CHILD +Youth Workshops
Workshops use a combination of arts and sciences and can be developed for the age groups, curriculums, cultures, spaces, and events you are looking to engage.
Programs can be made accessible to all learners.
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Ask Shessi how we can work together to meet your group's learning goals!
Sustainability Learning
This sensory paint workshop invites participants to dive into the world of diverse Water Creatures + Ecosystems! Participants develop a deeper relationship with Water in their everyday Lives.
Topics + Activities include:
Water Cycle + Ecosystems
Water in our Bodies
A Water science experiment
Young inventors + changemakers
Water in our everyday Lives
Painting activity
All ages
This sciences workshop gives participants a chance to be scientists with a biology lab experiment that makes this workshop a favourite! Participants learn about exciting innovations in clean Energy.
Topics + Activities include:
Energy games + demonstrations
Environmental oil spill experiment
How we use Energy in our Lives
Cool new renewable technologies
Young inventors + changemakers
Ages 10+
In this workshop or series, groups define what a sustainable + healthy Living Community looks like to them. Working together groups create a project that will improve their school, homes, community, or workplace.
Topics + Activities include:
Community projects worldwide
Photography scavenger hunt
Trust and trust building games
Visioning sustainability project ideas
Voting on a project + project planning
All ages
In this workshop, participants learn about the impacts of waste on the Earth's Species, Ecosystems + Communities.
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Topics + Activities include:
Waste management
Species impacted by waste
Recycled-art making
Games
Cool new technology + zero waste practices
Create a plan for reducing waste in homes, schools, workplaces, community spaces
All ages
Health + Wellness Learning
This workshop plays with arts + sciences to explore how our bodies, minds, spirit + emotions work together to keep us healthy.
Topics + Activities include:
The Mind + Mental Health
The Heart + Emotional Intelligence
Ecological + social environments
Building our health day by day
Envisioning our futures
Mindfulness + breathing experiences
Create a personal wellness plan
All ages
This workshop explores how our relationships have deep, long-lasting impacts on our health + wellbeing. Using arts + sciences activities, participants learn strategies for healthier Humxn relationships + communication.
Topics + Activities include:
Diversity + anti-oppression
Listening + communication skills
Heart + Mind sciences
Group creative sound activity
Trust + team-building games
Creating welcoming, inclusive spaces
All ages
This workshop series is developed for people who self-identify as Womxn to share their unique experiences in a supportive space + community/self-care strategies.
Topics + Activities include:
Poetry, writing, music, mixed-media arts
Mental, physical, spiritual + emotional health
Body + Mind awareness
Optional take-home readings
Trust + team-building games
Visioning our futures, stepping into our power
Emergent programming built with the interests of participants
Ages 13+
Writing Workshops
This workshop or series guides participants to write poetic pieces as individuals or as a community on the topic of choice. Shessi performs her poetry + creates a safe space for participants to step into their power + share their words with others.
Topics + Activities include:
Writing prompts
Writing as individuals
Writing as a community
The importance of sharing our stories
Using spoken word for healing
Gaining confidence in one's voice
Ages 10+
This workshop series guides participants to write short stories + larger projects. Participants learn how to create characters, storylines + share their work with others for peer support.
Topics + Activities include:
Writing prompts
Writing short stories + larger projects
Learning to build character, plot, etc
The importance of sharing our stories
Developing one's writing voice
Ages 15+
This workshop series helps participants strengthen their persuasive essay writing. Strong persuasive writing is an invaluable skill for excelling in school + any future career, whether it be writing an application, business plan, or speech.
Topics + Activities include:
Breaking down basic essay structure
Creating a game plan before writing
How to write persuasively
Developing a strong voice
Knowing your audience
How to edit effectively
Ages 13+
Music + Sound Workshops
This percussion workshop teaches basic drum beats while participants share their knowledge of drums from their own biocultures. We learn that the drum is a universal instrument across the globe that has moved humxns since its inception.
Topics + Activities include:
The drum in diverse humxn biocultures
Listening + communication skills
Drumming + drumming games
Mindfulness + Attention game
Trust + team-building
Sharing space in community
Recyclable instrument making (optional)
Ages 11+
This popular workshop uses arts + sciences to gets participants moving + learning about sound + music for our wellness, healing, + creativity.
Open to all ages, abilities + levels; everyone can make a sound!
Topics + Activities include:
Role of music in diverse humxn biocultures
Music + your health
Language + Sound as communication with your surroundings
Building listening + communication skills
Drumming, Singing, Music Making
Mindfulness + attention games
Trust + team-building
Finding your voice, finding your breath
All ages
This workshop or series introduces participants to song-writing strategies + invites them to co-create a song together or work on something of their own.
Topics + Activities include:
Language + Sound as communication
Song writing as story telling
Writing prompts
Turning ideas into songs
Communicating a feeling
Finding your voice, finding your breath
Verses, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge + hooks
The audience experience
Preparing a performance (optional)
Ages 11+