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gingerbread-playdough
DIY projects

Gingerbread Playdough — I LOVE This Versatile Recipe!

Gingerbread playdough smells SO good! This is one of my favorite playdough recipes. First, gingerbread playdough really does smell just like gingerbread (which I love). Second, it doesn’t involve heating the mixture on the stove, so you can make it pretty much anywhere. All that’s involved is mix, knead, and

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rest and relax

Rest-Ready Pose Cards by Yogalore

Rest-ready pose cards by Yogalore make the perfect quiet activity to help your child at bedtime. Join Ada in this charming story as she does her yoga calm down sequence before bed. This is a sweet, whimsical pose card set, designed like an e-book with a cute story that incorporates

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movement and learning
child development

Movement and Learning — Is There a Link Between the Two?

Movement and learning aren’t often associated together. We’ve learned about the benefits of outdoor play, but what about moving and learning? Is there a link? Not surprisingly, there is! Many early childhood teachers will tell you there is, and in my experience teaching yoga, these kiddos remember every pose, every

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Activities with/for kids

Sensory Activity Cards: Classroom Recipes for Preschoolers

Our sensory activity cards for the classroom are a gamechanger!  I had assembled a less aesthetically pleasing set awhile back because I couldn’t keep track of my “recipes” — playdough, slime, kinetic sand, salt dough, etc. I would find a new recipe on Pinterest, print it out and then inevitably

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activity-kits
Activities with/for kids

Activity Kits — Tips for Using and Storing Items

Sensory Bins : General Info Sensory bin activity kits are a great experience for children (and adults too!). If you aren’t sure what they are, we have a great post that explains in detail.   Rice and Water Bead Combo Sensory Bins If you have one of the activity kits

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rest-and-relax-activity-kit
DIY projects

DIY Yogalore Rest & Relax Activity Kit

With summer approaching it’s a great time to start planning ahead and thinking about activities for the kids for summer. I have been putting together a variety of activity kits and wanted to share this one because the kids in my classes LOVE it. These are not only great for

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Activities with/for kids

Wheat-Free/Gluten-Free Playdough Recipe

Until it was brought to my attention recently, I never thought about most playdough having wheat in it. Some people have reactions to foods if they come in contact with that food in ANY way — not just ingesting it. Naturally I went to Pinterest to check out all the

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DIY projects

Dinosaur Sensory Bin — A Fun and Easy DIY Activity

There are so many ideas for a dinosaur sensory bin. The options go on forever. When we did a dinosaur-themed Yogalore class recently, I wanted to try something I hadn’t tried before. What I liked about this particular sensory bin is that it had several concepts and activities in one

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bedtime-yoga
rest and relax

Bedtime Yoga: Using Yogalore’s Rest & Relax

Bedtime Yoga: Calming SequenceSeveral of the poses in this particular sequence are also a part of our Beginning Breaths component which is how we usually begin our classes. It’s a combination of yoga poses, breaths and stretches that can help us warm up or calm down. The purpose of the

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