No matter what your political position is, it's probably fair to say that Hillary Clinton may be feeling a bit despondent about the results of the election. In fact, she explicitly shared...
Cloud Shape Game…with our feelings
One of my husband's favorite games to play with our kids is Cloud Shape Game- a great way to tap into your imagination and dream up what object a cloud looks like as they float by. Â This last...
Puppet Show: The Lion & the Mouse
For this week's kindness project, we focused our activity on a well-known Aesop's fable: "The Lion and the Mouse."
Reading the story
We first started off by reading the story...
Find the Singing Bowl Game
This is an awesome activity recommended by a local mom, who used to play this game when her kids were younger.  It's essentially a hide-and-seek game but with a singing bowl.  My girls...
Thanking Local Firefighters for Being Heroes
For this week's kindness project, we decided to thank our local firefighters for their service. Like our other activities, we kept this project pretty simple. I wanted my girls to know...
Improv Makes Story Time a Mindful Time
While working in tech, I learned that improv has become a really popular practice in many business organizations to help employees build interpersonal and leadership skills. These...
A Heartfelt Kindness Card for Great-Grandma
During our recent Mindful Compassion Picnic, my 5-year-old wanted to send "kind thoughts" to her great-grandmother Lainie who lives by herself in Florida. So this morning we decided to put...
Mindfulness for Itty Bitty Kids
I've learned from both girls that parents can introduce children to mindfulness as young as infants. Â While these itty bitty children may not fully understand how to use it in practice, the...
A Mindful Hygiene Kit Drive with Youth Homes
My close friend, Mary Patel, and I piloted our first community seva event last weekend in my backyard. Â We invited 15 neighborhood families (one parent with children 3 years or older)....
Guess the Letter/Shape on my Back
This activity is something that has been passed down in my family across generations- my grandmother did this activity my father, my father did it with me and now I have started doing it with my...
