Little Sprigs Podcast
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A lot of you've reached out to me with questions around sensory issues, sensory integration, and how to support the development of the senses in our young children. For today's show, I invited a dear friend Lalla Carini who's been an extremely important teacher in my life for the past 14 years to share her wisdom and experience. She holds a tremendous amount of love and compassion around these topics an...
If your child has some anxiety about separating, it can be super helpful for them to see you connecting with the teacher. I would invite the parent to hold their child and sit down with me for tea. When the child witnesses the safety and trust that is present between parent and teacher, they can more easily trust themselves. This can be more important than pressuring the child to open up to the teacher and accept them.<...
Our children stand before us with endless “What” and “Why” questions, they push back on our requests, refuse our meals, and challenge us to go back inside and come up with something better than, “Because I said so!” But the truth is, during these formative years, our children take in very little of our verbal communication with them. So many parents worry about crafting the perfect answer, offering the right activi...
Christina is Little Sprigs Founder and Parent Educator. With over a decade of experience in early childhood education, Christina has shifted her focus from spending her days running her Waldorf inspired home-based preschool to supporting parents, creating content and sharing her voice through video, written word and audio content for your enjoyment. ► DM me your questions on Instagram: Read more
Our children stand before us with endless “What” and “Why” questions, they push back on our requests, refuse our meals, and challenge us to go back inside and come up with something better than, “Because I said so!” But the truth is, during these formative years, our children take in very little of our verbal communication with them. So many parents worry about crafting the perfect answer, offering the right activi...
Today’s conversation is a dense one. I would recommend listening when you are not distracted or multi tasking. We are headed into about an hour with a dear friend of mine named Rob Scott. He has spent the last decade of his life working with hundreds of thousands of people, shifting their identities, and showing them how to evolve their consciousness and get incredible results across all areas of their bus...
Meg is a women’s empowerment coach + educator, a yoga teacher and mama with a passion for helping the modern day feminine leader to transform their wellness journey into their wholeness journey And then to unleash their gifts and innate ability to bring about social change in the world. She does this through personal coaching, retreats, yoga classes and online programs – each of them curated to help you embody...
Today's guest is a renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development.
Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empower...
Today I invited a dear friend and fellow conscious parenting guide, Lori Petro, to join me for a very important conversation. She is the founder of Teach Through Love. Teach standing for: She is a Speaker, Child Advocate, & Parent Educator and a mom on the spectrum. Her mission is to rais...
Transforming the Emotional Abuse of CHildren
Mark is the author of the book, Elevated Leadership. He is a veteran educator in social and emotional learning and a frequent speaker and trainer on the topics of education, team empowerment, and effective management. He also speaks regularly to parents/teachers and has created a curriculum on effective ways to build positive relationships with your children. Check him out at: Read more
It can feel impossible to speak our truth when it has been dismissed and de-valued our entire life. Especially when our subconscious has connected speaking out to experiencing pain. It can feel scary to find out that our truth looks very different from who our parents think we should be. Every human walking the earth has a story. As we come into contact, we cannot help but to project our story onto ea...
When our child is tantruming, pushing back or having a difficult time it can be challenging for us to hold space in that moment because we have so many unshed tears ourselves. Years and years of suppressed emotions that then get "triggered" when our child is going through something or an experience that we have not yet had the opportunity to work through or release ourselves. So in the heat of the moment, it can be di... Read more
It can be exhausting to go through every day guiding a young child this way and that way, moment by moment. When you develop a routine it will carry the whole family and the child quickly learns what is coming next which supports them to go with the flow. By setting a routine you are deciding ahead of time, with your partner and any other caregivers, what your limits are and where they lie. This way when som...
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Emotional and social intelligence grows and develops through relationship and primarily through the experiences that a child has with his or her parents. When we offer our children empathy and help them to cope with negative feelings like anger, sadness, and fear, we create a foundation of loyalty and trust that our children carry with them throughout their lives. This is a quick story of how I approach this with m...
Sandra Fazio is the author and founder of The Conscious Parent Blog, where she writes and shares what it means to be a conscious parent through her own parenting journey, ... The post Journey towards conscious parenting with Sandra Fazio appeared first on Little Sprigs<...
Aric Bostick is One Awesome Guy As a former teacher, Aric inspires educational audiences nationwide—having equipped more than a half million people with energy and strategies to overcome personal challenges and achieve life-long ... The post How To Be An Awesome Parent appeared first on Litt...
Do you find yourself engaging in power struggles, negotiations, and arguments with your children? Do you want to stop relying on bribes, threats or punishments to get your children to ...
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Today we are going to look at 2 distinct ways in which individuals view intelligence and learning, through mindset. Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist ... The post Raising Confident and Resilient Children with Teagan Bruce appeared first on Read more
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