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)