Mindful Littles is continuously striving to make mindfulness and heartfulness fun and creative for children. To help energize our team with more creativity, a couple of us from Mindful...
Noticing vs. Reacting: The Ice Cube Episode
One of my favorite pre-parenting stories is from a birthing course that my husband and I took before the birth of our first daughter. Like many first-time parents, we had signed up to be...
Groovin’ & Soul-Soothing With Seniors
Last Sunday Justin Cole from Joy in Motion chose "Old Times Rock n Roll" as the song choice for our Mindful Littles Groovin' for Good dance, and the lyrics couldn't have be more appropriate....
A New Birthday Tradition: 6 Random Acts of Kindness in Honor of Turning 6
The inspiration behind our Weekly Kindness Project is from the touching story of a woman, Robyn Bomar, who spent her 38th birthday doing 38 random acts of kindness. Â She spent her entire day...
Becoming a Pen Pal
My older daughter organically started a pen pal relationship with her great-grandmother in Florida. On a whim one day she said she wanted to send a letter to Grandma Lainie and wrote up a...
Different Hearts United as One
At the core of every Mindful Littles event we do are three Cs: Children, Compassion and Community. Â Earlier this week these three facets came together in an overwhelmingly positive experience,...
“Mistakes are groovy.”
I distinctly remember one morning last summer when my older daughter was working on an art project and made a mistake. Â She paused for a moment and then on her own said, "It's ok. Mistakes are...
Sending Kind Thoughts Cultivates CompassionÂ
My daughter's amazing kindergarten teacher seamlessly integrated mindfulness into their everyday curriculum, and had a wonderful ritual to start each day. Every morning the class would sit...
Practice Calm With Breathe Through Bingo
There are lots of different and creative ways for kids to learn how to relax and breathe. A few weeks ago Mindful Littles had a wonderful opportunity to host a mindfulness station at a local...
Everyone is Special in Their Own Way
This week's kindness project was inspired by my daughter's softball coach. Â At the end of the season, during their pizza party, her coach gave each softball player a certificate for hard work...
