About Us
Our mission:
Making Social Emotional Learning Easy & Fun
- Strengthen Social Emotional Skills. We help children recognize & strengthen what is already within, so they can solve their own problems. We give children the vocabulary & tools they need to regulate their emotions, reinforce positive self image & self love.
- Ease. Children easily learn their ABC’s & 123’s via songs, games & repetition. We teach children how to regulate their emotions the same way.
- Accessible for all. Love is an action word, so we gift our “Problem Solving (made easy) Kits” to strengthen our underrepresented communities.
- Lead with love. Children must connect with us before learning can happen.
What is Heartfullness?
Heartfullness is the missing piece in “mindfulness”. By letting love lead the way, heartfullness connects the mind & body (mindfulness) to the heart (emotions).
About Carli Jo:
"I’m a mama, educator & all around lover of life who’s mission is to take some of the struggle out of parenting, so you can live your best life!"
Carli Jo is an Early Childhood Education & Arts Specialist teaching dance, music and yoga for over 10 years. She brings her hands-on experience with children together with a strong foundation of schooling in Early Childhood Education, heavily influenced by Reggio Emilia & Montessori philosophies. Working directly with babies to school-aged children for over 15 years, she’s seen first hand the struggles children have regulating and expressing their emotions as well as being supported in doing so.
It hurt her heart to see her students, and her own daughter, struggle with their emotions and simple problem solving skills with other children without support. Over the years she’s created games, songs and dances to address gaps in social emotional learning for young children which is now the Heartfullness Project. A core play based Social Emotional Learning curriculum, the Heartfullness Project includes:
- games
- music
- dance
- children and caregiver classes
- and the Problem-Solving Made Easy Kit.
EASY & FUN
That’s the underlying goal that guides her projects. She knows the best way children learn is if we make it easy & fun for them. She has no problem there. Teachers & parents have often told her she has a golden gift with children, she loves kids & it shows.
THE STRUGGLE
She’s no stranger to struggle. Raising her own children brings even more insight & clarity to her work. From bringing herself out of an abusive relationship & postpartum depression, she hopes to be a light for other mamas who face similar situations.
