Here’s a game I love to enhance mindfulness, brain power and at the same time get some great laughs out of your kids! The good news it requires very little “stuff” to make this game fun. Like most of the dramatic play tools I can offer you, this game can spark your child’s creativity using things you already have on hand. I call it “Test Your Touch!”
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It is a rainy-snowy weekend for us in New York and I have just learned a new word: Hygee It’s Danish, but I’d like to start working it into my English. Pronounced “hoo-ga” – it is more a feeling than a word and is purportedly impossible to translate. But let’s say it roughly means: “a feeling
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To free the voice is to free the person – Kristin Linklater, Master Freeing Voice Teacher Since my casts of Jungle Book Kids and The Witches, have their shows this week, I’ve been thinking a lot about Baloo’s advice to Mowgli. “Go ahead, give me a big bear growl…Right from your toes. GRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.” (there are
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“No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment. –Carol Dweck, Mindset In my call-back for the Grad Acting program at NYU, a teacher, in all seriousness, asked us to feather balance a feather on our hand. I was thinking, wait, don’t you want me to like
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I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is upon us! You may be already preparing the brine, buying cranberries in bulk or finding the perfect wine pairing for poultry. I’m looking forward to four days away from the routines of school and work. And I’m grateful for the time to think about what I’m grateful for…which is
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Travel the world. Go back in time and forward to the future. Venture to new lands. And don’t leave the room… Teach your students about science, history, and make your literature come to life. All you need is masking tape and a will to play! Like most of our theater games, Magic Elevator takes a
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You may have done this with girlfriends on a sleepover in the 80’s. I know I did. You may have done this as part of a talent show at camp. Yup. But you may not have thought of doing this with your kid. Here’s why you should play… It’s funny: This game is the
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Oh, Mr. Sandman? Bring my kid a dream. Really. Please? I’m a mom who likes to have a plan. But try as I might, there is something about bedtime – after bath and brushed teeth and books – that drifts over into the vague. Not my favorite time of night. If those eyes are
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In 1989 my parents made a VHS recording of Into the Woods when the B’way show aired on PBS. That tape must have been made of strong stuff since I probably watched it 100 times. I knew all the words, made up secret handshakes with my best friend to the Sondheim lyrics and dressed as
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