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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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Cardboard Building Tiles // I took an @amazon box and painted it different colours (you can totally skip the painting stage). Then cut out different shapes, and cut a few slits into each shape. You have to cut a little notch fully out, rather than a simple scissor cut. So I did little triangle cuts to make my slits. Then you can build away! It would also be a great activity for the classroom once your students have decent scissor skills. You could teach them about sculpture, and look as a variety of modern art sculptures, sculpture artists, or cardboard sculpture artists. Then have them create their own modern sculptures with the tiles they’ve created. L

Modern Chicken Noodle with miso, mint & udon // In a little olive oil sauté some minced garlic (as much as you like), a small onion, and 1 thinly sliced leek. Add 8 cups of water, 1/4 cup of miso, a splash of soy sauce or aminos, 3 finely minced mint leaves, 3 finely minced basil leaves, and about 2 tsp of finely minced cilantro. Bring everything to a boil. Add in 2 chopped chicken breasts, 1 chopped pepper, 3 cups of chopped broccoli and cauliflower (or just one. Fresh or frozen) and 1 cup of grated carrots (or the shoestring pre-chopped stuff). Boil for 15 min or until chicken is cooked. Add in 1.5 cups of peas and packaged, fresh udon. Boil for 3-5 more minutes until the noodles separate. Remove from heat, cool and serve!

DIY chalk paint // it may not be summer, but it’s nice enough here in the PNW to be outside ☀️ (or you can take this activity indoors ❄️). Just take all your scraps of left over chalk and soak it in a bit of water. Mash and stir it into a paste. Add water to thin as needed. Enjoy!

block puzzle // anderson is super into puzzles these days. So I took some recycling, traced some of his blocks and made a little homemade matching puzzle. He isn’t at the age where we can do it independently, but it’s good practice in listening and responding to directions as I cue him why is choice doesn’t quite fit. You can extend the puzzle by having them stack towers on the corresponding shapes -either independently or by you placing the first pieces and them matching them. For older kids who are ready for their colours you could trace it all in colours that correspond to the blocks and have them match colours!

Behaviour: Toy Handling // again guys, not an expert. Just sharing what has been working over here for us. I’m hoping to cultivate in Anderson a sense of respect and mindfulness toward his things. I don’t want him to see things as disposable or replaceable. I hope he learns to be gentle with and take care of what he has. So with that in mind we’re trying to be on top of any throwing, smashing, or hitting of toys/household items. Like with all behavioural cueing we do we’ve come up with a few clear phrases that we use consistently. But most importantly we don’t walk back any consequences we offer up. We often give two or three warnings where we ask him not to throw and model how we play/interact with the specific item. After that we warn him if he continues the unfavourable behaviour the item is being taken away and we need to find a new activity. Once we’ve uttered the threat, we stand by it, even if we ourselves regret it 😜 This means we’ll inevitably be the family that leaves a restaurant mid meal sometime in the near future. But Anderson will hopefully know that our word is our word -we don’t make empty threats.

Learning Basic Sight Words // I’m a firm believer that skills should be honed in a fun, playful way -especially when at home. If your kids have hit school age you might have teachers starting to talk to you about CVC (consonant vowel consonant.. eg. bed, dog, cat) words or Dolch sight words. They are usually the groups of words kids learn first. If you have an early reader and want to build their word recognition at home skip the flash cards and play some games! This is a batch of Roll & Read CVC Board games (one for each vowel). I also have some sight word games, like Go Fish. BINGO is another game you can easily use to master sight words. Kids will learn their words, but also master social skills and appropriate game play behaviours, all while having some fun!

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