The I AM Program

NEW I AM workshop for you!

I AM A Tree explores connection with each other, through the world of the tree.

Age group 6-12yrs

This workshop can be adjusted to suit the very young child as well as the older child or teenager.

Part One

Discussion

10 minutes

Part Two

Standing Visualisation

5 minutes

Part Three

Art Activity

Half Hour

Materials List

Large pieces of dr...

As a visual artist I love to spend as much time making art as I can but with so many children running around this isnt always possible, UNTIL I get them in on it!

I thought I would share with you a little art task I set my children (and myself) the other day.

After finding a colourful bird photograph on the internet I asked the kids if they would like to make a forest of these birds with me.

We laid out our materials and began to paint and draw together. It was s...

Those stuck feelings, urghhhh, like that dream where your legs are too heavy to run, yet you MUST get away, only it’s not a dream, it is your life. I remember after my 6th child Daisy was born, feeling as though I was deep in mud, expected to care for all these little people I had brought into the world. I was in an emotionally charged fog and I think, looking back, if I had gone to a doctor they would have diagnosed PND. Ther...

Recently Zen Warriors, undertook to pilot our Kids In Touch KIT with their group of Tweens with great success and positive feedback.

"My tweens are really embracing these affirmations from The I AM Program - 'I AM' For Kids and we are having some fabulous discussions about positive vs. negative self talk!"

The I AM Program is thrilled that their are so many wonderful children benefitting from these simple arts connected values workshops.

Spirit Breath Workshop

The Spirit Breath workshop today was an awesome experience!

I am noticing a deeper a interest and respect for culture resonating as we enter the final workshops in the Big Spirit program.

This re-affirms for me the importance of running Indigenous awareness lessons coupled with emotional intelligence guidance as a consistent part of the school day.

The children are far more inclined to participate and are eager to learn, they are also...

Footprints

Workshop 5

Big Spirit for Schools

Our discussion was brief today, focusing on the Australian Indigenous Walkabout tradition.

The children had once again no former knowledge of ‘Walkabout’ and why it might be of importance to Aboriginal people.

We talked about the natural environment and Indigenous spiritual connection to it.

We pondered on ‘why’ one mi...

Within our 'Feelin’ It' workshop at Stokers Siding School today we focused on Empathy.

The children used dictionaries and the Internet to acquire information and definitions.

Not one of the children had even heard the word Empathy before today!

We went on to share personal stories of empathy.

One lovely young lady was kind enough to share a heartbreaking story of being bullied at school and feeling terrible until a friend came and spoke kindly t...

A few thoughts on bullying… Bullying, crime, violence and war are all symptoms of great unhappiness and personal/social frustration. They are states of mind that are driven to the point of external representation. Terror is anxiety at its peak, spurred on by fear. If you have ever experienced an anxiety attack you will understand to what extent the body responds to this fear. The endocrine system goes haywire, adrenalin is pumped in mighty unusable doses causing a domino affect inclu...

It takes courage to face the parts of us we hide from the world and from ourselves. But when we are willing to explore the possibility that we are more than who we have been led to believe we are, we can expect GREAT results. Emotional intelligence is about developing awareness of emotions in ourselves and the people around us. It is about developing the smarts to navigate our lives in the best possible way for us. We all use emotional intelligence everyday to say the right thing, to get...

Catherine from LITA or 'Love is the answer' has been working with little orphans in Uganda.

She has been growing their imagination through the use of The I AM Programs 'My Imagination' workshops!

We are so proud to be involved with the growth of these kids even from a distance.

With the development of vision and hope these young people become the pioneers for positive change!

Please go to The Lita website and see the