Brigitte Benchimol, award-winning author, offers a variety of dynamic presentations—interactive through the five senses—that stimulate children's minds and enhance their multi-cultural knowledge and understanding. Each visit is tailored to the organization's and children's needs to ensure the most entertaining and best learning experience possible.

Brigitte's exciting program teaches not only Character Education but also important curriculum subjects such as History, Geography, Science, Social Studies, Music, & Art.

Presentation Topics

• Multi-cultural Discovery - Explore the world, Discover yourself
  Jadyn and the Magic Bubble: Discovering India brings the concept of Global citizenship to a reality. Children discover India through the five senses, through this story with a hands-on curriculum that each child gets to experience directly.


• Peace and Nonviolence with Gandhi - Explore the past, Discover your present
  Jadyn and the Magic Bubble: I Met Gandhi brings the reader straight into Mohandas K. Gandhi's life, giving children a chance to experience nonviolence through Gandhi's teachings.


• The World of Storytelling - Explore writing, Discover reading
  In this interactive workshop, the author discusses her own writing experience and draws out the children's imaginations, helping them channel their ideas into a story.


• Teaching Nonviolence to children – Workshop for teachers &/or parents
  A very practical approach using life changing techniques of communication:
  • Teaching how to listen and to speak from the heart
  • Using compassion & empathy – learning the difference
  • Using children’s literature to show examples
  • Imagine Peace to Create Peace

Through Jadyn's sensory journeys, children, parents, and teachers not only learn about other cultures, but experience them through their own "six" senses. Of course Imagination has to be counted as an important sense!

Jadyn stories offer strong, diverse role models and symbols, which reinforce several key concepts:

• Relating is beyond borders and words.
• Reading develops imagination.
• Giving and sharing bring freedom.
• Dealing with emotions makes us grow.
• Parental support boosts self esteem.

Children explore not only other lands and cultures, but their own feelings as well. Thus, each book is an "Inside/Out Discovery"!

Books

Jadyn and the Magic Bubble: Discovering India

Jadyn (pronounced Jay-den!) thinks he is ready for adventures until he is dropped in India by one of his magic bubbles! Curious and scared, Jadyn meets new friends who help him explore the Indian culture through all his senses, in a magical journey of self-discovery.

All his senses are tickled: Jadyn tastes Indian food, smells the spices, listens to enchanting music, feels the softness of silk, and witnesses the beauty of the Taj Mahal. Through his exploration, Jadyn learns not only about this exciting land and its people, but also about himself.

An Inside/Out Discovery!

Jadyn and the Magic Bubble: I Met Gandhi!

Jadyn liked India so much in his previous adventures; he decides to write his school report on Mahatma Gandhi, the world famous Indian peace activist. In need of inspiration, Jadyn blows his magic bubbles again! In one of the bubbles, Gandhi appears and invites Jadyn into his historical life. Together, Gandhi and Jadyn experience extraordinary events on the path to freeing India and making the world a better place. Jadyn learns a lot about nonviolence from Gandhi's actions, and he is challenged to shift his own reactions.

Will Jadyn be able to grow and change to find his own peace?

Another Inside/Out Discovery!

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