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Strength Cards® Unlimited:  A special offer for SOON readers!
Strength Cards® Unlimited: A special offer for SOON readers!
1 May 2024

Strength Cards® Unlimited takes conversations about strengths in all sorts of new directions. We know that each of us has strengths that can help us overcome challenges and solve problems—but strengths are more than... 

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When Ray found his clan
When Ray found his clan
1 May 2024

Ray Bowler is a name well known to long-term devotees of Innovative Resources’ products and training. His quirky, soulful illustrations and designs have helped thousands of people explore their feelings, prompted important conversations about... 

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Solutions on the high seas
Solutions on the high seas
1 May 2024

‘I’m Dion, I live on a boat.’ That’s a pretty cool introduction for anyone, and not what I expected from a man who has spent the past decade and a half working in human... 

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Helping children express emotions through art
Helping children express emotions through art
17 January 2024

When children return to school after the holidays, the playground is often abuzz with stories about road trips to visit grandparents, movies with friends, hanging out at the pool, bike rides, camping with family,... 

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Respectful Relationships at Christmas
Respectful Relationships at Christmas
5 November 2019

If someone were to ask each of us what Christmas meant to us, we would probably all have a different answer. We might talk about Christmas trees covered in wonky decorations made by our... 

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Celebrating diversity and building empathy in early primary using stones
Celebrating diversity and building empathy in early primary using stones
15 April 2019

  As a child, did you ever pick up a stone, rub your wet thumb over its surface to reveal the colours, feel the satisfying heft and shape of it in your palm, and... 

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Picture of the Future
Picture of the Future
6 March 2019

Picture this: You are in a room with your extended family. It might be a celebratory lunch, a special birthday, Christmas dinner, or some other festive occasion. And yet, it’s not quite as exhilarating,... 

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A Resource for Exploring our Darkest Moments
A Resource for Exploring our Darkest Moments
27 June 2018

The stories of how people use materials developed by Innovative Resources never fail to inspire us with their practice wisdom. We received the following stories about using Shadows and Deeper Shadows in family violence... 

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Picture This: The Secret Meaning of a Cosy Bar or a Busy Bee
Picture This: The Secret Meaning of a Cosy Bar or a Busy Bee
1 June 2018

At Innovative Resources we never tire of hearing about new and creative ways that people use Picture This. Why is it so useful, and so popular? Possibly because of the large number and variety... 

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‘Smarty Pants, Kitty or Tiger?’
‘Smarty Pants, Kitty or Tiger?’
6 March 2018

  Only under certain circumstances does Innovative Resources permit the reproduction of images from our card sets like those displayed in the picture book, Smarty Pants, Kitty or Tiger? Nicole Rotaru from McAuley Community... 

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Forget trying to imitate Santa this Christmas; try some ‘biomimicry’ instead!
Forget trying to imitate Santa this Christmas; try some ‘biomimicry’ instead!
28 November 2017

Christmas/New Year means precious ‘time out’ for many people.  Whether or not these occasions are part of your religious or cultural traditions, the golden combination of summer and public holidays means that many Australians... 

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Metaphor: the beating heart of communication
Metaphor: the beating heart of communication
3 October 2017

‘A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.’ (https://www.grammarly.com/blog/metaphor/) Once upon a time,... 

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