WRITING & PUBLICATIONS
Some things we teach. Some things we learn. And some things we can only begin to understand through words.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING
Writing as a way of understanding
Writing helps me make sense of the world, explore lasting questions and express what is hard to articulate. It spans education, children’s literature and poetry, linked by curiosity about people and the stories that shape them. My published work appears under the name Catarina R. Peterson.
As an educator
I write to share knowledge and prompt reflection.
As a children’s author
I write for imagination and wonder.
As a poet
I explore love, loss, identity, memory, vulnerability and meaning.
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Golden Sparkles (2018)
Inspired by mindfulness in the classroom, Golden Sparkles is an illustrated introduction to mindfulness for children. It aims to spark imagination while leaving room for curiosity and reflection.
EDUCATIONAL WRITING & PUBLICATIONS
An extension of my work as an educator
The Benefits of Playful Learning
IB World Magazine, 2020
The IB Learner Profile in Action: A Mindful Journey of Pre-Schoolers
IB PYP Blog, 2018
The Why Not? of Mindfulness in Education
The Pursuit of Mindfulness, 2018
Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom, Second Edition
2023
Connects research with classroom practice and encourages reflection on relationships and environments.
POETRY
Reflections on being human
Poetry is the more vulnerable space in my writing. It deals with love, grief, belonging, identity, change and contradiction, and comes from mindful joy and gratitude as well as loss and uncertainty.
My poetry was published in Kindred Spirit (UK) in October 2019, and a collection is still in development.
“No matter the weather, together we will.”
Catarina R. Peterson
Let’s connect through words
I welcome contact from publishers, editors, literary organisations, writers and collaborators.