Come out to Henry Bear’s Park Family Music Night for a special performance! Kids will sing, dance, laugh, and learn. FREE!!!
Henry Bear’s Park is a bright and friendly place full of toys, games, and books that inspire.
Friday, November 15, 2013
5:00 pm- 6:00 pm
Henry Bear’s Park
Porter Square, Cambridge, MA
I am excited to join Mommybites Boston at their inaugural event, The Ultimate Moms’ Night Out on October 10, 2013 at Bright Horizons, Back Bay. The event features live comedy, chair massages, mini manicures, drinks, food, mingling with other local moms and brands, raffles and a gift bag! It’s a true PARTY to honor moms. I’d love to see you there! When registering, use discount code [TBD] to receive $5 off of your ticket (normally $20 of which $5 is being donated to Horizons for Homeless Children).
Home Away Boston is proud to partner with the Charlestown YMCA to bring you a live performance by Marcie Joy!
Home Away Boston provides temporary housing and services for families who bring their critically ill child to Boston for medical treatment.
We will also be making a mural of Charlestown to hang in the gym at the YMCA. Enter our raffle to win great prizes from local businesses such as Haven, The Navy Yard Bistro, Boston Organics, and The Residence Inn Boston Harbor on Tudor Wharf!
Healthy snacks and water will be provided by the Charlestown Whole Foods Market.
Sign up NOW for Fall Classes at Little Lovage Club (Formerly the Coco Baby Play Space)
Sign up NOW for Fall Classes at BabyCakes of Charlestown
RSVP to Little Lovage Club Launch and Coco Baby’s 2nd Anniversary Party on Sept 6 from 4-6. There will be music, baby animals, a chance to sign up for classes, viewings of new fall merchandise and so much more!
What a way to start your day! Nurture your body and soul with kid’s music, smiles, organic fusion food, fresh juice, and smoothies!
FREE Event at Life Alive Urban Oasis Organic Cafe. Held in the beautiful relaxing downstairs space, with lots of room for singing, moving, and stories. Geared for preschoolers, but all kids welcome. There is room for strollers.
During the event, caretakers are welcome to enjoy the delicious food, smoothies and juices Life Alive is known for.
“You were a great asset to our program this summer and the children had a ball. I would love to have you back, it would be awesome. Thanks again for everything.”
Krishna Foran, Senior School Age Child Care Director at Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Come out to Henry Bear’s Park Family Music Night for a FREE performance! Kids will sing, dance, laugh, and learn.
I’ve been a huge fan of Henry Bear’s Park since discovering it during my nanny years in Brookline. It’s a bright and friendly place full of toys, games, and books that inspire.
Friday, August 23, 2013
5:00 pm- 6:00 pm
Henry Bear’s Park
19 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02445
I recently found this old home movie of my brother and I learning to roller skate and bike ride:
Sometimes we fall and get hurt. Aiming for perfection is unrealistic for all of us, but aiming to be the best we can be while enjoying the process is ‘perfectly’ doable. We want our kids to be resilient, and to understand that practice is required for proficiency. Struggle is often necessary before a skill becomes automatic.
We want to advise our children against doing what we feel will cause them pain. We aim to help them avoid making the same mistakes we made in our own lives. Remember that making a mistake is an opportunity and a portal to new ways of thinking. After all, we don’t learn to walk without falling. Falling helps us find our balance, and once we can walk, we learn to run. Once we realize it’s okay to make a mistake, we learn to problem solve and think creatively around obstacles.
Accept ourselves for who we are. Be fearless and soar with imagination.
We are along for the ride with our children….we are there to support them, and pick up the pieces with them.
In May, Pragmatic Mom opened a thoughtful dialogue about the challenge of parenting passion in kids. Please read her post here:
Teaching Perseverance to Children: Lesson from a Yo-Yo Champion
*As adults, we aren’t required to be perfect.* We are allowed to learn from our mistakes as we find success. My friend, Thuy Yau, author of Inside a Mother’s Mind, says it well in her inspiring blog post:
There is No Success Without Failure
Here are links to some of my favorite children’s books about making mistakes, self-acceptance, self-forgiveness, and treasuring our unique attributes:
Valentine’s Day is a great time to use music and art to encourage our kids to show their love for family and friends. When children feel confident enough to appreciate diversity, they naturally find ways to accept and include one another.
Here is a FREE download of Friends With You – a song about a friendship that blossoms across cultural and geographic differences.
ACTIVITY IDEAS:
TALK: Use the story in the song to spark a conversation. Share how you met your friends, and how your children feel their friends are the same or different from themselves. What does being a friend feel like?
DOODLE: What does the song inspire you to draw?
Meet talented artist, Haley Gatewood of Stick-Figured Out. She has vowed to draw a doodle a day for the all of 2013! She generously donated this charming image inspired by the song Friends With You:
By Haley Gatewood
Don’t forget some healthy snacks! (As featured on Woman of Many Roles)
“The only way we are ever going to ensure peace on this planet is to adopt the entire world as “our family”. We are going to have to hug them, and kiss them. And dance and play with them. And we are going to have to sit and talk and walk and cry with them. Because when we do, we’ll be able to see that indeed, everyone is beautiful, and we all complement each other beautifully and we would all be poorer without each other.”
Kids Music By Marcie 