Earth Day 2016

One Seed became part of an Earth Day celebration and learning experience in an apartment building in Burnaby, British Columbia. Joyce O'Doherty created an event that drew families from their apartments, all ages, to listen to the story, sing the song, and learn about seeds and plants. Here are a few photos. Thank you Joyce for sending them along, and for taking the time to celebrate this planet we call home. And thank you everyone for participating.

 

Meanwhile, on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, I was at Okanagan Falls Elementary School where we did a whole school story, song, and had murals with drawings and hopes and wishes. Principal Lisa McCall helped organize the day, and all grades (students and teachers) were involved and participated, from Kindergarten to Grade 7. I will be posting a video and pictures in the next few weeks.

Thank you Miss McCall, and thank you everyone at OK Falls Elementary for such an incredible day to celebrate Earth and life!

 

"One Seed" is now released as a FREE PDF E-Book, MP3 and Video

At last, I am so happy to say that "One Seed" is now released as a FREE PDF E-Book in English, French, Persian and English-Persian. (Visit www.oneseedstory.com for the downloads.)

The revised English PDF also includes the images from the YouTube Video, about seeds, what comes from seeds, about seeds as ideas, and also some examples from the Kids Art Gallery (www.oneseedkidsart.com) .

Also released for FREE are the Read-Along, Sing-along MP3s and the educational One Seed Video and the One Seed Song sing-along video.

So now you can download all of "One Seed" to enjoy in your home and classroom.

In addition to being a simple story about a seed, "One Seed" was published as a story to inspire, bring hope, encourage growing a garden, and to know that ideas, like seeds, GROW! And that we can all make a difference in this world!

Enjoy!
I welcome feedback, and even art that can be added to the gallery.

Cheers and happy thoughts
Rosemary

New Art in the One Seed Kids Art Gallery

It's about time I made another post on the One Seed Blog. These past few months I have been busy with my work compiling and writing a book about the 45-year history of the British Columbia Boys Choir. I was able to interview past members of the choir, many who had joined when they were just young boys. Their stories tell of the importance of being in the choir, to sing together, to learn together, and to grow together in a team - to experience touring internationally and taking on responsibility. These experiences influenced their lives.

And so it is with One Seed. My hope is that this story and song will influence lives around the world, and that children who have been reading and singing the story and song, will remember in years to come, about not giving up, about courage, about making a difference, and about HOPE.

This past couple of months I have received a good number of drawings from children in both Kindergarten and Grade 1 classes in India and Spain. There are now over 200 drawings in the gallery. You can reach the gallery at www.oneseedkidsart.com. Every single drawing tells a story, every drawing is unique, an expression from that child.

So whenever I get an e-mail from a teacher asking if I can post a few drawings in the gallery I drop everything I am doing and get to it. These children are important, they are the planet's future. I give my gratitude to all those teachers who are steering these children and therefore our future.

So as we approach the Easter Weekend, Happy Spring Long Weekend, in the Northern Hemisphere, and Earth Day, I send greetings, hope and peace to all.

Rosemary