Need the perfect distraction for a few minutes to get some energy out of your littles when they are bored?  Whether you are in line at the grocery store or hiking through the mountains, the GoNoodle app is the perfect tool for breaks!

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by GoNoodle.  Thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!

Whether we are homeschooling, on a road trip, or cooking in the kitchen, the kids can get bored easily. If they aren’t interested, it can quickly go from sunshine and rainbows, to meltdown city in a matter of seconds.  As a parent, this isn’t always easy. It’s frustrating to us at times that our kids meltdown so easily. Especially when we don’t think it’s warranted. For them, it’s frustrating too. They don’t understand why we are essentially making them do things they don’t want to do.

As parents, it’s our job to balance it all. Balance our needs with theirs.  And what I’ve learned in my brief time as a parent is that it isn’t always about us.  They are human beings too and their opinions matter. What Andrew and I like to do is find the balance.  We can’t always get what we want and they can’t always get what they want. I mean, it’s easy to understand balance when it comes to our own adult relationships; however, many people struggle to understand balance when it comes to children. We like to view children as people who also get to respectfully express their opinions as well.

So what do we do?

What happens when we are trying to get through a homeschool day and the kids are struggling to focus? What do we do when we are out exploring a new city or hiking and the kids decide they are done? How about the times that we are cooking a meal and it’s taking a little longer than expected and the kids want food NOW?

Well, for starters, we take a deep breath.  I can immediately get frustrated (which does happen sometimes) or I can count to five, think about my reaction, and then come up with a solution. The solution usually ends up being a distraction. Let’s distract during the time it’s taking for dinner by singing a silly song. Or let’s distract from being ready to go home with a funny dance in the middle of a busy sidewalk (none of those people are going to remember you anyway).

Let’s GoNoodle! 

Go what? ! It’s the perfect way to energize or calm, recharge, focus, and awesomely get your kids back on track! And it’s working perfectly for the quick breaks that we need sometimes in order to get our kids back to what we’re doing. GoNoodle is a NEW! FREE! app (for iOS and Android) that features dance-alongs, yoga videos, mindfulness activities, and way more active and fun ways to get everyone (YES! YOU TOO!) moving.  

.com has been used in 80% of U.S. elementary schools this year and now, it’s available at home. No matter where you are, whether out or at home, you can stop and GoNoodle.

Some places we recommend to GoNoodle:  

• at the beach
• on a pitstop during a long car ride
• during a break from homework (or homeschool)
• standing in a long line (bathroom, grocery store, etc)
• waiting for dinner to finish cooking
• at the airport during a layover
• on a train ride
• on a shopping trip
• at the doctors office
• And So Many More!

All of the content on GoNoodle is rated Y-7 so you can trust and appreciate that it’s appropriate for your kids. Kids have an opportunity to participate in mindfulness activities, dance parties, and yoga sessions to be better versions of themselves instead of mindlessly having screen time.

Even better, this summer will feature a ton of fun GoNoodle GoSummer programming, where you can tune in LIVE on weekdays at 11 am or 7 pm Eastern time for singalongs, dancealongs, strechalongs, giveaways and more. The fun starts on June 18. I can’t wait to share fun classic songs with my kids like “Bye Bye Bye” and “U Can’t Touch This!”

Ready to GoNoodle?   for iOS or Android devices (you can also grab it at ) and starting GoNoodling today!

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by GoNoodle.  Thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!