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Just Ask
advice, ideas & inspiration for families
March 2015
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Baby Sign Language classes - Register early - Space is limited
Introductory Workshops for those just starting out
Six-Day Playgroup Series once your baby is around six months and older
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Teach Baby Sign Language!
Do you love baby sign language and enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for signing with other families?
Are you looking for an fun way to bring in extra income?
Do you like leading groups in
activities, songs, and signs?
We're looking for eager and engaging part-time independent contractor teachers to add to our network of instructors who teach at hospitals, parent resource centers, and homes throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
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Unwind & Relax
with a Massage
Whether your pregnant or just had a baby, stay-at-home or working outside the house, massage can help you ease stress, reduce tension, and create a peaceful place for you find peace and begin again.
Touch Blue Sky recommends two massage therapists:
Julie Ann Randall
for pregnancy and postnatal massage
Reta Coolin
for CranioSacral Therapy, energy healing, and massage
Visit Touch Blue Sky's website for more information.
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About Us
Touch Blue Sky is the collaborative work of the husband/wife team of Kathleen Harper and Bill White. We help parents live with more joy by illuminating new ways to nurture, communicate, and connect with themselves, each other, and their children. We love to share what excites us with families throughout the Bay Area and beyond, including sign language programs for families and children of all ages, and one-on-one life coaching sessions and workshops for moms. For more information, please visit the Touch Blue Sky website and feel free to contact us with any questions. We look forward to seeing you soon! Take care, Bill White
Sign Language Director
Kathleen HarperCertified Life Coach/
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Quick Links
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Kathleen / Mommy Mentor
Bill / Sign Language
for Babies & Children
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Shush the Yeller in You
Years ago, my kids owned a book called Superhero ABC. Each letter was dedicated to an amusingly-illustrated good guy/gal who had special powers to beat the bad guys: A is for Astro-Man who is always alert for an alien attack, B is for Bubble-Man who blows big bubbles at bullies... I read Superhero ABC aloud constantly when the boys were little. Each time, I winced when we arrived at the Yellow Yeller, a skinny, harried, bed-headed female superhero in a wide-opened mouth scream, overwhelming a cowering, not-so-evil-looking bad guy. I would quickly flip through the letter Y to get to Z, afraid that if I paused too long on Y, one of my boys would point to the Yellow Yeller and say, "Mommy."
It never felt like I was exercising superhero strength when I got to the end of my patience and yelled at my children. I felt more like V for the Vile Villain who vilifies her victims. I would manage to get through a whole day without yelling and then lose control when one son would fall to the floor for yet another full-blown temper tantrum, or when fat messy buckets of water would splash out of the tub where my wriggly boys were refusing to sit still, or when I felt depleted from the never-ending cycle of food-dishes-poop. I hated that I yelled but I didn't know how to stop.
But I figured it out, taking small mortal steps toward a superhuman goal. You can, too, even with small children, even when you feel so incredibly tired, even if you believe you have no strength to spare. You can build your willpower muscles using STEAM power: S for Sleep, T for Talk Nicely, E for Eat Well, A for Activity, and M for Mindfulness. Start with just one suggestion for about a month until you feel a little bit stronger. Then add another, building up STEAM to stop the yelling (or other bad habit) once and for all.
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Saturday Sanctuary - March 14th
Do you know better but don't do better? Like with what you're eating, how much exercise you're getting, going to bed at a reasonable hour so you're not a prickly slug the next day? Why is it that we can have all of the knowledge of why exercise is good for us but we don't exercise? We know that drinking sodas are bad for our health but we don't stop. Yelling at our kids when we get frustrated hurts everyone but we can't control our voices when we get to the end of our patience. In this Sanctuary, we'll talk about willpower, where we can put it to good use, and how to get more of it. We'll talk about this character strength - one of many that we all can nurture and grow - and learn practical ways to build self-control, self-knowledge, and self-compassion. Each mom will also create a necklace, filling the glass pendant with tiny, beautiful things that represent individual inner strengths - ones that are familiar to you and new ones that you want to nurture.
Saturday, March 14th
San Mateo
Morning Sanctuary
10:00 to noon
$40
Afternoon Sanctuary
2:00 to 4:00
$40
Register Now!
The groups are just for moms so that you can take the time for yourself without distractions from your family. Space is limited to only eight moms; registration is required. Light refreshments are provided.
Come to Saturday Sanctuary for Moms to rest,
relax, and renew. You'll head home happier.
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Baby Sign Language
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Teach your baby to sign
I LOVE YOU
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Touch Blue Sky offers many ways for you and your family to learn, practice and enjoy baby sign language:
- A 90-minute Introductory Workshop where you'll learn about the benefits of signing with your baby, how to integrate signing into your daily routine, and start your signing vocabulary with 40 signs.
- Playgroup Boom and Zoom - two different playgroup series that meet for six one-hour sessions. Both Playgroups include the essential basic starter signs but vary in the more advanced vocabulary.
- VaVOOM! Touch Blue Sky's new Toddler/Preschooler Signing Series that meets for eight 45-minute sessions.
Coming Soon!
Register Today ~ Space is Limited
Babies are welcome but not required to attend
Introductory Workshops
Birth to 18 months old
Healthy Horizons, Burlingame
Saturday March 7 10:00 - 11:30Redwood City Recreation DepartmentSaturday March 7 12:30 - 2:00Activity codes:
Individuals #03.163, Couples #03.165
Saturday, March 14 10:00 - 11:30
Saturday, April 4
12:00 - 1:30
DayOne Baby, Palo Alto
Call 650-646-7644 to register
Saturday March 14 12:30 - 2:00
Wednesday April 8 11:00 - 12:30
Six-Day Playgroup Series
4 - 18 months old
Blossom Birth, Palo Alto
Tuesdays March 3 - April 17
12:00 - 1:00 Playgroup Boom
Saturdays March 21 - April 25
10:45 - 11:45 Playgroup Zoom Saturdays April 11 - May 16
12:00 - 1:00 Playgroup Boom
1:15 - 2:15 Playgroup ZoomVaVoom! for Toddlers & Preschoolers
Ages 18 months to five years
Eight Fridays March 20 - May 15
3:30 - 4:15 Skip 4/3
Host a class at your home
and earn a free registration!
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