Parenting Guides
Free Companion Guide Download Download this companion guide for questions to ask while reading The Monster Parade and several post reading activities that can be done at home or in the classroom. Intended to be used in conjunction with The Monster Parade by Wendy O’Leary, this guide will be an invaluable resource to educators, parents, [...]
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Free Companion Guide Download Download this companion guide for questions to ask while reading Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand and several post reading activities that can be done at home or in the classroom. Intended to be used in conjunction with Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand by Marisa Aragón Ware, this guide will be an [...]
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Coloring Page | Free Download from Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand
Download a Coloring Page Color along with Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand! Download a coloring page inspired by Marisa Aragón Ware’s illustrations. The coloring page is available for download and printing for your personal use. To open the PDF in your web browser, please click the link or image below. DOWNLOAD THE COLORING PAGE Bodhi [...]
3 Mindfulness Exercises to Help Parents Manage the Lack of Control
A Light Touch for Setting Goals for Kids An excerpt from Chapter Six of Prizeworthy by Mitch Abblett, PhD With the children in our lives, and as hard as it may be, it is so important to shift our perspective away from trying to control them and control their daily situations and instead focus on [...]
Free Companion Guide Download Download this companion guide for ideas on how to use Happy Puppy, Angry Tiger, ways to read together, and three activities to practice expressing how you feel. Intended to be used in conjunction with Happy Puppy, Angry Tiger by Betsy and Brad Petersen, this guide will be an invaluable resource to educators, [...]
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Download a Coloring Page Color along with Happy Puppy, Angry Tiger! Download the How Are You Feeling? coloring page inspired by Betsy Petersen’s illustrations. The coloring page is available for download and printing for your personal use. To open the PDF in your web browser, please click the link or image below. DOWNLOAD THE COLORING [...]
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Download a Set of Coloring Pages Color along with Meditation Station! Download a set of coloring pages inspired by Anait Semirdzhyan’s illustrations. The coloring pages are available for download and printing for your personal use. To open the PDFs in your web browser, please click the link or images below. DOWNLOAD THE COLORING PAGES Meditation Station$16.95 [...]
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Kindness Cards for Kids – A Guide for Educators, Caretakers, and Therapists
Kindness Cards for Kids is a colorful deck that provides different ways kids can practice being kind to themselves, their families, their communities, and the earth every single day. Each card offers a simple reflection or activity that helps kids develop their strengths in four key dimensions of kindness: compassion, empathy, courage, and responsibility. Author [...]
Derailments in the Present Excerpt from Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst We all know it’s a mistake to personalize a child’s bad behavior. But in the heat of the moment, we often make difficult interactions with our children all about us. A mother whose nine-year-old daughter was engaging in [...]
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Coloring Pages | Free Download from Krit Dreams of Dragon Fruit
Download a Set of Coloring Pages Color along with Krit Dreams of Dragon Fruit! Download a set of coloring pages inspired by Samantha Woo’s illustrations. The coloring pages are available for download and printing for your personal use. To open the PDFs in your web browser, please click the link or images below. DOWNLOAD THE [...]
Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst Practical Compassion in Parenting ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE "THE FOURFOLD YOU" EXERCISE AS A PRINTABLE PDF FILE. Find support in your journey toward compassionate parenting with an exercise from Being at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst! The path of [...]
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The Fourth Trimester Cards ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE YOUR 10 FREE CARDS FROM THE FOURTH TRIMESTER CARD DECK. Help new mothers thrive with The Fourth Trimester Cards! The postpartum time can be one of bonding, restoration, and health, yet many new mothers feel isolated and lonely as they learn to care for a new [...]
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Supporting Our Children's Full Range of Emotions By Wendy O'Leary, author of Breathing Makes It Better When it comes to wishes for our children, "may you be happy" tops the list. But what does that mean and what can we do to support our children’s happiness? If you have children you know the feeling; the [...]
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Sutra 5 An Excerpt from The Mama Sutra I’m speeding down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on a glorious fall day, running through yellow lights, completely stressed out, trying to get to the meditation hall on time. I’m teaching the daily yoga classes at a women’s meditation retreat at Spirit Rock, a Buddhist retreat center in [...]
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Mindful Games Activity Cards: 55 Fun Ways to Share Mindfulness with Kids and Teens ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE 10 FREE ACTIVITY CARDS AS A PRINTABLE PDF. Bring mindfulness to your daily routine with Mindful Games Activity Cards, developed and tested over many years of working with children and their caregivers. This download includes the [...]
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A Mother’s Five Necessities | A Printable Excerpt from The Fourth Trimester
Remembering to care for yourself as a mother can sometimes be the most difficult thing about your postpartum time. Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of The Fourth Trimester, has compiled a list of the five basic necessities every mother needs in order to be healthy, happy, and ready to care for a new child. Below you [...]
John Spalding & Kimberly Ann Johnson What made you to decide to write The Fourth Trimester? I didn’t set out to write a book, but I have been a harbinger of a message that is to speak about the unspeakable, and I realized that this information had to become common knowledge. When I was a [...]
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