The Enriching Environments Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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Beating parenting overwhelm, Mum guilt and not feeling good enough, this is a terrific interview from November 2023 when I was lucky enough to be invited on to speak with Helen Farmer on Dubai Eye. An essential 15 minute pick-me-up for parents with children of all ages!

During this Masterclass we discussed how food preparation and cooking with children from the Early Years and throughout the Elementary years builds resilience for a child by developing a friendly relationship with error.  This is so crucial because making mistakes, learning and trying again is a natural part of being human - one which is removed from a mainstream educational experience.  The question we asked ourselves as the session came to an end was: in what ways are we cultivating a friendliness towards error in our home?  

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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.

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 we can feel when we stop and observe them in the moment.

• It is about the respect that we pay them by not interrupting them when we notice that they are engaged in an activity.

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 higher cognition develop and become available once we have achieved physical capability.

✔So, what does this mean for our children, and how can we support them?

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 that expensive Montessori stuff'.
  
• In reality, nothing can be further from the truth.
  
• Your home environment that you prepare for your child should be a reflection of your culture, your beliefs, your passions. It is not meant to look like  the perfect and expensive looking environments that we see on social media.  It should be simple, ordered, accessible and beautiful, and unique to you.
  
• Whatever your cultural heritage, it is perfect, and should be celebrated.  Our children need spaces created especially for them to promote their independence and capability, this is universal - however the style, the stamp, the essential of your home environment comes from you the individual, your family, your culture.  Use what you have already at home, you don't need to buy anything else.
  
• We also look at how we can be parents who empower our children; by stepping back, by observing our child and by listening.
  

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 these tools.
  
• Why this work is of paramount importance, particularly for high energy boys who need the balance of lots of gross motor movement in order to help them succeed with quieter/more academic work.
  
• N. B this work is also for girls!
  

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 able to recreate the familiar natural world experiences that we know from our home countries we become disillusioned and seek out artificially created nature experiences instead.
  
• I would like to offer a different path, one where we seek out what we can learn here in this desert landscape, from a terrain and environment that may be vastly different from our home countries.
  
• My vision is for us to learn about what we have here, desert animals, desert insects, desert plants, all of the things that young children are obsessed about!   So we can appreciate and honour the natural heritage on our doorstep. ❤️
  
• We'll also discuss how 'being in nature' and offering first hand experiences calls for our absolute presence, and when we are present we can then learn from our children.
  
• Can we commit to a complete digital detox when we are experiencing nature first hand?
  

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*All podcast sessions originally recorded on Instagram Live, see my IGTV @enrichingenvironments for the video.

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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 to be able to negotiate and find resolutions to conflict peacefully.
  
• Navigating conflict resolution in an empowering and respectful way.
  

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.

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