Freya’s Friends Family Daycare

❌CLOSED❌

It's a tough call, but the right one under our current circumstances. We're closing for the duration of ACT's initial lockdown. We will miss our families but we will be back when things are a little more stable and safe. In the meantime I'll be posting lots of lockdown activities and resources to help everyone through this tough time. Stay well ❤️

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It’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day! The 2021 theme is

“When children sit, look at the sea that goes with the story, they capture all this message – it is not by accident when we teach our children about the land, about the sea, about the dance.”

– Rosemary Gundjarranbuy

To find out more and get involved, Head over to 👉 SNAICC-National Voice for our Children

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It’s not about teaching our children NOT to be mad. It’s about teaching them HOW to be mad. 😡

Feeling mad is an important human emotion. When it is suppressed, our kids grow into adults who don’t know how to feel, are scared to feel, suppress, or explode. When we teach skills for all emotional states, especially those unpleasant ones, our children grow into adults who feel and regulate.

So, rather than teaching our children to bottle their emotions, we can empower them to move through them in healthy ways.

This is a pretty tricky thing for those of us who were never taught safe emotional expression and regulation.

The process of wiring feelings and regulation circuits is a daily lived experience, not a one-time checklist or perfect script. But we do have some tools. Here’s 5.

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Last week we took a walk on Ngunnawal Country. We found a Silver Wattle. An Australian native tree used by Ngunnawal people. Some uses include; the sap for poultices and glue, the bark for string and rope, the timber for tools and the seeds to make flour. How interesting!

NAIDOC WEEK 🖤💛❤️

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Here's how you can explore, respect and learn about important Indigenous sites near you NAIDOC Week is celebrated each July in recognition of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme this year, Heal Country! calls for greater protection of the environment, sacred sites and the Indigenous cultural heritage from exploitation, desec...

Walking Together Fosters children’s early understandings about our shared histories and the role we all play in building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures and futures.

Some tips 🤲🏼

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If your tot is aggressive you are not alone. In fact many tots go through stages of aggressive behaviour. They aren’t bad, and it’s not a reflection of your parenting.

When I’m working with a family there’s a few things I always advise my families to do proactively to support their kiddos.

Proactively build in activities where they can move their bodies. Often if we get curious we will see aggressive behaviour comes out more often when kiddos have not had the chance to move their bodies or engage in sensory rich activities. Depending on your kiddos they may really need more of these activities.

A few ideas to build in (at least every two hours)

Jump into pillow or trampoline
Squeeze and release hands
Twirling
Push a wall
Swing

Second we want to SET Stage for Success:

Sleep: Try to ensure they get enough sleep. The more tired our kiddos are the more likely they are to be aggressive.

Eat: Ensure they are not “hangry” by providing snacks.

Time: Notice if they get overwhelmed with too much time with others and need a break or if they are needing more connection time with you. Kiddos will communicate through their behaviour, we want to stay curious about what it is they are communicating (see next slide).

When your kiddos engage in aggressive behaviour you can respond firm, calm and confidently:

Narrate - Boundaries - Creative Yes

I see you trying to hit. It looks like you’ve a lot of energy in your body.

I can’t let you hit your sister.

Let’s squeeze and release your fists instead to get that energy out!

Finally, and most important we want to get curious about what is going on. Aggressive behaviour doesn’t happen because a child is bad, behaviour is communication and we want to explore what need the behaviour helps them fill.

👧🏼What specific aggressive behaviour do you see at home?