The Bloom Approach

✨When you are feeling shame....

Shame is the negative thoughts and feelings we have about ourselves. Shaming focuses on the negative image about themselves, rather than about the impact of their behavior.

So, how can we break the cycle?

💕Let yourself feel vulnerable.
💕Let go of perfection, and embrace the messiness of life.
💕Admit when you need help, and talk to someone you love.
💕Do something that motivates you.
💕Look at and treat yourself like someone you love.
💕Open your eyes and appreciate the beauty around you.

Let’s model the behaviors we want to see in our littles ✨

“Never A Dull Moment” 🌱

This is our classroom motto.

As we wrap up report cards, finalize Bloom Summer programs and scheduling, and prepare for year end virtual celebrations, we find ourselves saying this more and more 😂 It’s truly Never A Dull Moment in the lives of Julia & Courtney 🌱

Speaking of…. Did you catch our inspiring chat with ? It was such an honour to be invited to chat with the Kind and Confident community about mindfulness for kids & how we are keeping our littles learning and growing all summer long ✨
Tomorrow we will be talking to you about shifting the mindset of success from focusing on the results, to instead focusing on the attempt 🌱

We stepped out of our comfort zones when saying yes to doing this Instagram Live - OUR FIRST ONE! Nervous, excited, and uncomfortable, phones overheating, internet connection cutting out, but regardless we showed up. We tried, we took risks, and we authentically arrived as ourselves. It’s truly never dull & it’s so important to always remember the learning never stops. It’s all about trying, the attempt 💭

Keep on taking risks, keep on getting uncomfortable, trying, learning, attempting, and working hard. That’s success to us 🌱

Today’s Affirmation🌱

“I do not have to be good at everything, to have success” 💭

A friendly reminder for all of us to give ourselves the grace to just be, to just try. To be “not the greatest”, to take risks, and embrace the act of doing and trying.

We as the adults- the educators & superhero parents can model this by:
🌱emphasizing the importance of trying
🌱encouraging our littles to take risks and try new things
🌱releasing the mindset and expectation of “scores, placements, winning, and loosing”
🌱embrace the doing, the trying, the willingness to take risks
🌱 shift the narrative from results to being about effort. “Did you try your best?”
🌱encourage failure! It’s okay not to be good at everything. That’s not what success is about.
🌱celebrate all of it! Scoring a goal, missing the shot, getting a C on a test….ask “did you try your best?” That’s Success.

Success means something different for all of us. When we move away from the standard definition of it, from it being about scores, placements, grades, winning, and meeting others expectations, we begin to see that success is really about trying.

How do you teach your littles about “success” ? 🌱

Today’s Affirmation 🌱

I can create more of what makes me happy.

We believe whole heartedly in the power of visualization. Some of our favourite ways to teach our littles the magical ways in which they can create the life of their dreams:
🌱 Introduce the concept of visualization by taking your littles on a virtual field trip
🌱On this field trip, encourage them to close their eyes as you describe what you’d see walking through a forest or on a beach
🌱Give them details of what they might feel, see, smell, and hear
🌱Try approaching this visualization with prompts, letting their minds drift and wander as they imagine the details
🌱Use deep breathing strategies to settle your littles into a space where they are not consumed by distractions
🌱 Ask your littles what makes them feel happiest
🌱Create Goal pictures to visualize desired thoughts, feelings, and spaces
🌱Use affirmation cards, repeat daily

Using the power of the mind to practice our growth mindsets and the wonders of visualization “I can create more of what makes me happy”. 💭

No matter how little we may be, we all have a voice, and it is our superpower!🌸

At the very beginning, we teach that your little’s voice matters, and how they can use it for protection and change.

Never be afraid to…

🌱Tell someone when they hurt you
🌱Say no when you feel unsafe
🌱Express your feelings and views
🌱Stand up when something is not right
🌱Be your true self
🌱Share your inspiring ideas

✨Together, let’s raise CHANGEMAKERS!✨