The Enriching Environments Podcast

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: - What each of the Human Tendencies mean - Why this is relevant - How we consider the Human Tendencies when preparing our environment for our child's optimum development. Visit enrichingenvironments.com Workshops/Courses Page for my transformative online Parent Enrichment Courses.  I’ll see you there! *All podcast sessions originally recorde...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Fostering concentration is more about the support that we as caregivers, can give to our child than anything else. • It is about the energy that we bring to our child's space. • It is about allowing them space and time in their day to have the opportunity to concentrate on something of interest. • It is about the level of connection and bonding w...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: ✔ Movement is the beginning of cognition and emotional regulation ✔ Recent research tells us that we have a brain, not to think, but to move. ✔ From movement we learn everything else, however Western society is constructed in such a way that more importance is placed on thinking rather than moving. ✔ We were born to move first.  States of hi...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Creating an environment that is simple-ordered-accessible-beautiful by using what we have already at our fingertips and celebrating our cultural heritage 😍. Montessori in the home can sometimes be thought of as purely a picture perfect set of shelves; and that this alienates families who believe that they do not have the means to buy 'all of tha...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Setting up a real Workshop to support your Preschooler's need for physical, heavy work that involves full body movement: How to tell if your child might be ready for these type of tools (there are two key things to look for, hand/eye coordination and impulse control). What to introduce and in what order. What ground rules to set around use of the...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: This discussion was inspired by our screening of the film ‘Childhood’.  The film, set in a rural Norwegian kindergarten prompted many questions about how we can give our children real first-hand experiences in nature whilst living in a city created in a desert 🤔 From our questions and audience participation it seems that when we are not abl...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Handling conflict with Piccolini and Pre-schoolers,  between siblings and between friends. Conflict between peers in the Piccolini and Pre-schoolers age groups is frequent and completely normal. 9 times out of 10 conflict between young children gets physical because these age groups do not yet have the fully formed language skills in order t...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: The really interesting topic of praise.  We do it because we naturally want to praise our children (because we all have amazing children, right? 🤔😍). It feels as if we are bolstering their confidence, giving them self-esteem by praising them. Some of us come from a background where our behaviour was controlled through punishment and scoldi...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Why emotional regulation is so crucial What is going on in a child's brain and body during an upset. How to do it, what to say, how to rôle model. It's pretty simple for all ages! Our learning journey (or perhaps unlearning) that needs to take place before we will be able to fully step into this space of acceptance and collaborative approach to e...

In this session: We question the belief that we must force sharing upon our children from a young age, and how we can allow ourselves to let this develop naturally with our loving support. Understanding why an adult’s view of sharing is inappropriate for young children. Creating a supportive home environment that allows qualities such as generosity and kindness to flourish. Moving away from shamin...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Why offering to help is actually a hindrance because it breaks their concentration. How offering to help them infers that they cannot complete the task, which lowers, rather than increases their self confidence. What we can say when they do complete their task; so that we are honouring and celebrating their unique learning journey. (Rather than g...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: At this time of unprecedented challenge for humanity, for communities, for families, for parents and for children there are some big feelings being expressed by our little people. Our children may have seemed to be ok at the beginning of lockdown, however as this period of quarantine and uncertainty extends for all of us, new and undesirable beha...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: The reflex action we can have as adults, this impulse to correct when our children get something 'wrong' . Why does it bother us so much when their T shirt is on back to front? 🤔. It really doesn't matter in the big scheme of things does it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It can be alot for our ego (and feel very uncomfortable) to NOT correct when our child wears thei...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Decoding sibling play Supporting them in conflict resolution Honouring their unique bond Visit enrichingenvironments.com SHOP for my transformative online Parent Enrichment Courses.  I’ll see you there! *All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video. #enrichingenvironments #consc...

Thank you for joining me! In this session we cover: Help me to do it myself! This is the rallying call of every young child, even infants! It is humbling to see how capable even the youngest child can be when s/he is given the opportunity. It is astonishing to see how the simplest arrangement of a few key items at our child's height can support, empower and settle them. We offer our littlest child...