Hitting! It's one of those behaviours that we see happen SUPER often in the age group 0-5.

A lot of parents and educators fall back on phrases like: 'It hurts to hit!' when they see it … which is fine, and likely not going to have a detrimental effect on their behaviour.

The problem with this idea, however, is that children this age really don't understand the concept of 'hurt'! So prompting them to consider this as a reason to...

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In this video I answer a question from one of my lovely followers:

'My question is my almost 2.5 year old can be quite defiant and blatantly ignore instruction. Because she is quite young I generally let it go and will do whatever it is for her or something but I worry I'm not teaching her any good behaviour and setting myself up for a bratty child.'

I unpack some ideas around developmentally appropriate behaviour (hint: t...

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'At what age should I be implementing (to a degree) management for behaviour... like when my 10 month old throws things on the floor from her high chair... or spitting food out.. some people say she's too young and some people say start teaching her not to.'

Thank you so much for this question!

Here's why I think you're a little unsure on how to support your little one's behaviour – I'm wondering if as you've grown up...

Thank you so much for coming back to see the last video in my little three part series!

This video was recorded on Kaurna land - do you know who the traditional owners are of the land where you live, work and play? You can find out through an app like 'Welcome to Country'.

In this video, you'll find out the four reasons that behaviour happen in children aged 0-5 years old. 

I really wanted this three part series to be super conci...

A question that comes up often when I'm working with educators is the challenge of supporting children who place objects in their mouth such as bark chips, small loose play parts, or beads.

I understand this is a big concern, particularly in an early childhood setting when you have a number of children to supervise, choking can be a very real and valid fear! A really common response to this behaviour that I hear often is 'Take...

Welcome back for the second video in the series! It's lovely to see you again.

In this video, I show and describe how to use one of the most useful tools in my toolkit for unpacking children's behaviours. I hope you find it useful!

Did you know that from the 8th to the 15th of July is NAIDOC week? The theme for NAIDOC week this year is 'Because of her we can'. For more info, head to the website (https://www.naidoc.org.au/) and l...

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I've recently become a firm believer in the idea that if I waited until everything was perfect before releasing it into the world...it would never exist. You'll notice that when you see how awful the quality of video and audio is here... also the addition of Lyra makes it interesting!! But you know what, it exists.

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Mostly, when talking about the senses, the first that come to mind are sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch... but did you know there are more?

Proprioception is using input of the environment on muscles and joints to understand where you are in space. This information is processed by the nervous system, and your body then decides how to move around and interact in the space accordingly.

You can essentially think of it as the...