Preparing your child for preschool using play

Send us a text In this conversation, I chat with Connie about the critical aspects of preschool education, emphasizing the importance of play in child development. We explore the challenges children face in adapting to open-ended play, the significance of emotional regulation, and the need for realistic expectations from parents. The discussion highlights the role of curiosity in learning, the nurturing of compassion and empathy, and practical tips for parents to support their children's deve...

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Do you have frequent emotional outbursts, often feel triggered by your child's behaviour and struggle to teach your child how to cope with their emotions? Neuroscientst, Dr. Cindy Hovington can help you understand your triggers, recognize and break your emotional patterns and model healthy emotional coping skills for your child. Curious Neuron is an internationally recognized emotional well-being resource for parents with their evidence-based educational content being consumed in over 70 countries! Dr. Hovington is a leading thought expert in emotion regulation and parental well-being as well as an international speaker on well-being and emotional development in children. As a mom of 3 with a doctorate degree in neuroscience (specializing in mental health and emotional well-being), Dr. Hovington understands the struggles of parenting and how this can often make parents to feel overwhelmed and stressed. The goal of this podcast is to help parents gain awareness of their emotional triggers, understand how their past influences behavioural patterns they can stuck in and help them learn how to model healthy emotional coping skills for their children. Cindy is also the Director of The Reflective Parent Club, a community of parents that implement the knowledge they learn from Curious Neuron to build emotional resilience and reflective skills to help reduce their stress and build a stronger relationship with their family. Join us every Monday for conversations with leading researchers and best selling authors in parental well-being, childhood adversity, attachment, emotional development, stress management and emotion regulation skills. Past guests include Dr. Bruce Perry, Dr. Marc Brackett and best-selling authors Dr. Ramani Durvasula and Stephanie Harrison.Tune in, transform your parenting journey, and create a thriving emotional environment for your entire family. Start listening today—because when parents grow, kids flourish.Subscribe today not to meet next week's episode! To learn more from Curious Neuron, dive deeper into this episode, to purchase one of our workbook or to join The Reflective Parent Club, visit www.curiousneuron.com.Follow us on Instagram @curious_neuron.