My Emotions Thermometer

All week long, we have immersed ourselves in all things Inside Out!  And what a week it’s been!  Disney’s Pixar movie, Inside Out, personifies five main emotions and shows how they drive our behavior and influence the choices we make.  Sometimes those emotions can get the better of us and can cloud our judgment – […]

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Trust Your Instincts- Talking about Fear

We live in a world that is unpredictable and can be very frightening to children.  They are bombarded with negative images everywhere and they can even develop fears by simply observing how their parents are affected by every day stress.  It sounds a bit ominous, but fear itself is not entirely all bad.

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Keep your Cool- Talking about Anger with your Kids

Anger is a very strong emotion which everyone exhibits, and when left unchecked, it can lead us to do very destructive things.  Such is the case for Riley in the movie, Inside Out.  Anger is the 3rd emotion or character that emerges when Riley’s Dad tells her that she cannot have dessert if she does […]

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Sadness and Joy go Hand in Hand

Sadness is the second manifestation of Riley’s emotions to come to life in the movie Inside Out.  All of Riley’s memories are stored in colored orbs which are then sent into “storage” at the end of each waking day.  All of the most important memories (“core memories”) are kept in “headquarters” to fuel  5 Personality […]

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Memory Ball Craft

Since we are dedicating our week to Disney Pixar’s Inside Out and we are focusing on our emotions, I wanted to do a craft that involved memories and how they make us feel. See how to take your pictures and craft them into memory balls your family will enjoy talking about.    

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Inspired by Disney Pixar’s Inside Out

Earlier this Summer, Disney released what some are calling its most successful Pixar movie, “Inside Out”.  The movie touches upon many important topics like family and friends, growing up and coming of age, emotions and feelings, and is presented in such an inventive way that children can easily learn about feelings, and how they affect […]

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Monster Fun

Want to have some Monster Fun? Monsters University  <—- watch trailer here the movie comes out tomorrow June 21st, 2013 We are looking forward to this movie so we decided to do some monster fun things. Image was taken from Disney.go.com Gather your kids and make some monster crafts, play games and make some yummy […]

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