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Monica J Sutton talks about the good, the bad and everything in between those early childhood years. She brings fresh approaches and solutions to real childhood topics. Dive into stories from early childhood classrooms and conversations about topics like child behavior and development. There are even occasional interviews with some pretty amazing guests.
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Our lives are filled with busy schedules, to-do-list and challenges that can cause anyone to get frustrated. Sometimes those frustrations will lead to you having a lack of patience with your children. Although, you may not mean to rush them or lose it when they don’t listen the first time, not having patience happens. That’s real life, but there ar…
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Stay Calm, then respond. That sounds like an emergency message given on planes or something. But, it's not. It's something I've been saying over the years during my parent workshops on child behavior, to teachers, to everyone. It's something I will remind anyone of when dealing with challenging child behavior. Find your state of calm is the first s…
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Teaching Children New Languages Through Singing & Dancing with Bilingual Birdies
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Have you ever thought about signing your child up for a new language class? Maybe you’ve thought about when’s an appropriate time for your child to learn a new language. Today we’re diving into the topic of children learning a new language a young ages. In this episode Monica interviews, Sarah Farzam, the Founder and CEO of Bilingual Birdies, a chi…
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Expectations for Young Children Learning at Home & Online
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Ep 18 Teachers, parents and children had to abruptly transition to online learning without preparation, warning or a proper transition. For me, I’m 8 weeks into teaching from home. It’s had its challenges. There have been some high moments and some really really low moments. But, the one thing I’ve realized is that through all of the challenges and…
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Return to What They Know - Repetition & the Young Child
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Ep 17 Repetition! Repetition! Repetition! Welcome to episode 17 of Crayons and Tantrums. Today we’re talking about repetition and young children, but specifically we’re talking about todays current learning/education structure for children. Today’s episode is called "Return to What They know - Repetition & the Young Child" So, here’s the thing I th…
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Why Children Need to Move Their Body - Get Up & Dance!
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Ep 16 Welcome to Episode 16 of Crayons and Tantrums. I have a message to all of the children learning from home and missing their playgrounds and playdates. Get up and dance dance dance dance dance.!!!! Yes, that’s right. Get up and move your bodies. Jump to the left, jump to the right, twirl around and then sit down. Today’s episode is called, “Wh…
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Why Won’t My Child Sleep? With Special Guest Akira Seuradge
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Ep 15 If you’ve ever struggled with getting your baby to sleep through the night or getting your toddler to wind down in the evening, then this episode is for you. When it comes to understanding Child Sleep Monica J Sutton turns to the specialists. On this episode of Crayon’s and Tantrums she gets to speak with Child Sleep Specialist Akira Seuradge…
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My Child's Behavior Has Changed During Covid -19 Quarantine
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It’s no secret that we’re living in uncertain and stress producing times. We are all just trying to make it through the day. We’re trying to figure out our day to day and get through it with some sense of normalcy. Now, think about how your child feels? How are they processing all of this change? Many of the changes they've experienced happened alm…
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Creating Realistic Structure at Home with Kids During Quarantine with Marlene Spence
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Ep 13: Our family routines and everyday schedules have been disrupted. It feels like the family structure has crumbled. So what do you do to get through each day with children running around while you try to work, cook, clean and just survive? Monica called on her good friend Marlene Spence, Creator of Reward’um and Founder of Cornerstone Family Se…
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Young Children & the Coronavirus Quarantine - Special Episode!
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We are presently living in very uncertain times right now. And if you’re overwhelmed with the Coronavirus scare going on, I absolutely feel you. Entire communities are being quarantined and masses of people are flooding supermarkets to purchase everyday essentials such as water and toilet tissue. Raising young children during this time isn't easy, …
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Keeping Children Entertained During the Coronavirus Quarantine - Special Episode!
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Children are oh so lovely, but they can be handful sometimes, especially when the entire family is stuck at home together for an extended period of time. The funny memes that have circulated social media, once school districts started closing one by one across the country, were never ending. Many of them read, "how will I survive" or "what will i d…
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The Importance of Toys in Early Childhood - What Are These Puzzles, Games & Toys Really Teaching My Child?
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Ep 10: One thing we know, which we established in episode 9, is that young children are naturally curious. This natural curiosity helps them to learn about the world. But wait, there’s something else that helps with encourage this curiosity and turn it into skill building and learning. Playing with toys! That’s right Toys have some power. Toys are …
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Play is a Child’s Work + Interview with Dr. Sandra J. Stone
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Ep: 9 Play is a Child’s Work + Interview with Child Development Expert Dr. Sandra J. Stone. Have you heard? Play is a child’s work and we can not underestimate its importance in the development and growth of young children. One of my favorite hashtags to use is #PlayAndLearn, because those two things go hand in hand. Just remember this, when your c…
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Ep: 8 One of the hardest things to do is to watch a child struggle with something and not stepping in to give them the answer or fix the problem. Watching disappointment come across your child’s face is probably not the easiest thing to ignore or let go of. Today's episode is called "Sometimes Kids Fail & It’s Okay!" Monica is sharing why it's actu…
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Ep: 7 Monica is answering those questions many parents have about sharing and young children. Hey everyone! It's Episode 7 of Crayons and Tantrums. Today's episode is tackling this question, to share or not to share? Is your 2 year old sharing? Is your 3 year old having difficulty sharing? Today's episode is called "To Share or Not to Share!" I thi…
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Ep: 6 Hey everyone! It's Episode 6 of Crayons and Tantrums. Today's episode is a messy one. I'm kicking off episode 6 talking about the messiness of childhood. And messy it is. From slime, to snack crumbs everywhere to the whining, laughing and non-stop energy of children, it gets messy. Today's episode is called "Childhood is Messy!" I think it's …
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Ep: 5 Hey everyone! It's Episode 5 of Crayons and Tantrums. Today is reason to celebrate. We are 5 episodes in and we've only touched the tip of the iceberg. Remember I always say to celebrate the small wins. This is a small but mighty win. And the Podcast goes on! Today's episode is called "I Did It!" You know when children experience that moment …
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Your Child is Trying to Tell You Something
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Hey everyone! It's Episode 4 of Crayons and Tantrums. Today's episode is so special. It's our first guest episode. I invited a special guest on today's episode to talk her experience dealing with changes in her 3 year olds behavior and how she was able to learn through her child's play. Today's special guest is my mother! That's right I'm so excite…
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Ep 3: Hey everyone! It's Episode 3 of Crayons and Tantrums. It's time to get real today. Have you ever found yourself saying things like; “You should know better”, “Act your age.” “Stop acting like a baby”, “Stop that.” “Keep it up and….” Are you guilty? Hey, I’ve been guilty of saying similar things and probably some of those same things. I’m not …
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Ep 2: Hey! Hey! Hey! It's Episode 2, already. I'm still enjoying the excitement from the launch of the podcast. Today I wanted to chat about another popular topic. It's really an extension of last week's episode. I wanted to touch on reasons as to why children don't listen or appear not to be listening. In this episode I share 3 common reasons chil…
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Ep 1: Welcome to episode 1 of Crayons and Tantrums Podcast.In this episode I answer the question, Are children bad? This is a heavy topic, because it's a word that is thrown around loosely. I feel the word "Bad" is used to describe children way too much. Let's talk about it a little more. Listen to this episode now! In this episode I answer the que…
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Ep 0: Welcome to the introduction episode of the Crayons and Tantrums Podcast. In this episode you’ll here why Monica J Sutton started this podcast, what your podcast conversations will be about and exactly when she realized there was more to child behavior than just thinking “kids are supposed to always listen to adults”. It’s one of those stories…
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