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Early Childhood and Family Service 🥰

Haven't we all done this?
You know, cover the child's clothes to protect them from stains and whatnot, right when we see them get into it.

The thought behind it is understandable.
We may already feel like we've got much on our plates as parents to be responsible for, so we may intervene in the midst of their highly important to them play and tell them to put on an apron.

This would surely help to protect their clothes and maybe our own peace of mind, but also interrupts their play and unconsciously sends the message that their play is not as important as having clean clothes, and our peace of mind.

We don't do this intentionally, we do this out of habit.
Back in the day, dirty or messy clothes often had us reprimanded or scolded as children.
So our unconscious inner discomfort has us try to avoid them getting their clothes dirty, which creates invisible blinders to what we convey to our children through our approach that's guided by our inner discomfort.
And this happens in many different situations where we are faced with stress and triggers in our parenting experience until we become aware of it.

Happiness foremost, everything else second.
But our own upbringing may have that backward and thus the belief and approach we go by.
Something to ponder on.

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I'm wondering if any Newburgh parents could help ..

I'm looking for a few donations of kiddies school uniforms, girls & boys, also school bags, lunch bags, school shoes ect.

I would like to create a school role play area to encourage our current 4/5 year olds to practice school routines through play preparing them before they face the real-life scenarios of school August. Hopefully making the transition to school a breeze 🤞🙂

Thanks Pauline

Off The Wall
If you think about it, early childhood centres are really the 'home away from home' for our babies and children. Many will spend more of their waking hours there each week, have more meals there, and have more personal care moments with the teachers at the centre. Some centres truly do look and feel like a home away from home, others look and feel like an instutional classroom for short people. That isn't helped by people putting stuff up on the walls that would be out of place in any space designed for as an ambient space for relaxed living. Rule of thumb: If you wouldn't put it up in your lounge, don't put it up in the centre. Babies and children don't choose to go to childcare, so the very LEAST we can do is 'deinstitutionalise' our space and make it as homely as possible. That way they can get on with peaceful relaxed living in their second home.

Outside play is just the best ❤️

These guys just love playing outside, our back door is always open & they all have the freedom and space to be outdoor in all season. The impact on all areas of development is amazing to witness

Co-reguation before Self-regulation
We're concerned with the healthy development of young children, so we need to pay close attention to the child's self regulation. We need to be doing our part in helping her FEEL safe and secure, and calming her when she's startled. That's co-regulation, and it is our attention and support that lays the foudations for the child to be able to selfregulate.
Some of you reading this will know Dr Stuart Shanker's book, "Self Reg: How to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life". It is a game changer, and if you felt to leave a sentence or two in the comments for those who haven't read it, please do.