2025 was an extraordinary year, marked by challenge, adventure, meaningful quests, and new friendships. For those of you who don’t know, the spring brought a series of unexpected moves that significantly disrupted momentum and placed many projects on pause until August. Despite this instability, the year ultimately resolved in a deeply positive way. Founder Jamie Black found housing with an … Read More
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3rd Generation Settler’s Celtic Wheel of the Year
By Jamie Black • Wild Craft Play As a third-generation settler of Scottish and Irish descent, I’ve spent my life on the unceded territories of Indigenous peoples along the Pacific Northwest. I was born in 100 Mile House on Secwépemc (Shuswap) territory, carried at three weeks old to Errington on Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum lands, and today I live and work … Read More
3. Heart Skills Talk Series – Being Behavior Support
Welcome to What it Means to be a Behavior Support Worker. We have a number of resources to dive much deeper in this topic, so this post is about my personal story. If you have questions about anything related to being a Behavior Support Worker, please reach out! At Earth Guides, we offer a Community of Support for you! We … Read More
2. Heart Skills Talk Series – Outdoor Activities
It’s not just what you play, but how you play it that counts. In this video founder Jamie Black MA, BI shares links, books and tells some fun activities including Camouflage and Fire Keeper. Welcome to a resource of outdoor activities and theories on HOW to facilitate them. We have hunted all over for a one-stop-shop for outdoor activities and … Read More
1. Heart Skills Talk Series – Let’s Begin at the Beginning
1. Heart Skills Talk Series – Let’s Begin at the Beginning With your host, Jamie Black MA, BI Watch episode 1. Let’s Begin at the Beginning on Earth Guides (you are required to login, it’s free) Jamie Black MA, BI shares stories of the beginning of a journey of discovery into how to boost engagement while decreasing behaviors through wildly … Read More
Interview with Maureen Curran by Jamie Black about Place-Conscious Education
Mother, teacher, land and water protector, life long student MSc, BSc (hons) Maureen is a settler on this stolen land who is passionate about redirecting our education system to learning about how to be better allies with Indigenous peoples and learn from them to respect and restore the world we’ve so long abused. Her past four years have been spent … Read More
3 Free Tools to Create a Vision of Your Future
This year it has taken me longer to finally get to all my visioning for the year. Usually I get this done between October and December, but here we are. In this post, you will find 3 ways to vision. I am using this approach right now, and already I am manifesting my dreams. It’s kind of miraculous. Over … Read More
2022 Year End Report
We are grateful to have you in our sphere and wish you and your family joy, peace and renal this winter.
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It Takes a Smile to Build a Village
I have so much reverence and awe for Thierry Vrain and Chanchal Cabrera and the way they foster a village at Innisfree Botanical Garden and Farm. This photo of me and Thierry doesn’t even compare to the teeth-filled grin, shoulder’s raised, smile from his soul that I get, off camera, EVERY day, yet I bet you’ve seen how he lights … Read More
Jamie’s published thesis: The Hummingbird Approach; A Case Study of Guided Discovery Learning for Children in Nature
Or read below for more specifics. This case study examines a group of 10-11 year-olds participating in a nature-based educational role-play adventure program called Wild Craft Play. The facilitative approach used mirrors some of the characteristics of the hummingbird, and thereby is affectionately referred to within these pages as The Hummingbird Approach. In this approach, once the facilitator has set … Read More
Book Jamie Black
Jamie Black MA Play Specialist, Earth Advocate, Guide, Consultant, and Producer (aka HummingBard). Jamie has been educating and guiding people since 2000 in many walks of life. Identifying as Jamie/she/them, Jamie specializes in play, storycrafting, entrepreneurship, running outdoor programs, digital story production, and igniting Wild Craft Play for people. Scroll down to see a list of topics, or simply reach … Read More
#CuratingCleanerWaters
A small group of youth and adults are producing digital stories to solve the plastic problems in the ocean. Wanna join? CLICK HERE to email Jamie. At the Spring Beach Cleanup on Denman Island in 2022 with and for the Association of Denman Island Marine Stewardship Society, and Ocean Legacy. We are searching for 2 different types of people to … Read More
Dec 4th Training – Guiding Young People to Mental Health through Wild Craft Play
This post is to share about the upcoming training. Have a read: My name is Jamie Black, I am the founder of Wild Craft Play ‘sCool. I have an opportunity for teachers who work with children ages 8 to 12 (Grades 3-7). Research indicates the pandemic is having a negative impact on children’s mental health. They are bored, overwhelmed, stressed, … Read More
Presentation – Connecting Youth to the Earth by Jamie Black
Watch this presentation by Jamie Black about Connecting Youth to the Earth to Protect Old Growth Trees: My intention is, ultimately to share some light on this topic and also to engage in conversation and to add to the movement. I have an MA and Environmental education and community and communication. I barely cracked open the can of consumerism, capitalism, … Read More
Drum Stalk for Youth Mental Health
I feel so blessed that I had the opportunity to take a group of youth on a drum stock. My name is Jamie black. I am a Behaviour Interventionist, a Consultant, an Artist, Musician, and the Founder of Wild Craft Play School. It’s my mission to build regenerate resilience in youth the way nature intended. It was an honour and … Read More
My Experience at Fairy Creek Blockade – May 29th
So you might have come across this post because you saw that I wanted to share the story of my time spent at Fairy Creek yesterday, May 29. With the one big day, this big invitation of many people showing up, I want to share my story, because there are teachings, there are misunderstandings, and there are new understandings that … Read More
Guided Drum Journey with HummingBard
4 Week Online Guided Drum Journey with Hummingbird (aka Jamie Black) Sundays from 11-1:30 pm Register and Donate by emailing Jamie HERE CLICK HERE to find a Sunday Start Date that works for our next intake, space is limited. Thank you for considering donating. For this first experience, we will be ironing out the kinks of online journeying. Any feedback … Read More
Drawn by Nature
Welcome to SoLe Adventure Bike Club with Jamie Black Wednesdays, 10am to 12:30pm = 2.5 hrs Starts July 14, 2021 Ages 10 and up Cost $200 per youth for 4 sessions Pre-registration 1 month in advance required We require 6 youth to run this Locations: Nanoose Bay Rd. & Englishman River Falls Covid Protocol: Pick up and drop off socially distanced, … Read More
Sometimes you just need to take yourself on an Adventure
Sometimes, when the going gets really tough, and you feel like you don’t have someone available to go with you, you just have to say yes to an invitation to go on an adventure. That’s what I did this past week and I am so grateful I did. My heart is swelling, and my body still feels like it is … Read More
Archery breeds Philanthropy in Nature
What a gift it was to go out into Nature with this extraordinary new friend, Conan. I was blessed to be taken to his favorite spot in Nature, and we camped out and did archery, then had sausages with home-made sourdough. Mmmmm. While out on this adventure many things happened, including deep conversations about what I am doing on this … Read More
What is unconditional love?
Hello, this is Hummingbird and this blog post is a recording and transcribed account of an aha moment I had yesterday about myself and my relationship with unconditional love. Enjoy! This podcast has been transcribed below for those of you who prefer written text. I need to preface that the end of this podcast did not turn out the way … Read More
A Little Bird is on the loose.
A Little Bird is on the loose. That’s right friends. I am bringing the stories from Nature to the internet, and inviting you to listen in. I have wanted to create a podcast for some-time, and it wasn’t until I audited the Advancement of Excellence (AOE) with Excellence Seminars International that I decided to just go ahead and do something, … Read More
Wild Craft Play ‘sCool Annual Report
Wild Craft Play ‘sCool’s annual report is below. Enjoy! Hello, and thank you for taking the time to see what has happened over the past year. Things haven’t been easy, but through challenges and change comes great opportunities. I am in a place of gratitude. While turning a new page I thought you might appreciate a peek at what has come … Read More
Faith across Canada – January 2018
Sometimes one must take a leap of faith and stretch one’s comfort zone by driving across Canada in January, yup it’s crazy, and TOTALLY worth it! I didn’t drive across Canada because I wanted to see the country in the snow, it wasn’t about the scenery… For me, January is a time of ending and new beginnings and I needed … Read More