We Have Choices 2019

Creative Promenade
11:00 - 13:00 | 14:00 - 16:00
Welcome all Parents and Children

1) Free Play Zone - Nature Play in the City

Our partner "Nature Play in the City" offers a parent-child free playing zone for families to experience real free play.

**Suitable for Age 2-8 children and family members

About Nature Play in the City https://natureplay.com.hk

Emphasizes on kids' self-initiated exploration, self-discovery, and self-learning by adopting a person-centered development model with parents as supporters. Nature Play supports parents in an effective and happy parenting, developing childrens' potential, nurturing the next generation of adults in the face of the uncertain future.

About the Founder Helen Yuen

Helen Yuen, founder of the Nature Play in the City, deeply believes the power of nature ignites children’s inborn sensory development, inspires their creativity and potentials. Our mission is to develop a community based outdoor learning platform to enable quality family relationship and healthy happy childhood.

2) Bodily Instruments

Our breath and bodily rhythm synchronize with the environment.
Let’s put on our “Big Ears”, understand the sound in between air, and have a dialogue with our inner sense with music, suitable for parents and children.

** Starting time of each session: 11:00 ︱11:30 ︱12:00 ︱14:30 ︱15:00 ︱15:30
**Suitable for Age 2-8 children and family members
**Quota: 5 groups of parent-child per session
**Free registration. First come, first served

The Sound https://www.facebook.com/thehksound

“The Sound” was set up in 2019. The group curates community-based and state-of-the-art music programmes of high artistic value to reinforce the historical and cultural link between music and the public. Apart from curating music performances, “The Sound” publishes articles in the media to explore the possibilities of socially-conscious music beyond the conventional.

Magdelena Tang

Magdelena is a choral conductor and researcher based in Hong Kong. Tang is keenly interested in music projects that promotes social intervention and reinforcement. Her projects was presented at Edouard Malingue Gallery and PMQ in collaboration with iDiscover and The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists. Tang is currently a PhD candidate in Musicology at the University of Hong Kong, with the support of the Postgraduate Scholarship, with a focus on Hong Kong’s choral music. Tang obtained her Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Boston University.

3) Library Corner + Mini-book production

Engage with Wendy, uprising Hong Kong picture book artist, on reading picture books, telling stories, and creating your own community drawing book.

**Suitable for children
**Quota: 4-5 children per session
**Free registration. First come, first served

Wendy Wan

Wendy has earned her Psychology Degree at the University of Warwick. After graduation, she worked at EDiversity for 2 years. Working at primary school evoked her interest on reading children picture books again. As a result, she continued on her education and received the Diploma in Creation & Culture of Picture Book. She decided to commit in promoting and creating picture books in full time, with a strong belief that words and pictures are powerful tools to make the world a better place.

Website: www.wanpakhuen.com/

4) LBD "Feel, Create, Do" Experiential Learning

Orange of Curiosity

Learning different ways to be environmentally friendly through reading the book “Mottainai Grandma”, then actually transforming trash into your own creations.

**Time: 11:30 - 13:00
**Maximum 10 pairs (1 student + 1 parent) of families in primary 3-5
**Free registration. First come, first served

5) Mindfulness

Try to understand how oneself can achieve mindfulness at home or work.
Feel the power of living and listen to your feelings.

Soul Collage experiential workshop

Scrapbooking and graphics-making can be considered art but can also be a tool for you to talk to yourself and your own heart. Through creating, you can unleash your creativity and learn to believe in your own intuition, feeling, understanding and reflecting on the messages within your own creations.

3 sessions：
11:00 - 11:40 | 11:40 - 12:20 | 12:20 - 13:00

**Suitable for 12 years old and above
**Quota: a max. of 12 people for each session
**Free registration. First come, first served

AUSCO CHAN | Instructor

Ausco Chan received training in psychology and has over 10 years of professional coaching and training experiences in universities, NGOs, and business settings. In recent years, Ausco discovered her passion in Soulcollage and hope to help people connect with their inner selves with this powerful tool which ultimately lead to better self understanding and acceptance.

SoulCollage® is a method of self-discovery through the creation and intuitive analysis of a deck of collaged cards.

Soul Collage helps participants in:

Establishing a self-talk linkage
Being aware and accept the current status quo
Discovering wisdom and resources
Regaining inner calm and strength

Learn more:www.soulcollage.com

Mindful Jar experiential workshop

When we feel emotionally unstable, such as when we’re overwhelmed with excitation, nervousness or worry, our thoughts and feelings start to uncontrollably run around in our minds like the glitter in a “Mindful Jar”. By focusing our attention on the “Mindful Jar”, by watching it, we can learn to stabilize our emotions, easing any feelings of discomfort and anxiety.

**Suitable for children
**Quota: 4-5 children per session
**Free registration. First come, first served

Above & Beyond Education | Instructor

Above & Beyond Education believes there is no unteachable students, but only inappropriate teaching methods. The organisation promotes positive socio-emotion education to students, parents, and schools.

Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/anbhk/