Head, Heart, Body

We incorporate practices of love and care for our:

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HEAD (mental health)

• Knowledge of our coastal region, local wildlife, native animals and plants

• Ability to read the ocean, waves, tides, swells and currents

• Mindfulness and single-pointed focus through breath and movement

• Positive thinking through daily reflections and gratitudes

• Reading, creative writing and storytelling

• Sharing our own ideas and interests and being validated

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HEART (emotional health)

• Love, kindness and gratitude for ourselves, each other and the world

• Connection to nature and the seasons

• Understanding and regulating emotions through group shares, creative and expressive art and movement

• Laughter... LOTS of laughter

• Friendship and collaboration through group projects and teambuilding activities

• Discovering and pursuing all that we love

• Caring for the earth through beach clean-ups, upcycled projects and community involvement

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BODY (physical health)

• Always honoring + listening to our bodies first

• Body awareness through movement and breath

• Endless adventuring... surfing, playing, walking, swimming, hiking, exploring

• Unstructured play time in addition to organized sports and games

• Eating healthy foods and staying hydrated

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Love, Respect, Give Back to the Ocean

While each child will come in with their own ideas and topics of interest that we can explore in-depth together, there are three overarching themes that will be interwoven in all of our time and learning at Ocean School:

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1. Love the Ocean

To cultivate love, curiosity, joy, and connection to our ocean

• How the ocean is vital for all life

• Marine life, coastal life, intertidal life and water cycles

• Tides and their connection to the moon and sun, intertidal life and tidepool explorations

• All about waves, current, swells and wind

• Properties, zones, locations, and amazing facts about ocean

• Great mysteries of the ocean

• Water time!!!!

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2. Respect the Ocean​

To know that the ocean is one of the most powerful natural forces with which we can interact. To be attentive, aware and respectful to the ocean’s elements and conditions.

• General ocean safety and knowledge

• Reading the waves

• Identifying and navigating rip currents

• How waves/tides/winds affect surfing/swimming

• Weather and seasonal rhythms of the ocean

• To know when to go, and to go with the flow!

 

3. Give Back to the Ocean

To become aware of and feel empowerment through our day-to-day choices. To deepen our intention and actions that ripple into greater communities, living consciously and in community.

• Ocean conservation projects

• Minimalist ideals

• Upcycling and plastic-free challenges

• Beach clean-ups

• Community service