ENLIVENED
PATHWAYS
Holistic Youth Education
Enlivened Pathways provides educational guidance to both homeschooled families and children in school. Informed by Waldorf education, the Pikler Institute and Nature based education, Bonnie provides personalized and holistic support with a passion for cultivating each child’s unique relationship to learning.
Our Service Offerings
Early Childhood
1. 5 to 6 years old
For the very early years of a child's life Bonnie builds and fosters warm, connected and respectful caregiving practices, combined with free movement environments that allow each child to come to their motor development on their own initiative. As children grow into ages 3-6 years, she maintains a rhythmic and gentle learning environment, engaging and enlivening the children's senses through forest play, practical work and handiwork. Children will learn through the beauty of song, storytelling and poetry. Living in the joy, magic and endless imagination of a child’s world in tune with nature's rhythms.
Youth Tutoring
7 - 14+ years old
Bonnie teaches and tutors children in subjects of geography, history, language arts and more. Bringing education alive through the integration of song, movement, nature play and art. Children will fine tune their objective observation, practical thinking, creativity and intuition. She emphasizes confidence cultivation, resilience, open-mindedness, integrity and kindness.
Our Approach
ENLIVENED
PATHWAYS
Nurturing the JOYOUS heart, CURIOUS mind and CREATIVE spirit of each child.
Enlivened pathways is a learning environment for homeschooled families, school cooperatives and children in school that is informed by Waldorf education, The Pikler Institute, and nature based education. Enlivened Pathways offers respectful and joyous learning environments for young children as well as interdisciplinary learning with emergent academics beyond early childhood.
Bonnie connects to children through joy, playfulness, gentle strength and attentive observation. Using the foundational principles of child-observation and self-reflection, she allows each child to inform her teaching style, meeting what is alive in the present moment to support the child's educational, developmental and personal evolution.
Enlivened Pathways Core Tenants
Consent based relationships with adults and children
Learning from and aligning with the rhythms of nature
Immersive and creative academic learning
Beauty as being integral to life and learning
Emotional Safety and Emotional Intelligence
Joy, imagination and inspiration
Let’s Work Together
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I look forward to hearing from you!