The Teaching Your Toddler Podcast

Plan your next family adventure with these cruise tips and options from experienced travel expert Eileen Ogintz. She's the creator of takingthekids.com as well as the author of 12-part book series about traveling with kids. She anwers these questions:  ·         Which cruising trends are you most excited about this year? ·         What is Wave Season and how can it add value to our cruise experien...

Kristen Ramirez is a licensed professional counselor and clinical anxiety treatment professional with 17 years experience in the mental health industry. She is also a mother of two and an army wife. In this episode, she gives us her professional experience as well as her experience with anxiety both through her own life-long struggle and what she observed in her own son.  Find Kristen in these pla...

Brittany Plumeri is an elementary school teacher, author and mom. She's noticed a change in kids over the past several years showing that kids struggle with being kind and having empathy. Today she's going to talk to us about teaching kindness and more importantly, teaching manners, yes, even to toddlers. She's got a unique way of doing this and I know you're going to love hearing her thoughts and...

Do you ever feel like you are going to explode when your child does something that·s frustrating you? Or maybe it has nothing to do with your child, it·s just that you·re tired, or hungry, or feeling unseen or something else? Today we're going to explore a topic that isn't discussed much but is a real thing - Mom Rage – that overwhelming feeling of anger and frustration triggered by so many differ...

So your child is acting up or suddenly exhibiting signs of autism or allergies · what if I told you a change in diet and strengthening their gut biome could alleviate or even eliminate these symptoms? That's what our guest is going to help you learn about in this episode. Talk about the power of one person – several years ago, one mom Zen Honeycutt had an idea for organizing moms all over America...

The Teaching Your Toddler podcast welcomes Susie Spikol -- naturalist, writer and educator who helps connect people of all ages to nature. She talks to us about her debut, non-fiction, children's book, THE ANIMAL ADVENTURER·S GUIDE: How to Prowl for an Owl, Make Snail Slime, and Catch a Frog Bare-Handed·50 Activities to Get Wild with Animals . Susie has been sharing her love of nature and animals...

What is chiropractic care and who needs it? Dr. Steven Knauf talks to the Teaching Your Toddler show today about exactly what getting a chiropractic adjustment can do for not just your back but your entire nervous system, your brain and your overall health. Who can get adjusted? Anyone with a spine and nervous system, according to Dr. Knauf - even newborn babies (and dogs)! Listen to this informat...

Dr CC Clauss-Ehlers talks to TYT about the positive effects of cooking and eating together as a family, how traditions build resilience, how cooking teaches math and reading and her answer for what to do with a picky eater . Award-winning psychologist Dr. CC is the co-author along with her husband Julian Clauss-Ehlers, a Michelin-starred chef, of the book Eating Together, Being Together Recipes, A...

With so many things that have happened in the past several years - loved ones getting sick, classmates taking their own lives, and worse, parents are having a hard time knowing what to say to their children about these dramatic and tragic events. Dr Elena Lister MD and Dr Michael Schwartzman PhD join the Teaching Your Toddler show to talk about ways parents can speak to their child - no matter the...

Dr. Dionna Hancock-Johnson continues to tell her story about the serious diagnosis they got for her daughter Ce'Onna when she was just three years old. Listen to Part 2 of 2 now for what she did to deal with this. Find all the resources mentioned on the show here:  Dr. Dionna Hancock-Johnson https://drdionna.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ drdionnalifecoach/ https://twitter.com/ dionnalifecoach?la...

Dr. Dionna Hancock-Johnson joins the show to speak about the serious diagnosis they got for her daughter Ce'Onna when she was just three years old. Listen to Part 1 of 2 now for what she did to deal with this. Find all the resources mentioned on the show here:  Dr. Dionna Hancock-Johnson https://drdionna.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ drdionnalifecoach/ https://twitter.com/ dionnalifecoach?lang=e...

Dr Frieda Birnbaum PhD joins the show today to discuss what it's like to be a parent across different eras of your life. She speaks from experience - she had children when she was 26, 53 and 60 years old and is considered the oldest woman in the US to give birth. She tells how how it affects your parenting and gives us a pep talk about what it's like to be a mom these days which things that are so...

The story of Snow White and the 7 Dwarves originally titled The Magic Mirror , read by Marijo Tinlin of Teaching Your Toddler from the public domain. Available in the collection of stories on Amazon called Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know . For more expert interviews, fun activities and story time podcasts, please visit our website at TeachingYourToddler.com Check us out on Facebook at Teaching...

Numerology Jesse Kalsi joins the show to talk about lucky numbers in our names, residences, businesses, bank accounts and much more. Educated in AstroNumerology with life experience in both the East and West, Jesse talks about karma, the vibes of certain numbers and how they relate to the planets and much more. Jesse is the author of the books The Power Of Home Numbers and All About Numbers: Attra...

Dr Kami Hoss is a board-certified dentist who founded The Super Dentists, one of the largest dental groups in Southern California. He is also the author of the book If Your Mouth Could Talk: An In-Depth Guide to Oral Health and Its Impact on Your Entire Life . During the show he mentions Nano-hydroxyapatite  which helps preserve and protect your teeth. Find out more about that here :  Find out mor...

One of our most popular page and appropriate now that people are back to traveling. Learn some fun activities to teach your little one about what it means to fly and what airplanes do. Sing songs, read a fun story, make a paper airplane (with help, of course) and more. For all the links mentioned in the show, please go to our webpage for this show here .  Please like and subscribe to our podcast a...

Welcome to our show about the Mountains! They're big, and beautiful and so full of majesty – the mountains have a similar allure as the ocean for many. Take a few minutes to learn more about the mountains and how to teach your little one a bit about them, even if you don't live near them. For all the links mentioned in the show, please go to our webpage for this show here .  Please like and subscr...

Bob Hartman is the author of over 100 books including the Lion Storyteller Bible as well as the new book series Clever Cub which retells the stories of Jesus' birth (Luke 2:1-20), Creation (Genesis 1), Singing to God (Psalm 104) and Giving Thanks (Act 3:1-10). The stories are engaging between Clever Cub and his family with adorable illustrations by Steve Brown , all making God's word memorable for...

A new monthly subscription box called Mamafrog Baby provides specialty items picked for their sustainability and high quality. Owner, entrepreneur and music therapist Rana Zellner Burr talks about this service providing something to wear, something to read, something to play with and something baby needs, along with a special product just for the child's caregiver. Burr's new business venture is c...

Teaching Your Toddler interviews one of the most widely listened to experts on blended families author, teacher and therapist Ron Deal, founder of Smart Stepfamilies. In this episode, Ron helps differentiate between a biological family's love languages and a blended family's love language and why it's SO important to understand how your blended family operates. You'll hear: What Are The 5 Love Lan...

Children CAN change their world and Sheila AO knows just how to help motivate them to do that.  In this episode, Sheila discusses the changes a child can make that may seem small but can be very impactful and she gives great ideas for parents on how they can instill this motivation to help others into their children.  Her book, available in English as Lovely Can and in Spanish as Preciosa Lata is...

Singer/Songwriter John Waller talks to Teaching Your Toddler about his career, his songs including his newest with his daughter called "What My Father Does", working with his children, adopting children and his faith. Listen to what it's like to record with his daughter Sophee, as well as two of his other children. John also talks about having 10 kids and how that came about, marriage to his wife...

Welcome to the Teaching Your Toddler interview with Occupational Therapist and Author Sarah Appleman who speaks to Teaching Your Toddler about what being an OT means, what a "Picky Eater" really is, how kids manifest sensory issues around food and what to do about that and her great book Play With Your Food . Sarah talks about what being an OT for kids is like, the inspiration of her son and his s...

Welcome to the Teaching Your Toddler interview with The Money Couple Taylor and Megan Kovar who talk to us about how to start the conversation with your spouse about money and how to start teaching your children about the value of money.     Taylor and Megan help counsel couples on their financial personalities and offer SO many resources, available on their website themoneycouple.com . You can al...

Welcome to the Teaching Your Toddler interview with Mental Health Communication Expert Bob Krulish who will tell us some warning signs to watch for that can signal your child may need some mental health support.    Bob Krulish is the author of the book about his own personal struggle with bipolar disorder called When Screams Become Whispers: One Man's Inspiring Victory Over Bipolar Disorder (Morga...