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We are one of Susan Verde’s #FridayFinds

March 25, 2016

The exceptional children’s author, yogi and previous elementary school teacher, Susan Verde has deemed our article on cultivating mindfulness in children one of her #FridayFinds. We couldn’t be more honoured. Be sure to head over and check out her book I am Yoga, as well as her other books and reading guides.

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Scrape Art // add random blobs of paint to cardstock. Cut some cardboard shapes (I try to vary the size and angles). Let your kid slide, twirl and swirl the paint into a mixed up, textured art piece. We extended it by adding additional colours, and then by seeing what effect tapping/stamping with the cardboard had on the final art.

Fast chicken tortellini soup for the week night // remember when this was predominantly a food account? Yeah me either anymore. I have been experimenting in the kitchen a bit but the time (and lighting for photos) has been limited for posting. To be honest transitioning back into working motherhood means I’m relying heavily on my staple rotation of quick dinners (homemade soups, roast veg and fish, sheet pan suppers, fresh spring rolls, burritos etc.). But this was a fun little whip up of what was in my fridge and it was SO GOOD. Sauté a small onion in some garlic and olive oil. Add 3 chopped chicken breasts. Immediately add in whatever veggies you want (I did 1 carrot, 1 zucchini, some broccoli, and some cauliflower. Basically what was in my fridge. Then pour in 3 cups of stock and 1 28oz can of crushed tomato. Add some basil and oregano to taste. Bring it to a boil and simmer for 10ish min. Add 1 package of tortellini and 4 handfuls of mixed greens and cook until tortellini is tender (about 8ish min). Remove from heat, cool and serve!

Snow Day Art: Snow Covered Tree Finger Painting // Well it snowed here in the PNW. Weird. So here is a little winter themed art activity to do while you’re warm up inside (along with 5 other tree templates and 4 art activities). If you wanted to mitigate the mess even more you could use a q-tip. But simply print, put out some white paint and finger paint the boughs of the branches with snow. I printed a few trees and then did a little freestyle paint after to extend the life of this activity and keep him busier longer. Free printable and activity instructions linked in bio or on the blog raisingjordans.com :)

Packaging scrap murals // I ordered something that came via @fedex with a bunch of brown paper packaging. I used painted tape to secure it to our wall and took our art vertical. I used @crayola washable paints in case any got on the walls so it would be a snap to mop up. It was fun for us both to collaborate on the same canvas :) and really made me wonder what our recycle guys think of all our multi-coulored recycling I send curbside

Dimensional Art // painting on 3D surfaces adds a little visual sensory processing element to the art. A touch of fine motor development is also at play as they control the brush to get all areas of the carton. Simple out out some paint and an egg carton and get creative!

DIY cardboard shape puzzle // just over here try to upcycle all the leftover Christmas cardboard. So I decided to make a shape puzzle. You could totally skip the painting step and simply cut out some shapes from an old @amazon box. Then trace them onto a larger piece of cardboard. Label the puzzle board and the puzzle piece so your kid connects the shape and written word (even if they’re little, little it’s still good exposure). And have them work away!

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