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Mindfulness and Meditation

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How To Be Silly And Boost Mindfulness At The Same Time!

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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Jocelyn with a group of kids jumping and laughing

Tips On Getting Cozy With Your Kids

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

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Girl sitting with eyes closed and calmly breathing

Breath Games For Calm Kids

When I was a kid in the 80’s I used to accompany my mom to her yoga class.   This was before yoga was the

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Two girls laughing while playing the feather balance game

Boost Concentration And Curiosity: Play This Game – Feather Balance!

“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

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Jocelyn sitting with young girl playing Story Clap

Practice Listening With Story Clap!

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

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Young boy doing Animal Yoga with Jocelyn teaching

Move Your Body, Stretch Your Imagination With Animal Yoga

Playground season is over.  It’s officially cold.  Let’s all have a moment of silence.  And then a moment for a silent scream as we contemplate

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toddler awake at bedtime routines that make kids sleep

Kids Can’t Sleep? Try This Mindful Bedtime Sensory Exercise

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

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Jocelyn and girl laughing while playing Magic Mirror

Speak And Listen To Your Kids – No Words Required.

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

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Jocelyn and group of kids playing Pass the Emotion

Kids Get In Touch With Emotions – Here’s How

Tongue twisters warm up the voice…Yoga can stretch the body…But what about our character’s feelings? I use “Pass the Emotions” to get my students primed

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