Highlighters

It's always both, for all of us. 💛

I remember having a conversation with a parent about an incident where her daughter made a really bad choice. Any teacher will tell you it happens pretty often and most parents work through it with you in partnership.

However, this time, In front of the child, the mother said, “I simply don’t believe it. I will never believe it and how dare you lie about my child.”

At first I was stunned. I wasn’t lying. The child knew it, I knew it and deep down the mother must have known it. Later, I felt sorry for both mother and daughter. Did they go home and continue the charade?

Fancy growing up believing that you could never make a mistake. Yes, handy every now again, but awful in the long run. How do you learn to own poor choices and work towards repair if you can’t even vocalise them?

Every child needs to know that they are loved no matter whether they make a mistake or not. Good kids make bad choices. We can talk about that without their awesomeness coming into question.

Image via Playdates on Fridays by Whitney Fleming

💥𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠 𝟯 Bookings are coming in HOT!🔥

Our Term Programs offer the consistency of an ongoing approach. Regular weekly sessions reinforce key messages and skills that enhance emotional awareness, self-regulation and interpersonal skills.

As well as helping your daughter build a closer bond with herself and the people she loves, these preventative and proactive strategies provide her with a toolkit she can return to during these important developmental years.

New themes, topics and activities are explored each term and can be enjoyed as a one-off experience or as a continual program enjoyed over ongoing terms.

💛 LITTLE ONES (5-7 yrs) Sat 8:30-9:30am | Sat 10.00-11:00am
💛 JUNIORS (8-9 yrs) Tues 3:30-4:30pm | Weds 3:30-4:30pm
💛 TWEENS (10-12 yrs) Tues 5:00-6:30pm
💛 TEENS (13-15 years) Weds 5:00-6:30pm

Spots are limited and filling fast! Visit our website to register https://wearehighlighters.com.au/.

There is a lot of power in modelling these skills and ways of being in the world, simply by living our lives mindful of the fact that these little eyes are watching us. 👀

Our 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝘀 (𝟱-𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀) 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 was a day of pure delight!

As well as making new friends, developing strategies to manage worry, learning how to ‘fill their own cups’, and practising their favourite yoga poses, the girls loved creating their own glitter jars!

Strengthening our children's social-emotional skills helps them learn how to manage emotions, develop healthy relationships and build confidence. Our workshop was a beautiful opportunity to support our girls as they continue to build a solid foundation from an early age.

We are now looking forward to our Little Ones 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝟯 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺! We have two classes running on Saturdays, with limited spots available. Visit our website to secure a spot for your daughter https://wearehighlighters.com.au/.

We love creating a safe space, collectively defined by our girls as a space they can bring their 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.

We wrapped up our 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 with slippers, dressing gowns and pyjamas! Slumber Party for the win! 🙌

The Tween years are a beautiful time of increased independence and skyrocketing social awareness. Between the bounds of energy, uncontrollable giggles and undeniable talents for digressing, the girls love being able to just 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.

What’s so incredibly special is the sharing of the journey, and the compassion and encouragement they offer each other, as they each try and find their place in the process of growing up.

There are limited spots available in our Tweens Term 3 Program. DM Maggie or visit our website to register https://wearehighlighters.com.au/.

I think she captured my likeness. 🥰

It’s not uncommon for children to fall apart after a play date, birthday party or fun day out.

They only have a few tools available to understand how they feel and express those feelings. Try going through your checklist: Are they tired? Hungry? Overstimulated? All of the above?

Offering a snack, letting them nap on the way home, or giving them some downtime can help them reset.

Sharing our Little Ones 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 with our families made for an incredibly special morning! 🥰

The girls loved introducing their families to our collection of 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠. These are great for helping children learn to self-soothe and cope as they grow and develop. These items range from sensory bottles, squish balls and scented playdoh to yoga dice, bubbles and breathing cards. Think of them as tools that work with the senses to calm the mind and body.

It's been an amazing term and these jellybeans were eager, energetic, enthusiastic and completely enchanting! Our TERM 3 classes are starting to fill quickly! There are TWO Little Ones classes on Saturdays: 8.30am - 9.30am or 10.00am - 11.00am. Register here: https://wearehighlighters.com.au/

Learning to let go so our children can succeed isn't always easy, BUT there is great value in letting our children mess up household tasks.

Say it with me: Resist the 'swoop'. Embrace the lumpy bed and misfolded towels.🤪

Let's make room for children to problem-solve under their own power and develop a sense of purpose and pride because they contribute to the family in a real and valuable way.

Let Your Kids Screw Up Household Chores. They’ll Learn More from the Mess. Excerpted from The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey. Out now from HarperCollins...

𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗦! Two weeks before we kick off our all-day workshops and spots are filling quickly!

Our workshops encourage and empower girls to develop a toolkit of preventative and proactive strategies, that will help them navigate change and challenges during these important developmental years.

It's a beautiful day of movement, games, creative tasks, group discussions and mindful activities. We'll be unpacking the topics: 𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠, 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒: 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑢𝑝.

✨ Monday 4th July / Tuesday 5th July /Thursday 7th July
✨ 10.00am - 3.00pm
✨ Held at Moreton Bay College

For more information or to register, visit our website https://wearehighlighters.com.au/.