Online
5/6/2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Awe is more than a moment of wonder—it’s a powerful feeling and tool for connection and growth. Research shows that experiencing awe, even in everyday life, boosts physical and emotional well-being, strengthens relationships, and helps children develop curiosity, motivation, and emotional regulation.
Author Deborah Farmer Kris will share research-based strategies to help parents and guardians spark awe-filled moments that enhance empathy, patience, and creativity in children. She’ll offer practical ways to weave awe-seeking behaviors into both playtime and quiet time, so families can enjoy more joy and connection together.
Joining the conversation, Tracy Patton— a nationally recognized early childhood consultant and joyful “mess maker”— will explore how awe can be infused into sensory play, storytelling, social emotional learning and hands-on family activities that build communication skills to increase harmony and manage big feelings for kids and adults.
Together, their approaches encourage families to slow the pace of childhood, create meaningful rituals, and build children’s stress tolerance while making memories that last. They will inspire you to make awe a natural, daily part of your family’s life, especially when you embrace the AWEsome, WONDER filled MESS that is parenting.
