Egg Relay Races!!

Found this AWESOME preschool education website with fun creative activities to do for any given day but also for special holidays like Easter! I will definitely be joining in with these egg-relay races!

For more fun ideas for Easter visit:

http://www.preschooleducation.com/geaster.shtml

Cutest Easter Egg Chickens!

Easter is coming up and I was looking for little creative ideas to do with the little ones and you just can’t go wrong with Martha Stewart’s little creatures! These are just the cutest little chickens, check out other awesome creative ideas on her webpage!

http://www.marthastewart.com/270102/egg-creatures?czone=holiday%2Feaster-center%2Feaster-crafts-and-decor&gallery=274333&slide=270102&center=276968

Music and Movement!

Found this incredible website on Music and Movement for children of all ages! They have such a wide range of songs for all types of behaviors and skills sets you wish to teach to children.They even have different tools to help set up the right environment to get children to participate and learn.

For more details go to: http://kimboed.com

this piece was a must share, enjoy.

This incredibly inspiring piece was written by a very special friend of mine that I have been so blessed to have in my life for over 25 years.  I had to share, enjoy.

the tantrums are hard. they are hard for me, but so much harder for him.

so i am honored, as his mother, to sit with him, calmly, and hold the space for his hurt. i allow him to feel it all. as long as it takes for him to “feel beddah” when the hurt passes. and it always does. some sessions take 10 minutes, others take 30 — but it doesn’t matter to me.

i am chosen to be the person in his life to teach him about the dharma. about the first noble truth; that there is suffering and gratefully, an end to it.

i hold the space for him with compassion and lovingkindness. there are no lectures or scoldings when he feels these big feelings — what message would that send to him? that he isn’t allowed to feel uncomfortable? that i can’t accept his discomfort? what would he eventually do with those feelings? i dare not even guess…

i will do my best to accept this boy exactly as he is, no matter how he is feeling. i will do my best to be absolutely present for his joys and his sorrows. i will be as emotionally available for his wins as i will be for his losses, and life will promise to bring him both.

i love this boy so, so much and i will continue to thank him for trusting me to hold him. every-single-day.

xo