Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Roots. 2. The Infrastructure of Nurture and Discipline. 3. Building. 4. Telling. 5. Listening. 6. Writing. 7. Stories from Sandworld Classrooms. Conclusion. References.
Sandtray play to promote social, emotional and behavioural growth
Sheila Dorothy Smith has worked extensively in both mainstream and special education classrooms. She began her teaching career in a Froebel kindergarten, subsequently worked as a parent educator, and for 22 years, as an elementary classroom teacher and special education resource teacher. She has specialist qualifications in Guidance and Special Education, is a training candidate in Sandplay therapy (CAST), and is currently enrolled at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education as a Masters student in Counseling Psychology. In 2006, Sheila introduced sandtray play and storying to a group of twelve students who were disengaged in the curriculum. Her book is born out of the lively and ongoing results of that experiment. She lives north of Toronto, Ontario.
There is a sense of treasure emerging through the case studies as
the children's voices are allowed to be heard and the sand worlds
seen through a child's eyes.
*Dramatherapy*
I really hope this book is widely read and acted upon, not only by
teachers working with children with special needs but those
teaching over the fives, many of whom feel forced to push children
into writing without their having first had appropriate scaffolding
opportunities such as those provided by the author.
*Red Reading Hub - Jillrbennett's Reviews of Children's Books*
This is a brilliant resource. The ideas within this book not only
meet the educational components of the curriculum, but also help
create a therapeutic space for students to express themselves. The
approaches allow children to enjoy the school learning experience
and provide teachers with a means to unlock their students'
potential.
*Sylvia Simonyi-Elmer, Ph.D., psychotherapist, certified sandplay
therapist, and senior teacher-supervisor, Kingston, Ontario*
This is one of the most exciting and moving educational books I
have read in the past 20 years. It emerges out of considerable
reflection and hands-on teaching with a wide range of children. The
writer takes a developmental perspective that builds on profound
symbolic and affective experiences which lead to major advances in
the cognitive and social domains. Her approach combines the wisdom
of the past with the latest findings from the neurosciences. The
methods and suggestions outlined in the book guarantee both
excitement and success for pupils and teachers alike. I recommend
this book most highly.
*John Allan, PhD., Professor Emeritus, Education, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver. Author of Inscapes of the Child's
World: Jungian Counselling in Schools and Clinics.*
In her book Sandtray Play and Storymaking: A Hands-On Approach to
Build Academic, Social, and Emotional Skills in Mainstream and
Special Education, Sheila Dorothy Smith issues an invitation to all
of us who work with children, especially teachers. She gently
challenges us to think outside the box and use what is natural,
joy-creating, meaning-making and fun-play, stories and symbols, to
develop happier, calmer, more receptive and self-disciplined
children. Her approach is evidence based, well researched,
practical and useful. It makes sense and it works. Try it and you
may even have some fun, too!
*Mary Shirley-Thompson, M.A., Manager of Services, Children's
Mental Health, Family, Youth and Child Services of Muskoka*
Sandtray Play and Storymaking is remarkable! In the book, Sheila
demonstrates the extraordinary results that can be achieved through
the inclusion of psychological insight in education. Her method of
creating, telling and recording sandtray worlds and stories gives
children a means to express their inner thoughts and feelings,
allows teachers to gain a better understanding of their students
and provides the perfect platform for developing literacy
skills.
*Dr Allan Guggenbühl, psychologist, educationalist and Jungian
analyst, University of Education of the State of Zurich*
Sandtray Play and Storymaking is an exquisite book. It is a
beautiful portrayal of this therapeutic modality where children, at
play in their classrooms with their sandtrays and figurines,
construct their own world-making stories filled with ideas, dreams
and realities. During this process, a child's feelings and memories
can emerge, blending fantasy and life experience.
Shadows of Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Tolkien, Bettelheim and Jung,
drift through the narrative alongside the children's written
versions of their creations, encouraging readers to find their own
sandtrays and begin again.
*David Booth, Professor Emeritus, OISE, University of Toronto*
this very readable book on sandtray play and story making, which
weaves practical suggestions and academic theory together, along
with examples of stories in words and pictures... Sand play is used
to develop speaking, listening and writing skills as well as social
and emotional skills within the classroom. It is primarily a book
about how schools might develop these skills... conclusion, I think
this is an interesting read for teachers and therapists who are
working in schools.
*Dramatherapy*
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