Play Reflections

01/06/2025

Momentum for the new year! With the new year comes a renewed focus to choose joy. As we all do our best to navigate through these increasingly troubling times, more than ever I am called to my life‘s path of bringing more playfulness into the world. Motivated by my recent 70th birthday, with deep thanks to an incredible support team who helped me put together these brand spankin’ new materials, I am delighted to share them.
Playing for a peaceful world, Jeanne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwSvyBQmzuE&t=1s

05/20/2022

12/22/2020

Dear friends,
As we turn the corner on this beyond challenging year, I am inviting us all to bring more playfulness into our lives. I am thrilled to release my expanded Playshop Video Series for Kids and Families, including four brand new videos. Feel free to pass along to any families with young children - a participatory and educational way to keep bringing in the light. https://www.youtube.com/playlist...
Also, if you would please subscribe to my video series, it will qualify me for a YouTube status upgrade.
Happily merrily forward,
Jeanne

Fun Family Activities

07/20/2020

Tah-dah - my new shiny website!!!

PlayReflections®: Playshops for the Kid in Everyone, is a fun and engaging blend of imagination, games, creative movement and relaxation. Each “playshop’ is designed with the needs of a particular group in mind, while the goal remains the same: To nurture a room-full of people sharing a sense o...

07/16/2020

Bassis strives to bring a sense of playfulness and “lighthearted curiosity” to the table while encouraging others, regardless of age, “to be more playful from the inside out.”

06/14/2020

Do-over, take 2: Playshop Video Series for Kids & Families. Since I initially was asked to create a Playshop Video Series for Kids and Families back in early April, things on every level are accelerating beyond our imaginings. As people rise up together everywhere for a just and peaceful world, I am so heartened. More than ever, families need to create the time to play together. The skills necessary to prepare us to take on the challenges of this world are accessed through play. Intergenerational play - fun for the whole family!!

You know I’ve got a tendency for hyperbole, but I swear, thanks to some very fine editing, these videos are 300 times better now!!! The next batch of videos I’ll be in my summer clothes!

Please share widely with your circles: family and friends, any non-profits, schools, or networks that are offering resources to families anywhere on the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

Playing for a safe, healing world, Jeanne

04/13/2020

Dear friends and cohorts,
I hope you are staying safe and healthy… A week and a half ago, the idea for this Playshop Video Series for Kids & Families came out of being asked to fill an immediate need for Berkshire county families sheltering at home during these challenging and uncertain times. Recording ‘live’ on my iPhone, I’m having a blast pretending I’m in a circle of eager intergenerational faces. I’m playing with being perfectly imperfect, a humongous tech learning curve and the sheer delight I feel sharing my playful perspective in a whole new way. Lots more to come...
Please share with the families you know. Playing for a peaceful and healthy world...

04/02/2020

Happy April fools day everyone. Even if nothing is quite as it used to be, you can still pull a smile out and then see how long you can keep it on your face!!

02/03/2016

Oops - date change!!!

02/01/2016

Looking for something to do with your kids during school vacation week...? What's more fun than playing!?!

01/31/2016

C'mon out and play!!!

01/27/2016

We're well into this new year and I've been playing with how to be playing at life. I've been cooking up some playfulness right here in the beautiful practically snowless January Berkshires. Stay tuned. Please like my page Play Reflections