Jennifer Havens Romanat is an award winning singer songwriter of imaginative children’s music (Just Pickin’ Flowers), a mom, a teacher and a performer. We’ll talk about her story, her inspiration and how to encourage musical exploration in children. Jennifer teaches music and movement classes for East Side Music Together. She […]
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Mike Mahoney is the Executive Director at the First Fed/Stoico YMCA in Swansea and knows all about kids recreation and how to get kids excited and motivated to jump in! We’ll talk about what he looks for in a good recreation program and building a solid community. Listen on SoundCloud […]
This interview is with award winning educator, coach, dad and foster parent, Lloyd Lamarre. We talk about how education has changed over the last 20 years, and his approach to keeping kids engaged in the classroom as well as strategies that help him keep his own kids balanced. Lloyd is teaching […]
In this episode, I’m talking with Katia Greene, director, singer, actor, makeup artist and more! Katia has worked with children in the theater programs for over 20 years and is now directing an all-teen cast in The Un-common Theatre’s production of Disaster! The Musical, July 19-22 at the Orpheum Theater […]
This is my interview with Fitzcarmell Lamarre, father, educator, artist and organizer behind the Creative Oasis destination painting and mobile art program , talks about his own journey to finding himself in creating artwork, from graphic designer to portrait artist to comic book creator. Fitz talks about how to encourage […]
In this week’s episode, I chat with Martianne Stanger, author of the Training Happy Hearts blog, certified educator, homeschooler and theater instructor. Martianne’s resourcefulness has helped her create the communities that her children need as they have grown. She gives great tips on how to create community for your own […]
This week, Krysten interviewed Evan Colbert, therapist and expert in children and families about how to deal with the constant cry of “I’m bored” from your kids. There’s lots of great information in this episode along with practical strategies for activities for kids to do instead of grabbing a phone […]
This week we talked with Ally & Thomas Sulentic about role playing alternatives to screen time. There are so many games that use role playing as a mechanic (not just Dungeons & Dragons!) but we talk about traditional tabletop role playing games too! Role playing encourages imagination and creativity. It […]
I was reading the article, from MineMum titled Offline Activities for Kids who Love Minecraft. My favorite suggestion from her was to create a Minecraft-theme hunt in real life (or gets the kids to create their own), searching for items that are found in the game like flowers, trees, food […]