Course
Toolbox Preschool Years
Parenting your toddler or preschooler comes with a surprising amount of unexpected challenges! Sleep deprivation, strong-willed two-year-olds, picky eaters and food flying everywhere!
Over six weeks, we’ll cover all of this and more with plenty of opportunities for discussion and questions. We’re sure you’ll come out the other end feeling confident and ready to tackle the toddler and preschool years with your kids.
What You Will Learn
Different parenting styles
Understanding your child
Setting boundaries
The importance of love and connection
The Course Modules
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Session 1 - Understanding love and connection
Session one explores what loving warm relationships look like.
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Session 2 - Understanding yourself as a parent
Session two takes a look at different parenting styles and helps us uncover which one we use most. This session also unpacks the tools needed to shift parenting styles and take care of ourselves along the way.
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Session 3 - Understanding emotions
Session three is about helping us understand our children's emotions and explores the ways we can deeply connect with our kids by learning to listen and understand their emotions.
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Session 4 - Understanding behaviour
Session four is about understanding how we can respond to our children’s behaviour by encouraging the behaviour we want and responding to the behaviour we don’t want.
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Session 5 - Understanding the world of a preschooler
Session five looks at some of the common challenges of parenting preschoolers, and parenting tools that offer helpful support.
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Session 6 - Understanding a culture of connection
Session six looks at the importance of having routines, rituals and fun with our children. It is an opportunity to reflect on the key topics we have covered so far and the dreams we have for our children.
Toolbox Preschool Years Course Details
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Duration: 6 weeks
Cost: $20.00
It costs Grown Together $80.00 to run this course. Thanks to generous donors who help cover the costs, we can offer it at a reduced fee. If you would like to pay the full amount, you have the option to do so on-site.
Event Organisers: Renee Haumu & Alyssa Tooley
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