Adapted from “Raising Awe-Seekers” by Deborah Farmer Kris © 2025. Used with permission of Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc ...
Heidi Lawrence’s path to awe started more than a decade ago when she began working on ideas for her Ph.D. in English literature. Exploring Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and other adolescent ...
The experience of awe may be fleeting, but its impact on brain function has lasting psychological benefits. Imagine standing at the edge of a vast canyon, gazing at the endless expanse of stars in the ...
Childhood is a magical time filled with new experiences, vivid imaginings, and a sense of wonder that seems to fade as we grow older. One powerful emotion encapsulating childhood's essence is awe—that ...
Toward the end of my high school sophomore year, our Spanish teacher organized a trip to see an Andean band perform in Philadelphia. We packed into a van on a Friday evening and headed downtown to a ...
In recent years, educators and academics have studied many aspects of how students learn. The role of grit, resilience and growth mindset, for example, have been closely studied and strategies to ...
Preschool and elementary school children will be able to brush up on early literacy and after school learning at the Portage Public Library thanks to two new all-in-one workstations. The pair of AWE ...
Awe calms the mind and soothes the spirit. It defuses anxiety, stress, and unhappiness, while also inspiring curiosity and enhancing creativity. And yet, it is being snuffed out by our increasingly ...