The Sparkways Podcast
The Sparkways Podcast
Parenting a young child is challenging, and as a provider of early years education, we wanted to assist parents to navigate the minefield of everyday life with young children. The Sparkways podcast brings you interviews by journalist Nicole Azzopardi with qualified and experienced experts all offering tips and advice on how you can get through your day with your sanity in tact. You’ll hear conv…Social links:
How music can support all kinds of brains, reduce anxiety and help with self-regulation with Allison Davies.
Deep dive into neuro divergence. How music can support all kinds of brains, reduce anxiety and help with self-regulation with Allison Davies. From creating playlists and wearing head phones, to just singing out loud, the predictability of music can help the body and brain to feel safe and regulate…
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Meet Fletcher Curnow the Team Leader for the Sparkways Mentoring Program.
Over the last 140 years, and as we live the legacy of our founder, William Forster, Sparkways has had a powerful impact on young people's lives. The Mentoring Program supports young people that are involved in the child protection system, and Fletcher is at the centre of so much of what happens …
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What happens when people come together in a group and chant? Meet Dr Gemma PerryThe Sparkways Podcast
The Twelve Minute Meditation Study. Quick and easy chanting practices for managing stress. Dr Gemma Perry. What happens when people come together in a group and chant? Dr Gemma Perry measured the cortisol collected in the saliva of two control groups who chanted for 12 minutes and found the pract…
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Meet Centre Director Simone Smith
Starting at a new kindergarten or childcare centre can be both an exciting and daunting experience. You've made the choice, and you are preparing your child, but how to help them adjust in the best possible way? No one knows this better than our team! Join our local expert, Simone Smith as she gi…
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Explore assertiveness with Dr Nathalie Martinek and find out what you can do when your child finds their “NO!”
Assertiveness coach and author of The Little Book of Assertiveness Dr Nathalie Martinek talks about the difference between being assertive and rude and explores how when our children learn how to say no - it's not necessarily a bad thing. This Sparkways conversation is all about how to cultivate a…
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Meet best-selling author, host of Parental As Anything and queen of common-sense parenting, Maggie Dent.
Join us for this very first episode of the Sparkways Podcast where our host Nicole Azzopardi chats to Maggie Dent about going easier on ourselves as parents, practical tips to help children feel heard while making stronger foundations to support them as they grow. Learn more about Sparkways, find …
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