Social-Emotional Readiness: Setting the Stage for a Successful Start to School
Setting the stage for a successful school start with social-emotional readiness. Strategies to nurture emotion awareness with young children
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Child & Parent Resilience
Dealing with Childhood Anxiety - Part 2
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Anxiety happens when a part of the limbic system or emotion brain, the amygdala, senses trouble. When...
Dealing with Childhood Anxiety - Part 1
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. Anxiety is our body’s normal reaction to perceived...
Go From Power Struggles to Co-operation with Young Children
Strategies to encourage co-operation and avoid power struggles with young children
Motivation and the Slippery Slope of Praise
Good job! That makes me so happy! You are so smart! I love your picture! All of that positive praise must be good … right? What if I told...
How To Nurture Intrinsic Motivation
How To Nurture Intrinsic Motivation In the previous blog post I explained the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic...
Intrinsic Motivation vs. Extrinsic Motivation
The intrinsic motivation to learn about the world around us begins in infancy. My 7 month old granddaughter explores for the pure...
Feelings - A Window To Your Child's Thoughts and Perspective
Feelings are a window into the inner thoughts and perspective of the child. When an adult attunes to the feelings of a child, that child...
5 Steps of Conflict Resolution
“That’s mine!” “I had it first!” “They hit me!” “Stop!” “MOM!” If you have multiple children, or work with groups of children, this...
How To Promote Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and...
5 STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
Resilience is often associated with big life events with stories of survival and growth during the most adverse situations. However, the...
Play-Based Learning: An Introduction
How to support optimal early childhood development Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for...
Supportive Separations
When we refer to a child’s reaction to “saying goodbye” or being away from a primary caregiver as separation anxiety, we begin to view...
Identity – Getting to Really Know Your Child
Awareness of your child's developmental level, temperament and interests, helps to support their unique path of growth and development.
Intention – What’s Your Plan?
With intention you can influence what pathways are strengthened in your child’s brain. Hold on to your hats, you can also change, modify,...
Connection is the Key
The experience of secure attachment is essential to a child's development, well-being and resilience. Connection is the key!
The Gift of Resilience
The Gift of Resilience through repeated experiences of connection, validation and intention.
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