This week's kindness project is an idea that was inspired by some of our dear friends. It's a ritual they started after moving into their new home. Â Â Any time they have new guests, they...
Thank Your Body With a Heartful Body Scan
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...
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...
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...
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...
Starting the Diversity Dialogue with our Littles
At this past weekend's Mindful Littles diversity event, we gathered as  a community of families to talk about diversity and celebrate what makes each of our families special.  By amazing...
Honoring the Mothers Who Are No Longer With Us
There is no other word quite like mother.  For many, like myself, the word represents someone who is the purest form of selfless devotion, someone who epitomizes unconditional love and...
Rock-Paper-Scissors and more…
One night a few weeks ago when the girls were taking a bath, they got into a tiff over a bath toy. Â My 2-year old wanted the toy that my older daughter was playing with. Â My older daughter...
