The New Mamas Podcast
Host Lina Forrestal brings you the New Mamas Podcast, a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. Lina and her guests are normalizing conversations around traditionally taboo topics: post-partum depression, post-partum anxiety, surviving the newborn phase, body image issues, co-parenting, divorce, and more. This podcast is meant to feel like a big virtual hug for moms everywhere. Instagram: @linaforrestal @newmamaspodcast Contact: lina.forrestal@gmail.com
The New Mamas Podcast
Toddlers! How to Teach Social and Emotional Learning at Home with Cara Zelas
TODDLERS! From Byron Bay, Australia to Connecticut: Cara Zelas is an early childhood educator and parent. In this episode, Lina and Cara talk all things toddlers when it comes to behavior and emotional development.
Topics covered:
- What is a toddler?
- What is going on in toddler brains?
- How parents can best support their toddlers
- How parents can help toddlers regulate their emotions
- Methods of discipline
- Screen time
- Encouraging independent play
- Big World of Little Dude
Big World of Little Dude has great free activities for caretakers to do in the classroom, homeschool, or kitchen table.
Connect with Cara on Instagram: @worldoflittledude
Cara Zelas is an early childhood educator, who received a Bachelor of Media Communications and Bachelor of Elementary Education Degrees (Macquarie University, Sydney) as well as an Early Childhood Montessori Certification (West Side Montessori School, New York). Cara is in the process of completing a Master of Education (Charles Sturt University, Sydney). Cara is a parent of two children, Grace and Theodore. Little Dude has taught Cara and countless children that being kind to others is contagious.
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