Waldorf, Montessori, and Reggio
Emilia into my pedagogy, while focusing on play-based and emergent learning.
I believe in honest and thoughtful answers to young questions, and am committed to
fostering tolerance and respect for the world’s diversity.
I began my teaching practice in 2002,
developing process-based art lessons
centered on intentional outcome + mindfulness practices
for kindergartners
along with one neurodivergent preschooler.
for the past twenty years, I have taught early childhood learners ages 3-6
how to access their own creativity through self discovery in art making
I have taught in art studios, workshops, event spaces,
all varieties of schools (with a focus on Montessori classroom integration)
holistic spaces, community centers,
churches, specialty groups and clubs,
private and small group lessons,
team and corporate events,
families and private parties,
from as few as a single student to as large as hundreds of corporate employees.
And of course - online courses.
It is with a heart of unity to serve all through creativity
that I started my practice in 2002 and my studio in 2012,
to inclusively and accessibly support all people
on their quest for creative self discovery.
I teach what I know after doing this for twenty years
so early childhood classroom educators
can foster creativity + mindfulness,
building lifelong skills in their students.
we create in all forms to:
practice mindfulness and positive self awareness
express true self with natural fluidity
practice peace in ourselves and our environment
give a gift to the world that wasn’t there before, that’s only ours to give
preschoolers view their world. The rapid development during a person’s
early years will shape the rest of their life - emotionally, intellectually, spiritually,
physically, and socially. I believe it is a privilege to work closely with the world’s
youngest people, and I honor the special responsibility that comes along with this
privilege.
My passion is working with this specific niche of people in a way that supports their
lifelong ability to think creatively, while attending to the age-appropriate development
of fine and gross motor skills, along with cognitive, language, and social
considerations. I integrate methodology from Waldorf, Montessori, and Reggio
Emilia into my pedagogy, while focusing on play-based and emergent learning.
I believe in honest and thoughtful answers to young questions, and am committed to
fostering tolerance and respect for the world’s diversity.
I began my teaching practice in 2002,
developing process-based art lessons
centered on intentional outcome + mindfulness practices
for kindergartners
along with one neurodivergent preschooler.
for the past twenty years, I have taught early childhood learners ages 3-6
how to access their own creativity through self discovery in art making
I have taught in art studios, workshops, event spaces,
all varieties of schools (with a focus on Montessori classroom integration)
holistic spaces, community centers,
churches, specialty groups and clubs,
private and small group lessons,
team and corporate events,
families and private parties,
from as few as a single student to as large as hundreds of corporate employees.
And of course - online courses.
It is with a heart of unity to serve all through creativity
that I started my practice in 2002 and my studio in 2012,
to inclusively and accessibly support all people
on their quest for creative self discovery.
I teach what I know after doing this for twenty years
so early childhood classroom educators
can foster creativity + mindfulness,
building lifelong skills in their students.
we create in all forms to:
practice mindfulness and positive self awareness
express true self with natural fluidity
practice peace in ourselves and our environment
give a gift to the world that wasn’t there before, that’s only ours to give
"there is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
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How This Works Step by Step
1. purchase training here
2. fill out the school profile form for your school here
3. within 24 hours of receiving your school profile form...
4. staff members can log on whenever + wherever to complete their self-paced trainings
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questions? contact me
Fostering Creativity + Mindfulness Training
for Early Childhood Classroom Environments
teaches classroom educators
how to foster creativity + mindfulness
in their students by demonstrating:
how to use creative decision making skills and trust emergent ideas
how to explore new materials and techniques through process-based experimentation
how to use familiar and introductory materials to develop fine motor skills
how to establish the process of ideation, creation and completion
how the insights and choices of learning artists are valued in the creative process
how to keep the expectation away from the end result
how to allow for the discovery of individual creative self agency
how to make decisions and executions from a place of established confidence