Jill of All Trades(, Master of Tons) with Carolyne Prevost | Episode 30

Linda McGurk is the author of the best-selling book "There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)".  This book has changed my life in so many ways, opening my eyes to the value of spending time in nature, regardless of the weather.  As a child, I spent all day every day outside, even in the winters growing up in Western New York.  As an adult, I realized I lost that connection with nature, and this book was one of the main catalysts to me reconnecting with the outdoors again, and has transformed my teaching career and family life.  

Linda and I focus in on several topics from her book including:

• Free range parenting
• Social trust
• The fear of falling kids falling behind in academics and athletics
• Friluftsliv (open air life)
• Nature and the immune system

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Angela Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist, the founder of TimberNook, and author of the best-selling book Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children.

Show topics include:
Outdoor play
Playgrounds
Sensory Stimulation
Vestibular System
and more!

This week's episode is with the founder of Intentionally Unplugged, aimed at equipping and empowering families to have healthy boundaries with technology.  Denise is a mom of 3 and a teacher, so she sees first hand the impact technology and screens has on her and her kids' lives.  She gives us some suggestions on how to navigate screen time with ourselves and with our kids, especially during these times when it seems like we are all required to be in front of a computer.

This interview really hits home with me because I struggle to separate with my phone and use it as a crutch whenever I'm bored, almost like a reflex.  I try to make a conscious habit of putting it away when I get home from work, but there always seems to be an excuse to take it back out.  Just know that you're not alone out there, and the tips from this episode can be beneficial to all of us!

Also, this will be my last episode as I take a break for a little while to "intentionally unplug".  Our second child was just born this week, so I want to take some time off of interviewing and editing and enjoy her and have some fun with my family!

I hope you enjoy the episode and please don't forget to leave a review, subscribe, and/or follow to help spread the mission of MOVRS!  Thank you!

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Join us as we talk with Carolyne Prevost, a woman who has proven over the years that it pays to be well rounded.  Carolyne competes and has competed in several different sports at a very high level, all the while juggling a full-time teaching position.  I am so impressed with her versatility and athleticism, and even more impressed with her time management skills to be able to fit it all in.  We talk about sport specialization, movement in school, and prioritizing your health in this episode.  I hope you enjoy it and please subscribe/share/review!

"Carolyne is a high school math, science and physical education/health teacher. She played professional hockey for the Toronto Furies in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. She is now a player in the Professional Women’s Hockey Player Association (PWHPA). She has represented Canada on different National teams in both taekwondo and in hockey. Carolyne has won 11 National Championships in 4 different sports in her athletic career. She graduated from the University of Madison- Wisconsin and won 2 NCAA Div 1 titles with the Wisconsin Badgers Women’s hockey team. She found Crossfit in 2013 at the age of 23 after being released from the Hockey Canada National Program. She has competed at 5 regionals as an individual and recently competed at the 2019 CrossFit Games where she placed 12th in the world."
*Taken from https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/239148

Instagram: @cprevost27

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Matt Seebaum is the Executive Director of the Strider Education Foundation, the provider for All Kids Bike.  Their mission is to get every Kindergartener in the country to learn how to ride a bike in their PE class.  It seems crazy, but over the past 5-10 years, far less kids are out riding their bikes than ever before.  Matt and I talk about how biking for us was like our ticket to life when we were kids; it's how we got everywhere and spent most of our time.  There are so many valuable skills kids can develop when they go through the process of learning how to ride a bike, and it could turn into a life-long passion for them.

All Kids Bike provides schools with a class-pack of Strider balance bikes, along with helmets, pedals if/when needed, and a curriculum to follow.  The more money your/our community raises, the more schools can be provided with this amazing resource.  The school I currently teach at is going through the fundraising process right now with All Kids Bike, and we are pumped to get our kids started later this year!

Please consider donating to this amazing organization, or get the process started to get bikes in your school today!  Follow the links below for more information:

https://allkidsbike.org/
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Sam Mathers is the founder of Fitter Futures, one of the premier youth functional training facilities in the world.  The focus of their program is on kids and teens, but they also offer programs to adults.  They are also one of only 3 Brand X Method Labs in the world, being driven by a relentless pursuit of best practices in strength & conditioning training for youths, based on a long term athletic development model. The programming and coaching methods focus on motor pattern training and improving physical literacy, to optimise kids’ fitness and elevate their athleticism whilst protecting against injury. The programming is adaptable to youths of all ability levels, and all environments.

Episode Topics:

• Designing a World Class facility for kids
• Creating a family training atmosphere
• Programs offered at Fitter Futures
• Keeping the focus on high quality movement
• The importance of physical activity in kids' lives

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Ginny Yurich is the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, "a global movement designed for any age child (or adult) and any environment" meant to encourage families to spend more time outside.  I have been implementing this program and tracker sheets with my students at school, and with my son at home.  Once you get your kids outside, nature takes care of everything for you.  In this day and age of screen use, it is more important than ever to encourage outdoor play.  Enjoy the show, and be sure to check out Ginny's website and social for more!

"We track a lot of things these days - steps, calories, budgets, frequent flyer miles etc - why not track something so beneficial to our children as well? There are so many things that compete for our time so it's easy for something like this to get back-burnered. We found that if we spread these 4-6 hour chunks out over a few days (shooting for roughly 20 hours a week) it would take us to averaging about 1,000 hours of outside activity a year. That seems insane, maybe - we get it. But did you know the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of screens? Now THAT seems insane to us, but hey, we get it - parenting is hard and sometimes those screens 'seem' like such a welcome reprieve from the chaos. We certainly are not militant about it and we don't take a  'no screens ever or you will surely die' approach either. But we would, quite vehemently, argue that nature- big, beautiful, bountiful nature - is the absolute and very BEST reprieve for you and your children. Honestly, they don't even compare!"

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Books mentioned in this episode:
Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv
Balanced and Barefoot - Angela Hanscom
How to Raise a Wild Child - Scott Sampson
No Such Thing as Bad Weather - Linda McGurk

In this episode we have a returning guest Keegan Martin of The Brand X Method.  Keegan  is the Director of Education for the Brand X Method and explains to us what Physical Literacy is and why it is important in any youth program.  This is a component of Physical Education and youth training that I don't hear about often enough, but I think it should be at the core of what we do with kids.  In a world where kids are specializing in sport at a younger age every year, it is increasingly important for this kids to develop a broad and solid base of movement.  Physical Literacy equips kids with the tools they need to take on any physical task with confidence and competence.  Hope you enjoy the show!

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Hear from Samuli Pentinniemi of PALOeducation on what functional classrooms are and how to set one up at your school.  This is my vision of what all classrooms should be in the future; giving students the opportunity to take breaks during class to get up and move so that they  can return to instruction with better focus.  Read the description below to learn more about their organization and check out their website!  Don't forget to rate/subscribe/share/review the show if you enjoyed it!

"PALOeducation is a Finnish expert organization for physical education and active learning. Our goal is to bring more physical activity into children´s everyday life. Even though our story is just beginning, we have years of strong experience in the field of physical education, coaching, training and consulting. We have been a part in developing active culture in the city of Jyväskylä, both in curriculum planning and in the everyday practices of schools. We have been a part of the Schools on the Move programme since its creation. We have also developed action cultures into our own community that have been nationally recognized and awarded."


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Video Example of a Functional Classroom

Ever wonder if you could start your own Forest School?  This is the perfect time to dive into it and offer students an alternative form of education!  Listen as Jean shares how she started her first Forest School, and is now training future Forest School teachers from around the world.  I hope you finish this episode feeling just as inspired as I did!

Bio:
Dr. Jean Lomino’s varied career includes being a classroom teacher, adjunct professor for the MSED in Outdoor Education at Southern Adventist University, Executive Director of Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga, TN, and in 2015 she co-founded Wauhatchie School, the first forest kindergarten in the state. The school this year expanded to four campuses in Chattanooga with a combined enrollment of 140 students for the coming year. Wauhatchie in partnership with Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, is working with several Hamilton County public kindergartens to develop forest school programs at their school sites and to conduct forest kindergarten at Reflection Riding’s new family forest exploration site.

Dr. Lomino is the founder, director and lead trainer of the Forest School Teacher Institute, and since 2015 has trained over 150 forest kindergarten teachers from the US, Canada, China, Korea and South Africa. For two months she worked as a trainer/consultant with the teachers at No Boundaries Forest Kindergarten in Guangzhou, China.  In 2018 she collaborated on research with Dr. Jiyoun Shin, Vice-Chair of the Korean Forest Kindergarten Association.  Jean has presented at numerous conferences and workshops in the US and was a featured speaker at the International Symposium of Forest Kindergartens in Seoul, South Korea, June, 2019.  She is currently writing a book about how children’s friendships with nature lead to earth stewardship.

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