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My workshop introduces you to the Animal of Your Heart. This might be a bear, a dolphin, a horse, a swan or any animal your heart desires. Through fun and play this animal helps you tackle life's up and downs with gentleness, laughter and a huge amount love! The creative nature of my workshop, (link to Poetry page) enables it to easily fit into the curriculum of Primary Schools. I am also CRB checked and fully insured. This flexibility allows it also to fit most timetables. The first workshop, where the children hear my story and meet their heart's animal, is approximately two hours long. The following workshops can be from 30 minutes long to a whole day as we continue to journey and create what our heart's animal desires. |
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The workshop promotes the Emotional Intelligence of a child. Through the relationship with the Animal of their Heart the child becomes more aware of who they are and their own emotional needs and in so doing it teaches them that others have these needs too. The Animal of their Heart gently leads the child to understand the difference between socially acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. "A young teenager, who had a giraffe as his heart's animal, would lash out physically when he felt in any way threatened. One day he was being teased by another student but instead of hitting him, as was his usual behaviour, he jumped up, threw his chair over, and ran into the men's room. Once he had calmed down he was asked why he hadn't hit his friend. He told us that his giraffe had said that hitting people was not a good idea!" |
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Finding and befriending the Animal of
Your Heart can be seen as a tool that youngsters can use to cope
with their emotions as they grow. Their Heart's Animal will soon
be seen as their greatest ally, and there is no better friend
for a child than their own heart!  |
