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Mindful Moments and Meaningful Routines: Surviving the Holiday Hustle end of the year holiday Dec 09, 2025

The holidays can bring joy, excitement, and celebration. But they can also bring disruption, overstimulation, and big emotions, especially for young children. Classroom routines change, family schedules shift, and everywhere children turn, there are unfamiliar sights, sounds, and expectations. For c...

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