For many years I have been advocating for children to learn about death, grief and bereavement. For these topics to be included in the school curriculum, alongside lessons about: birth, life, relationships and sex. Many teachers struggle to have conversations about death and grief with children. Right now we have a truly royal opportunity to… Read More A Royal Opportunity – to learn about death & grief
This month BackPocketTeacher turns 8!Thank you all for your support over the past 8 years. To help say thank you I am launching 8 new courses in 2024 AND offering 50% off any 2024 course when you book a place on the ‘A Special Kind of Grief’ Course on February 28th. Just say ‘Happy Birthday’ when you make your… Read More Happy Birthday BackPocketTeacher – but the gift is yours 50% OFF COURSES
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Would you like to learn more about how to support children and adults with severe and profound intellectual disabilities with the issues of bereavement, loss and grief? Join us on the 5th April 2022 10am – 12pm UK time for a live online workshop. Find out more and book here.
These words are from the great Mister Rogers. Fred Rogers, was not someone I was aware of until I watched ‘A beautiful day in the neighborhood’. A film that stars Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers. Fred Rogers was the creator, writer, and presenter of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, a children’s television programme that began airing on… Read More “Anything that’s human is mentionable and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”
This week I read about Lego donating toy MRI scanners to hospitals. These lego sets are a way to help children understand the process of having a MRI scan. I let out a little yelp of joy when I read this article. What a great example of creativity and play being used as a fun… Read More For the love of Lego – & the love of play to support understanding
Coming up with the idea of Good Grief Toys ® was the easy part. Finding the right toymaker to make them was much harder, but thanks to the British Toymakers Guild I found the amazing Muttley the Toymaker (@MuttleytheToymaker on Instagram and Etsy) aka Mark Uttley. On Sunday December 19th 2021 Mark featured on the… Read More Good Grief Toys ® made by award winning Muttley the Toymaker
By one degree of separation Good Grief Toys is going to feature on Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas! The amazing @muttleythetoymaker (Instagram) toymaker of my Good Grief Toys is going to be on #KirstiesHandmadeChristmas – Good Luck, Mark. Mark will feature as one of the makers on the show. Sadly, Good Grief Toys won’t be featuring. To… Read More Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas & Good Grief Toys!
Thoughts on developing an inclusive Advisory Group.
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I just wanted to share a few updates – October 2021 means I am going into the second year of my PhD. ‘Upgrade’ has been successfully completed and I’m in the process of completing my research ethics application ahead of starting research in special schools. I’ve had my first international purchase of Good Grief Toys… Read More A few BackPocketTeacher updates
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