SunflowerCreativeArts

Empowering people of all ages to be confident, creative and compassionate through PLAY, NATURE and THE ARTS.

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"Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core."

-Sugata Mitra

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"Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?"
- Samuel Johnson

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"Children were not born to walk. They were born to run-- barefoot, over rocks, through the water, through the mud. We need to give greater recognition to the energy and joy of children.”
- Bev Bos

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"Play is how our instinct to educate ourselves manifests."
-Tomas Hubson

Thank you @TheTeacherTom

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"Culture arises and unfolds in and as play."
- Johan Huizinga

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"If your children are independent, you have provided them with the belief that they are competent and capable of taking care of themselves."
-Jim Taylor, Ph.D.

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"You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

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"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

-Mahatma Gandhi

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“Scientists fail all the time. We just brand it differently. We call it data.”

- Ainissa Ramirez

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"This school has been such a huge part of his life and our lives as parents. It has helped me find my tribe and people who share similar views about parenting and early childhood development."

Thank you @bocaeeka✨

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"Tree climbing is a great way for children to learn how to assess risk and their own abilities."
- Angela J. Hanscom

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"Why do kids go up the slide? They are seeking risk and challenge in their play. Kids feel powerful scaling the slide. Going up the slide is fun. It's a healthy adventure, often part of imaginative play. Climbing the slide helps kids test their strength, find their limits and ...

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"People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices."
-Alfie Kohn

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Limits give a good framework for children to flourish.
Having limits offers children a sense of security and comfort, and teaches them self-control. Limits also help guide children to develop other life skills such as delayed gratification and how to deal with frustration.

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“Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.”

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"The freedom of play
allowed me to engage my creativity in a plethora of outlets.
Today I appreciate and utilize my creative mind not only in the arts but also in the scholarly world. Growing up in the realm of Seedlings gave me the courage to
dream big and express my imagi ...

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"Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become."
- Brooke Hampton

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"When the time comes, the child is normally ready for what he may need to do at that time. And he is never ready until his nervous system is ready."

-Arnold Gesell

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In social learning theory, behavior modeling is the precise demonstration of the desired behavior. According to the theory, we learn not only by doing but by watching what others do. In a therapeutic setting, behavior modeling is purposeful and positive, teaching clients h ...

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“Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists.”
- John Dewey