Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
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Visit product page →I am loving the open-ended possibilities of this new block set. Lincoln loves them too!!! 💗 Boards & Blocks. 6 natural boards, 6 natural blocks, 6 colored boards, 6 colored blocks, 2 square planks. All in a tin. So much fun as a balancing game. Build and knock over. Watch them tumble. Watch them fall. Experiment with Gravity. See play in action.
Set Includes:
12 - 1" blocks
12 - 3" boards
4 - 3" square planks
1 - metal storage tinpainted with soy based paint and coated with beeswax.
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Visit product page →These paper Conversation Cubes will get your family interested in exploring the relationship between emotions, feelings, body sensations, and self care. They are a great coffee-table conversation starter or the perfect dinner time activity to get your family talking and CONNECTING easily and for FUN.
There are 3 DIFFERENT conversation cubes in 2 designs (one set has white borders and the other set has solid backgrounds).
This is a PDF digital download. Once you purchase, the digital download will be sent to you. You can print from your own printer, cut, and put together. This is for your family to enjoy only. copyright 2019 @JessicaPerkins
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This set comes with 20 miniature leaves. They are the perfect addition to a Fall themed Sensory Bin. The leaves are less than 1" and come in five different colors. There are 4 of each color: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Brown.Visit product page → -
Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
DIGITAL | PRINTABLE PRODUCT - Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$19.00
vMama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
DIGITAL | PRINTABLE PRODUCT - Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$19.00
Visit product page →I created these cards when I was transitioning into single motherhood. Dinner time used to be my favorite family-connection time. But, as a single parent, it became too hard for me to do dinners in this new dynamic. It was filled with grief and big feelings. The physical demands of the witching hour and getting dinner ready simultaneously felt hard. It was easy for me to let my kiddos eat wherever, whenever, even in front of the tv 📺 (Which is something I vowed NEVER to do!) I was feeling disconnected from my family and myself. I knew I needed to do something to RECLAIM our connection but I wasn’t sure how.
I set out to find something that would help. And then I MADE it. I created this tool to be a PlayFULL ritual - that helped us reclaim our MAGIC and reconnect.
I LOVE my Table Talk Connection Cards. It has been, hands down, one of the most used and utilized tools in our Culture of Connection Toolbox. I LOVE the physical version - the look, the feel, the texture, and the finish. Buuuuut because I print them in small batches, they can be expensive. I was thinking about how beneficial these cards have been in our life and I wanted to make them:
a. Accessible to even MORE people - giving as many families as possible the opportunity to use this tool and reclaim their connection MAGIC too✨
b. Affordable (🤗they are only $19!!!)💗
c. Immediate - RIGHT NOW 🙌 You can sign up and start connecting TODAY!!
💬 90 questions. 90 beginnings of conversation and connection with your family.
💥 That’s 1 question a day for THREE MONTHS!
Without further adieu, I would like to give to you, the debut : Table Talk Connection Cards - digital !!!
*PLEASE NOTE THIS LISTING IS FOR AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD/DIGITAL FILE, no physical item will be mailed.
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Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Do Something Good For Your Brain, Heart, Body, Community Every Day!
$10.00
vMama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Do Something Good For Your Brain, Heart, Body, Community Every Day!
$10.00
Visit product page →Is screen time a constant fight in your home? Use this printable to take the struggle out of the screen time battle!
At our house, we have a rule. No Screens until you "do your four things"
Do Something Good For Your...
Brain - Heart - Body - Community
.... Everyday!
It's a short enough list, and visual, that even pre-schoolers can remember the 4 things they have to do first.
It's just one of our house rules, now. It's easy to remember and now, when they ask for screen time I can say "Did you do your four things?"
The best part is, when my children engage in PLAY, and get into the FLOW of what they are doing, they often lose interest in screen time anyway. If not, at least I can offer screen time knowing they have done some activities to fill their cups, minds, bodies, spirits, and community along the way.Is screen time a constant fight in your home? Use this printable PDF to take the struggle out of the screen time battle!
At our house, we have a rule. No Screens until you "do your four things"
I hope you find this printable as helpful in your home as it has been in ours!
Order now to get the PDF which includes:- Printable 8.5"x11" "Do Something Good For...." Poster.
- Printable List of IDEAS for "good things to do" for each of the four categories: Brain, Heart, Body, and Community
- Printable BLANK List for each of the "good things to do" for each of the four categories: Brain, Heart, Body, and Community so you can brainstorm along with your child to help create a unique and tailored list of ideas for your house! (additionally, print a second blank set for YOURSELF. Create a list for yourself and Do Something Good Every Day!)
- printable Activity CARDS for each of the 4 categories (so you could randomly draw a card each day) - there are also some blank cards so you can brainstorm and include some of your own activities.
You Print it.
Post It.
Use it!
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Visit product page →We are in desperate need of some #gratitude up in here. Voices are yelling. Hands are flailing. Arguments ensuing. And Thank-Yous are being completely forgotten. This is my Holiday Season attempt to take back peace and share #LovingKindness with one another. Right. Now.
Meet Ginger Gram. The gingerbread with a fierce gratitude. And glad to the bone(or cookie crumble, or something like that). He shows up randomly around the house to surprise some one with a Caught-You-Being-Kind message. An..I am so glad you are in my life note. Or a THANK YOU for ________ reminder. The object is to keep passing him around so we can share the love with each other and #focus on the #positive we bring forth as a family every day. If you want to join the #game or if your little one wants to color a Ginger.gram of his/her very own I will have a #free printable posted In the shop later today. #mindfulkids #mindfulness #mindfulparenting#mamamayi #mamamayijoy #mamamayishop #gratitude #thankful #grateful#chooselove #kindness #preschool #totschool #unschool #unplugged#childhoodunplugged #homeschool #love #spreadhappy #bekind #trying#parenting #parents #loveyourself #kidsart #kidswrite #kids
This is part of the #MamaMayIMindfulKids Series. Please feel free to download these pages and print whichever color scheme moves you. These pages are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. Personal use means non-commercial use of the Media. The Media may not be used in any way whatsoever in which you charge money, collect fees, or receive any form of remuneration.
copyright MamaMayI, LLC. 2015
What is Gratitude?
- Gratitude is the ability to BE thankful and appreciative.Why is Gratitude important?- Gratitude is important because it brings us back to center...it brings us back to kindness. It allows us to BE in the presence of our life's many blessings: however simple or profound.Why do we need to PRACTICE Gratitude?- Have you ever had a bad day that seems to spiral worse and worse? The kind where you want to curl back into bed and hide? Sometimes it's not easy to see the positives around us ... And negative energy from others (or ourselves) has a way of trickling into our thoughts and affecting how we interact with the world (which can, in turn, attract more of that same negative energy). By taking a moment to pause, center into kindness, and shift our mindset to that of thankfulness we our training our brains to slow down and notice. We are becoming aware of our state of mind, our thoughts, and momentum in the world. It is that pause and reflection that is so important.By practicing Gratitude we are setting an intention of thankfulness. I believe thankful hearts are happy, smiley hearts. It's much easier to breathe when we are filling ourselves with that which we are grateful.Why TEACH our children Gratitude?- I try teach my children Gratitude because I think it is important to their self-care. Just as brushing your teeth is important to your oral hygiene; Just as eating a healthy, balanced meal is important to your physical body's growth and health; Just as exercise builds muscles and strengthens your physical body; Tuning into the joys and kindness in our world is essential to nurturing your Mind and Spirit. I believe the practice of Gratitude has a huge impact on how we all interact with each other and engage in our worlds. Though embracing gratitude comes more easily to some, it is a practice that becomes more easily accessible over time - with practice - acknowledgment - and pause. At first, the practice might seem daunting or over-thought, but eventually it will be second nature - a subconscious script or internal attitude that shines out towards loved ones, friends, nature, the things around us, and our world.HOW do you practice Gratitude with kids?- Practicing Gratitude with your kids and family can be a really connecting time. I love to hear how my own little ones find Gratitude in their own lives...Here are some ways to practice Gratitude with your little ones.- In the morning, pause to breathe deeply together and give thanks for a new day.- On a walk (even a routine walk to school or the grocery store) can turn into Gratitude practice by NOTICING the simple, natural treasures and beauty around you. Pause for a moment to store those mindful photos in your memory bank.- Write a note to your little one and tuck it in his or her lunch box or under his or her pillow. Write how grateful you are that they are part of your life; how much your happier and fuller your family is for having his or her presence in it; reminding them of a special time you shared together.- At dinner, pause and give thanks for the food you are sending into your body to nurture its cells and fuel your body and mind.- Take turns sharing one or two things you are thankful for each day during dinner, bathtime, or right before bed.- Create a Gratitude Journal where you store drawings, words, magazine cutouts, or pictures of the things you are grateful for. Make it a nightly or weekly ritual to pause and reflect in your journal together. Slowing down to find thankfulness is a practice that really helps build connection.- Send a Thank You note to someone every week. Pausing to remind yourself is a wonderful practice in gratitude and a positive way to spread that LovingKindness into the world.- Fill out a Gratitude Blurb Bubble sheet ( #MamaMayIMindfulKids FREE Printable). Fill out one blurb, a whole sheet, or a few, whatever moves you. These are Seasonal journal pages so you can collect them in a binder and reflect on your gratitude throughout the year.- Slow down for some pillow talk before bed and incorporate a thankfulness poem or gratitude-share right before sleep. I love to end our night reminding each other of all the things we are most grateful for in our lives. It makes me feel cozier somehow and feels like the perfect segue into peaceful, happy dreams!A Grateful Heart is a Happy Heart. -
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1-Year Old Gift Guide
I often get questions about age-appropriate gifts for loved ones. I typically take the time to type out all of the products that are a good fit for their little ones age and reasons why they are beneficial. I don't know why it hadn't dawned on me sooner to put this information into a cute little document that I can share...but maybe I haven't had the time until now (or MADE the time until now). I am a visual person so I thought it would be best to share my go-to products by age, with pictures. Enjoy!
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Kindergarten Gift Guide
I often get questions about age-appropriate gifts for loved ones. I typically take the time to type out all of the products that are a good fit for their little ones age and reasons why they are beneficial. I don't know why it hadn't dawned on me sooner to put this information into a cute little document that I can share...but maybe I haven't had the time until now (or MADE the time until now). I am a visual person so I thought it would be best to share my go-to products by age, with pictures. Enjoy!
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Visit product page →We are continuing to practice gratitude at our house. This Holiday I designed a printable for Gratitude Hearts that can be printed, cut out, and hung on a wall or added to a string to create a colorful garland. You add one thing you are grateful or thankful for on each of the hearts and hang them around the house to fill your home with thoughts of thanks, gratitude, and love. "Gratitude is the pathway to Joy." - Brene Brown
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Visit product page →We are continuing to practice gratitude at our house. This Holiday I designed a printable for Holiday Lights that can be printed, cut out, and hung on a wall or added to a string to create holiday garland. You add one thing you are grateful or thankful for on each of the lights and hang them around the house to light up your home with gratitude, thanks, and joy. "Gratitude is the pathway to Joy." - Brene Brown
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Digital PDF Tips and Tricks for how to deal with Messy PlayVisit product page → -
Visit product page →#SneakPeek at the #secretproject I have been working on!
I am SO EXCITED about this project.
Kindness Kits!!!!
Be the Rainbow in Someone Else's Storm. - Maya Angelou
Sometimes it can be harrrrrrrrd to see the Silver Lining in life - the Rainbow After the Storm - the Light at the End of the Tunnel. Being thankful when things are going your way is easy....but learning to be grateful through the stormy hours and days can be a challenge. It takes daily practice, flexing our gratitude muscles and being in tune with our Inner Kindness. It's a simple mindshift....a simple reframe.... playing the gladness game. It may be a simple concept, but it isn't always easy. That's why it's important to practice. To train our brains to make space for gratitude, thankfulness, kindness, love. So we can offer ourselves and each other more compassion and more grace. Every. Single. Day.
What better way to practice than put our Kindness where it counts most - into practice - into action.
Our Kindness Kit will inspire your family to do small acts of service and random acts of kindness with brightly colored Kindness Cards - 40 prompts suggesting things you can do at home and in your community to share the love and...
Spread Kindness Around Like Confetti.
Along with these colorful and adorable Kindness Cards you will receive:
- Kindness Confidential - a blank, line-less journal for taking notes on your own Kindness Practice and Journey.
- A Silver Lining gel pen for documenting your Kindness Journey.
- 5 Positive Vibes notecards you can write a note on the back and send them out into the world or hang them around you home to remind you to flex your Kindness Muscle.
-Kindness is Magic.
-Kindness Begins with Me.
-Spread Kindness Around Like Confetti.
-No Act of Kindness No Matter How Small is Ever Wasted. - Aesop
-Be a Rainbow in Someone Else's Cloud. - Maya Angelou
- Secret Agent of Kindness Badge to fill out and add a picture.
- BE THE GOOD secret code necklace tags.
- Spread the Love Post*its to stick some joy where others can find it.
- Rainbow Note Paper to write some silver lining messages to a friend.
- Rainbow Gratitude Blurb sheets to practice your mind shift and actively practice Giving Thanks.
- Kindness Stickers - you can stick around like confetti.
- a pinch of Heart Confetti (that has flower seeds in it!!!) you can plant in the ground and watch how your Kindness Seeds grow!
- Access to a private Facebook Group where you can document, post, and share your family's Kindness Kit Journey with Heart-Centered Secret Kindness Agents !!
For a Limited Time only, our Kindness Kit is on special for $39 (normally $50!!) We want to get these kits into as many hearts and hands as possible!!! (Use code KINDNESSCOUNTS)
Let's Spread Some Kindness Around Like Confetti!!!!
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*cannot be combined with any other promo
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On saleVisit product page →PLEASE NOTE THIS LISTING IS FOR AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD/DIGITAL FILE, no physical item will be mailed.
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GRATITUDE BLURBS - Blank - Practicing Gratitude - Printable - .pdf
Add a smile to your little one's day with one of our sweet blank affirmation notes! This file includes 32 blank affirmation notes on 4 pages.
♥ Ten colored Gratitude Blurbs - 5 different colors schemes.
- One for each season plus a rainbow set.
- Both in saturated and unsaturated color schemes.
♥ Three "books titles" to choose from
♥ HOW-TO use guide.
- Why practice Gratitude?
- How-to practice gratitude with your children.
Download. Print. Cut. Fill out. Use as a single sheet or add to a binder to make a whole year-long gratitude practice. Enjoy!
♥ Gratitude is the Pathway to Joy ♥
You can print this file at home or at your local print shop on regular or card stock weighted paper.
Each design page is formatted at 8” x 10”.
Features:
- 8” x 10”
- High quality .PDF file
- Instant file download on Etsy after purchase
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Thank you for shopping at The PlayFULL Way
Jessica Perkins
♥ Intentional ♥ PlayFULL ♥ Living ♥
www.JessicaPerkins.com
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Because this is a digital download, there will be NO REFUNDS given once the order is placed. If you have any concerns, please message me!
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Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$45.00
vMama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Table Talk - Connection Cards - Connection: One Question At a Time
$45.00
Visit product page →Dinner used to be my favorite part of the day as a family. But spending dinner time as the only grown up made it super easy for me to cook whatever; order in whatever; and let my kids eat whenever. What used to be a time of family-gathering and conversation: sharing our gratitude and thoughts turned into an isolated time for me. I knew I had to bring back family dinners and I knew I needed a ritual to get me there. I created this deck: Connection, One Question at a Time. Connecting Beyond "How Was Your Day?". There are almost 50 cards. We keep them in a bag and draw one or two at dinner time. It's brought us back together. The kids love drawing a card. I love seeing my own artwork - flaws and all - on vibrant backgrounds. I love hearing them engage in questions and curiosities with one another.
The paper is about 18pt and super soft to the touch. Fronts and backs have questions so there are 90 questions in all.
I brought them out to a restaurant for dinner and it was beautiful to be able to bring this ritual with us even on a dinner date. I am SO EXCITED to share these with you! I can envision using them in a classroom for short breaks and open-ended discussion or as writing prompts.
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Visit product page →I’m so excited to watch a project come to life. I actually had time to doodle, draw, design, and play this week and it culminated in this colorful and fun Weather Pack - with a weather wheel. Each of the little weather characters was hand drawn and created just for this project! The pack includes a few weather wheels so you can choose which one you like best; weather characters so you can hand these cuties on your morning check in space, coloring pages, and a thermometer chart. It has over 30 pages of weather fun! You could use this at home, in a classroom setting, in a child's room, playroom, or for your homeschool!
*This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, not a physical product. You will get 30 pages you can print at home and turn into a Weather Station to help play and learn at home. After your purchase is made you will receive the pdf download.
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Mama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Wizard - Owl Post - Literacy - Writing Printable PDF Pack
$7.99
vMama May i - Handmade Wooden Learning Toys
Wizard - Owl Post - Literacy - Writing Printable PDF Pack
$7.99
Visit product page →I’m always trying to find ways to add kindness challenges, mindfulness, and #gratitude into our homeschool practices. This year we are theming with #harrypotter and I’m so excited to find ways to incorporate these core subjects into our homeschool practice magically ✨ The PlayFULL Way. One of the ways we are doing this is with our Owl Post. Letter writing, thank you cards, gratitude notes, and kindness notes. The owl post poster will be hanging in the kitchen and they will have a constant #invitationtoplay post office and practice mindfulness and gratitude while practicing handwriting, sentence structure, spelling, writing, giving, kindness, giving thanks. This is a printable pdf packet so if you want to join the magic of kindness and gratitude in the magical witch and wizard kind of way, I will post a link to the printable pdf soon!
* PLEASE NOTE THIS LISTING IS FOR AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD/DIGITAL FILE, no physical item will be mailed.
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Visit product page →Wooden shakers are great fun for your little music maker! Shake, rattle, and roll, this colorful instrument gives the perfect reaction to your little one’s every move. I keep several in our music and movement bin along with other instruments and Silkies (play scarves) so my little ones can experiment with sound and movement when music is playing or they conjure up their own band!
This listing is for ONE wooden shaker egg. Please make sure you indicate your color choice!
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, or Purple.
Each egg is filled and sealed up tight. Painted with soy based, water color wash and sealed with beeswax and jojoba oil.
If you purchase a whole set there will be three different “sounds” inside (2 of each). Each complimentary color pair will match so you can reinforce color concepts through sound or play “match the sound” games to heighten focus, concentration, and nurture listening skills.
