Bethany Green Lake MOPS

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

MOPS Summer Play Dates

We hope to see you there!

Tuesday, June 13
10:30am
Maple Leaf Park

Tuesday, July 11
3:30pm
Green Lake Wading Pool

Tuesday, August 15
10:30am
Meridian Playground

How To Register for MOPS for 2017-2018

Thanks for stopping by the Green Lake MOPS blog!

Registration is currently open for the 2017-18 season. For registration inquiries, please email glmopsreg@gmail.com.

We'd love to see you at MOPS this year!

Monday, May 22, 2017

Speakers: Katie Gruver and Anne Granperson of Positive Parenting Seattle

Our second-to-last speakers of the season were Katie Gruver and Anne Granperson of Positive Parenting Seattle (website here).

One thing to remember from their talk were their three bullet points / suggestions for parenting preschoolers:

Do vs Don't
Limited Choices
Special Time

Is that ringing any bells?! We hope that whether you completely agree with the parent philosophy or not, you were able to take something away from their talk.

(And remember that they offer classes and coaching! Go to their website for more info.)

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Speaker: Dr. Tina Sellers

Breaking free from sexual shame

I don't think I'm alone when I say that having Dr. Tina Sellers come and speak at MOPS the last 3 years has been a mind and heart altering experience... and hey! maybe even a BODY altering experience? (Re-member!)

We are so happy to be able to share her talk with you here. And I don't mind saying that I'm really looking forward to digging into this topic more deeply when her book comes out. Here is a link to her talk that she gave on 2/14/17, as well as the corresponding handouts with excellent discussion questions and resources.

For those of you who watch the video, at the end during the Q&A, there was no sound on the questions being asked. For reference, the main questions asked were with regards to little boys and how to handle their discovery of special parts of their bodies and how to handle that.

Enjoy!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/BCC_Public/Mops_Tuesday_2_14.mp4

And the powerpoint and resources:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3PHiZzPzemUclVTZzd1VlFEYms

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Speaker: Janice Jacobson

Just in time for New Years resolutions (okay, I'm just saying this because I'm so horribly late in writing this blog post, but just go with me on this), let's think back to Janice Jacobson's talk in November. If you recall, Janice is a co-op preschool teacher who spoke to us about the importance of play, fun things to do inside and outside, and some of the impacts of screen time.

I wanted to make sure you all have access to the documents that we passed out at the meetings in case you misplaced them or weren't there to hear the talk, so they're attached to this post!

Janice also recommended this website that helps families plan for a technology "diet".

I know that my table had some great discussions about technology and our kids after her talk, so I hope you found it helpful as well!