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Jocelyn sitting with kids as they clean up putting things away in basket

How To Make Clean Up Fun

Using positivity and playfulness you can transform even the most annoying task of clean up, into a game! Watch this short video I made about

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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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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,

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cute boy trying to find inner balance in meditation

Get Calm Kids With This Simple Chant

You can get calm kids without being the “bad guy”! Use this chant to harness kids’ natural creative energy to get them focused and relaxed. Perks: it boosts executive functioning skills like working memory and impulse control. Use it for building literacy skills too!

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reading books for empathy

Afraid Of “Improv”? Simple Is The Best Way To “Silly”

Improv gets me through the winter with kids!   All those long hours of hangin’ indoors, while fending off the inevitable requests for screen-time, can

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Jocelyn sitting on floor holding microphone for small boy dressed as a dinosaur roaring into the mic

Freeing The Voice Through Play

To free the voice is to free the person – Kristin Linklater, Master  Freeing Voice Teacher Since my casts of Jungle Book Kids and The

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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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