February 28 Winter Family Fun Day

My daughter learns best from others (aka “not mom”). She enjoyed all the mindfulness activities. The most significant learning for her was the reinforcement of deep breathing with the Hoberman sphere and blowing out finger candles when she is experiencing big feelings.  These are things I have been encouraging her to try but now that I can remind her that she told Sophia, the program facilitator, that she will practice blowing out candles, she is much more likely to actually use the skill to find her calm. My daughter has been fairly socially isolated over the last year due to the covid pandemic. It was impactful for her to hear that the other participants in her class experience similar feelings in similar situations.

The most significant learning gaining by attending all of these programs has been the importance of quality interaction/play with my daughter. FFRN introduced and supported incredible educational, sensory, and child development topics in an affordable, creative and engaging setting. As a result, I feel more confident in providing my daughter with patient, sensitive, and age appropriate learning at home. Her cognitive and social development has been described as very advanced by our doctor, this is a direct correlation of the quality programs offered by FFRN.