Children Whole and Free
Additional Resources
On Children by Kahlil Gibran
On Children lyrics by Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall
The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard, illustrated by Deborah Freedman
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Shawn Harris
Ouisi (game)
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue
How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope by James Crews
Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School by Carla Shalaby
Honey, I Love and other love poems by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Diane and Leo Dillon
The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
If you want to see a whale by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
The Power of Boredom by Mark A. Hawkins
Here and Now by Julia Denos, illustrate by E.B. Goodale
Slowing: Discover Wonder, Beauty, and Creativity Through Slow Living by Rachel Schwartzmann
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
The Power of Mindful Learning by Ellen J. Langer
On a Magical Do-Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna
Ito (game)
Connexio (game)
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth by Eric Carle
The Book of Delights; The Book of (More) Delights; Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Let Grow (organization)
Fairplay (organization)
Children & Nature Network (organization)
List of songs on course playlist:
On Children (Sweet Honey in the Rock) | Darling (Beautiful Chorus) | Slow Down (Scott Orr) | O, I Love You (Essie Jain) | Miracle (Renee + Jeremy) | Little Garden (Ayla Nereo) | Wonder (MaMuse) | Treat Myself (Stevie Wonder) | Wild Sweet (Starling Arrow) | Hum (Ayla Nereo) | Teach Your Children (Kina Grannis, Imaginary Future) | Indefinable (Essie Jain) | Mother of the Water (Alexa Sunshine Rose) | Tree, Tree, Tree (Mister Rogers) | True to Yourself (Xavier Rudd) | You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Ella Jenkins) | Long Time Sun (Snatam Kaur) | Blessings (Hollow Coves) | Look at What the Light Did Now (Little Wings) | Caterpillar Caterpillar (Kira Willey) | Peace Like a River (Beautiful Chorus) | So It Is (Rosie H. Sullivan) | Rainbow Connection (Sleeping At Last) | Joyful (Dante Bowe) | Mother Mary Frequency (Elsa Field) | I Am (Beautiful Chorus w/India.Arie) | What a Wonderful World (Jon Batiste) | I am Wild (MaMuse) | This Little Light of Mine (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) | It’s a Big World (Renee & Jeremy) | Just Be (Kira Willey) | My Own Two Hands (Jack Johnson, Ben Harper) | Lovely Day (Bill Withers) | Through the Eyes of a Child (AURORA) | Loosen (Aly Halpert) | The 59th Street Bridge Song (Simon & Garfunkel) | Lullaby (Emmit Fenn) | Sing Upon Joy (Lyndsey Scott)