I recently wrote in the post "Learning from my toddler how to practice mindfulness with curiosity" that my 2-year old and I do a weekly walk right before music class. During our walks, she...
Memory Yoga Game
A local mom recently told me about an awesome game called Memory Yoga Game. It's a matching game of yoga postures. Essentially, you place all the cards face down, and try to get two...
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...
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...
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...
Using Our Ears: Mini Singing Bowl Breaks
I recently became the owner of Tibetan singing bowl. Figured it was time as I start diving into teaching mindfulness to children. What I didn't anticipate was how owning a singing bowl...
Using Our Noses: Guess the Smelly Marker
Focusing on a single sense to experience our surroundings is a great way to anchor in the present moment. Guessing the scent of each "smelly marker" is a fun, accessible way to practice...