Who and what surround our children will shape their lives. Awareness is the first step in making a positive change, knowledge is the second. Facts and scenarios will be presented in a fun way on how best to support our children in today's fast-paced society. Parents, educators, grandparents, and caregivers will enjoy this presentation.

Join Anne Centers in becoming an advocate for protecting the sanctity of childhood!

Good literature feeds the soul like good food feeds the body. Anne Centers' Mary Rose and the Enchanted Forest is an inspiring story of a young girl who steps into a magical world of adventure with the Wee Folk. Her eyes are opened to the majesty of nature and connection of all things. Excerpts from the book will be woven into the class along with golden nuggets of wisdom from educational and child developmental experts. These include Kim John Payne, Sarah Wise Bauer, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Bo Bronson & Ashley Merryman, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, and others.

Anne Rachel Centers, B.S and MAT in Education, Certified Early Childhood Waldorf Teacher, is originally from Buffalo, New York. She lived in Florida for six years, then moved to Asheville, North Carolina in 1995. She has taught in a variety of places from Hilo, Hawai’i to Kotlik, Alaska (200 miles from Siberia). After working in public schools as an elementary, then special education teacher, at age 60, she graduated as an Early Childhood Waldorf teacher. It is this knowledge and experience that has inspired her to create stories of wonder and beauty for today’s children.