Spark In Nature | Services PD

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Ground Yourself.
Spark Your Creativity.
Transform Your Work.

Enrichment Workshops

In today’s busy world, educators are pulled in many directions—emails, meetings, lesson planning, and endless commitments. Finding moments to pause, reset, and reconnect with what truly matters is essential.

Nature offers a simple, powerful solution. Spending time with nature (indoors or out) can reduce stress, calm the nervous system, boost creativity, and enhance clarity. When paired with a nature journal or sketchbook, the benefits deepen.

Spark Journaling: More Than Just Drawing Nature

Spark Journaling is a guided process that helps participants:

Step into nature with curiosity and intention
Slow down and notice details in the world around them
Capture observations, reflections, and insights—not “perfect” art
Explore awe and wonder in everyday natural encounters: a leaf, a flower, or the sky
Quiet the inner critic that judges drawing, writing, or nature skills
Practice mindful, playful journaling that builds presence and resilience

Why Spark Journaling Matters for Educators

Teachers return to their classrooms feeling:

Calmer, more patient, and refreshed from time in nature
More creative, focused, and energized
Equipped to teach Spark Journaling to students as a tool for STEAM, eco-literacy, emotional intelligence, and mindful observation
Able to model curiosity, mindfulness, and reflection, helping students develop observation, writing, and critical thinking skills

Student Benefits:

Teachers can utilize Spark Journaling in the classroom for students to:

Learn to notice and observe nature with all their senses
Develop curiosity, drawing, writing, eco-literacy, and Social and emotional literacy
Build STEAM skills through observing, questioning, and exploring
Spend more time outdoors, forming meaningful relationships with the natural world lead to conservation ethic

Professional Development for Educators & Organizations

I offer custom training and workshops for schools, community groups, and organizations looking to:

Integrate Spark journaling into science, art, and environmental education
Build observation skills that support inquiry-based learning
Develop Eco-literacy, Social-emotional learning, and English language learning
Boost confidence in creative expression for teachers and students alike
Foster well-being through time in nature

Workshops can be in-person or online and always tailored to your goals, curriculum and participants.

Melinda’s Unique Approach

What makes Spark Journaling truly special is Melinda’s gentle, encouraging, non-judgmental teaching style. She creates a safe space where participants feel free to explore with open hearts, quiet their inner critic, and be surprised at what they can actually do. After a session with Melinda, teachers and students alike often see the world with new eyes, noticing beauty, curiosity, and connection in ways they hadn’t before.

Past Participant Feedback

Let’s Work Together

Are you curious about bringing Spark journaling, creative exploration, or deeper nature connection to your school, organization, or personal practice?

Let's connect about requesting a workshop, training or retreat.

Send an email to: sparkinnature@gmail.com

"I gained confidence, insights, and helpful perspectives. Melinda helped me to trust myself and my own abilities. As a result, my teaching became more relaxed and the students benefited."

M.N., High school Art Teacher

"Melinda is a gentle and encouraging guide, who helps you get over your perfectionist mindset, and embrace just doing it so you can get to the heart of nature journaling."

Yvea M, Nature Journal Educator,

“This was a joyful experience in nature, an unexpected surprise benefit was to become practiced with being in the present moment. I got a sense of feeling alive again!” Participant

Let's

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Even those who feel they are “not creative” leave with joy, confidence, and a deeper connection to both nature’s wisdom and their own inner guidance.

Key point: The drawn page is secondary. Spark Journaling is the process: its about slowing down, observing, reflecting, and cultivating a habit of mindful presence—skills that carry back into daily life, strengthening focus, resilience, calm, and creativity.