Every night before bed, I tell my kids “I love you from the earth to the moon to the stars in the sky”. This is what prompted our latest song “The I Love You Song”. I wanted something to time capsule this wonderful moment in time and dedicate to my kids, and also be able to share it with the world. Everything comes down to love! We can get through anything that life hits us, as long as there is love in our life. Children will have ups and downs but by showing them and telling them we love them they can move through !!

Here is a peak at the chorus

At first glance, the poster is bright, colorful and looks like a boatload of fun. There are nine steps to follow, like: “Dance,” “Laugh Out Loud,” and “Listen to Music” and more. All of the prompts are positive but they serve a much larger purpose. The steps are intended to give kids a visual they can use so they automatically know the steps they can take to feel better when they are down. By seeing the steps on the poster on a daily basis, the steps will become a habit they remember when bad situations arise. This is a positive habit they can carry into adulthood.

This is one of my favorite lines from our song “Sharing our Smiles”. I just had to turn it into a poster

Friends sometimes ask me why I am so in LOVE with Kids for Peace. I am a chapter leader for my neighborhood and on the Programs Committee, getting to help organize things on the broader scale for this non profit organization. Kids for Peace is volunteer run. There is only 1 paid employee in the entire organization. Basically you are teaching kids to become Peace Leaders, through art, volunteer activities and understanding diversity. We have done different activities from making dog toys for The Humane Society to drawing out posters of “What Peace Means to you”.

This week was The Great Kindness Challenge. Basically it is one week devoted to the kids in the school doing kind acts. I have become HEAVILY involved in the program that has been happening this week. It has been really fun, and have even been getting excited emails from other parents, how amazing the program has been for the school. I even ran into one mom at a coffee shop whose kids go to a different school, telling me how great the week has been.

My son decided to make the Kindness Matters poster tonight, one of the items on the checklist, and it was a pretty insightful clip about kindness I had to share !!

This is such a wonderful way to connect with your kids. Really important for them to feel comfortable telling you the good and the bad of their day