Everybody makes mistakes… and everybody has those days! Sound familiar? Well, it’s true! The New Year is the perfect time to talk to our kids about the beauty of starting over and trying again. Let’s face it, none of us are perfect. We all need a second chance to make a better choice, and kids need that too! At Bloom, we have a mantra from our Social Emotional curriculum that goes like this: Put your feet on the ground Take a deep breath Think about it And restart! He

A Journey of Love and Kindness It’s 11:11—make a wish… BloomiVerse across the Universe. Two years ago, I glanced at the clock and saw that magical time, 11:11. I didn’t fully understand its significance then, but I felt a powerful urge to spread love, kindness, and acceptance. I wanted children, even those thousands of miles away, to feel they belong and are cherished just as they are. But how could I achieve this? With technology taking over our children's lives and new pare

I think it’s safe to assume kindness and empathy are values we all want to embody and instill in our children. At Bloom, this is certainly something we strongly value in our classrooms and in our work with clients and families. But how do we really teach kids what kindness is and how to do it? How do we teach empathy?  If you look up the definition of empathy in the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, you’ll get something like this “ the action of understanding, being aware of

Fall is here and with it comes Halloween. Whether you celebrate the holiday or not, it’s hard to ignore the decorations and the hustle...