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Thursday, May 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by Bari Koral, Kids Yoga Expert and Owner of Yogapalooza
Moderated by Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., VP of Professional Learning Services, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company
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In today’s world, surface solutions aren’t enough. We need lasting tools that help us—and the children we care for—ride the waves of everyday life with more calm, ease, and resilience.
Join Bari Koral, founder of Yogapalooza, for another joyful, interactive edWebinar where you’ll learn her newest mindfulness tool: ABC for Calm—a simple yet powerful practice that teachers are already using with amazing results. Like learning your ABCs, once you know it, it’s always with you.
This easy-to-use routine will become your go-to for helping children transition, reset, and self-regulate throughout the day. You’ll learn how to use ABC, when to use it, and why it works, all backed by science and practical classroom experience. Plus, Bari will share:
- More beloved calming strategies used by thousands of teachers
- A sneak peek at fun, new, mindful music from Yogapalooza
- Self-care that refills your well, too
This inspiring and engaging session will leave you energized, uplifted, and ready to bring more calm into every corner of your day. This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-3 educators.
About the Presenter
Bari Koral is a singer-songwriter for children and a kids yoga pioneer. Her company, Yogapalooza, has helped millions of preschoolers (and their adults!) move their bodies, ease anxiety, and learn self-regulating practices while being entertained. Children are discovering original content they can enjoy on repeat to raise their spirits and find peacefulness in an increasingly chaotic and anxious world. Yogapalooza has been a leader in calming classrooms and teachers for over a decade. With a hugely popular YouTube channel and hits like Silly to Calm, Fly Like a Butterfly, Going on a Dragon Hunt, and much more, thousands of teachers enjoy and rely on Bari every day to engage and calm their children. Yogapalooza.com
About the Moderator
As the Vice President for Professional Learning at Kaplan, Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D. draws on decades of experience teaching young children and early childhood professionals, starting with toddlers in the 1980s, followed by PreK-third grade in urban and suburban schools, and as a university lab school director. Since earning her doctorate in ECE curriculum and instruction in 1999, she has served as a program director, full professor, national validator for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and a site visitor for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs (CAEP). She enjoys planning professional development, speaking at conferences, leading study tours, visiting early education programs around the world, and returning home to her family. She is the author of The Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent (2013); Treasure Baskets: Heuristic Learning for Infants and Toddlers (2017); Enticing Environments for People Under Three (2021); and Living Loose Parts: Creatures of Curiosity (2024), all from Gryphon House.
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