Welcome! Amy Jo
I am an Early Childhood Educator and Special Needs Resource Consultant, a wonderer, and a child-at-heart. She finds joy exploring nature with children—sharing their sense of discovery and learning together from the resilience and beauty of the natural world.
As a Trauma Competent Care Trainer and Forest and Nature practitioner, I am passionate about creating welcoming spaces where children of all abilities can grow, explore, and thrive—no matter where they begin.
Read MoreAmy Jo Smith is an Early Childhood Educator, Special Needs Resource Consultant, a wonderer, and a child-at-heart. She is happiest playing and exploring in nature with little people—sharing their wonder and joy of discovery, and learning together from the resilience and beauty of the natural world.
She is a Trauma Competent Care Trainer, Forest and Nature and TBRI® Practitioner, and is passionate about fostering communities that are accessible, welcoming spaces for children of all abilities to grow, explore and thrive, no matter where they start in life.
She can often be found collecting acorns from a friendly oak on a forest trail somewhere in a beautiful Canadian forest.
She can often be found collecting acorns from a friendly oak on a forest trail somewhere in a beautiful Canadian forest.
Take a Nature Walk
- Bring a bucket or bag and see how many kinds of oak leaves and acorns you can collect
- Find a sit spot under an oak tree and listen - what do the leaves sound like?
- Bring some paper and do a bark rubbing - what does it feel like?
- Different kinds of oak leaves
- Different kinds of acorns
- A sapling oak tree
- A tall, old oak tree
- An animal that lives in the oak tree
- An insect that lives in the oak tree
- A bird that lives in the oak tree
Draw in your Nature Journal
She is a Trauma Competent Care Trainer, Forest and Nature and TBRI® Practitioner, and is passionate about fostering communities that are accessible, welcoming spaces for children of all abilities to grow, explore and thrive, no matter where they start in life.
I believe that every child is an individual, and brings special gifts to their families and communities. I believe deeply in the power of connected, responsive relationships to bring healing and hope—and that spending time in nature and reading together can be powerful bridges of connection.
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