Happy 2022! Did you make New Year’s resolutions this month? After making the same ones year after year – and not managing to keep them – I decided to try something different. Here are my resolutions for this year: To choose joy, to be of service, and to take action towards my goals. To choose […]
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Mindfulness activities help build children’s capacity for self-regulation. If you teach these activities when children are calm and provide lots of opportunities for practice, children may be able to do some of them when they are upset. They’ll need lots of help, especially at first: You can model the activity (not just once or twice,
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Mindfulness means being aware of the present moment without judging it. Research shows that focusing on the “here and now” has many benefits for all of us, no matter our ages or the settings in which we interact with children. I’ve been on a mission to be more mindful, and I have been sharing encouraging quotes
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