ec0aec5e-98bd-40f4-9dd8-aecb00184c88 8281970f-a4c0-40cc-bacb-af480065b7bf c22fdb67-8e36-4774-a426-af4800668c14 en-AU The Sparkways Podcast Bringing you the latest in early childhood professional learning, as well as parenting tips and tricks to help nurture the spark in every child. https://sparkways.org.au 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 conversations about the science behind and effect chanting can have to calm children, what you can do when your child finds their 'NO!", how to go easier on ourselves as parents, how music can help get your children out of the door without drama, and so much more. 

We’ll ask the questions, all you need to do is tune in and stay curious.

]]> episodic 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 conversations about the science behind and effect chanting can have to calm children, what you can do when your child finds their 'NO!", how to go easier on ourselves as parents, how music can help get your children out of the door without drama, and so much more. We’ll ask the questions, all you need to do is tune in and stay curious. Caroline Henricks caroline.henricks@sparkways.org.au Sparkways 2026 Sparkways clean https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/ec0aec5e-98bd-40f4-9dd8-aecb00184c88/8281970f-a4c0-40cc-bacb-af480065b7bf/c22fdb67-8e36-4774-a426-af4800668c14/image.jpg?t=1668406802&size=Large The Sparkways Podcast https://sparkways.org.au Meet best-selling author, host of Parental As Anything and queen of common-sense parenting, Maggie Dent. 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 out more about our mentoring program, or find an Early Learning Service near you. (https://sparkways.org.au/)

Parenting and teacher resources from Maggie Dent, as well as her latest book, Girlhood, can be found here (https://www.maggiedent.com/). Or listen to her podcast on ABC Radio, Parental As Anything. (https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/parental-as-anything-with-maggie-dent)

 

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]]> 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 out more about our mentoring program, or find an Early Learning Service near you. (https://sparkways.org.au/)

Parenting and teacher resources from Maggie Dent, as well as her latest book, Girlhood, can be found here (https://www.maggiedent.com/). Or listen to her podcast on ABC Radio, Parental As Anything. (https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/parental-as-anything-with-maggie-dent)

 

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]]> full 1 1 Sparkways 32f9f4d9-80ec-452a-8a39-af54007bbc72 32f9f4d9-80ec-452a-8a39-af54007bbc72 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:30:00 +0000 1658 https://sparkways.org.au/ clean 1 Explore assertiveness with Dr Nathalie Martinek and find out what you can do when your child finds their “NO!” 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 and champion assertiveness - in yourself and the little ones in your life.

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our mentoring program, or find an early years education and care service near you at https://sparkways.org.au/

Dr Nathalie Martinek's resources as well as her book can be found on her website at https://www.drnathaliemartinek.com

 

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]]> 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 and champion assertiveness - in yourself and the little ones in your life.

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our mentoring program, or find an early years education and care service near you at https://sparkways.org.au/

Dr Nathalie Martinek's resources as well as her book can be found on her website at https://www.drnathaliemartinek.com

 

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]]> full 1 2 Sparkways b07e4710-f9ac-4abd-96f5-af5501609e16 b07e4710-f9ac-4abd-96f5-af5501609e16 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:00:00 +0000 1591 https://sparkways.org.au/ 2 What happens when people come together in a group and chant? Meet Dr Gemma PerryThe Sparkways Podcast 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 practice was able to help reduce stress in a significant number of people.

Join us for this great unpack and how you can encourage your child to chant it out, while providing lifelong tools for finding calm! For more on Dr Gemma’s work, visit: www.gemmaperryom.com

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

 

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]]> 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 practice was able to help reduce stress in a significant number of people.

Join us for this great unpack and how you can encourage your child to chant it out, while providing lifelong tools for finding calm! For more on Dr Gemma’s work, visit: www.gemmaperryom.com

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

 

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]]> full 1 4 Sparkways 2ba6679b-7ee4-46fe-8729-af550164e496 2ba6679b-7ee4-46fe-8729-af550164e496 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:00:00 +0000 1629 https://sparkways.org.au/ 3 How music can support all kinds of brains, reduce anxiety and help with self-regulation with Allison Davies. 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 regulated.

Music specialist Allison Davies deep dives into how music can be used strategically to help raise yours and your family’s threshold for the unpredictable, while helping to cope with your day in the best way you can.

Learn more about Allison Davies here: www.allisondavies.com.au

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

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]]> 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 regulated.

Music specialist Allison Davies deep dives into how music can be used strategically to help raise yours and your family’s threshold for the unpredictable, while helping to cope with your day in the best way you can.

Learn more about Allison Davies here: www.allisondavies.com.au

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

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]]> full 1 5 Sparkways e2e90dcd-1ab1-49fe-8281-af560008c650 e2e90dcd-1ab1-49fe-8281-af560008c650 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 2197 https://omny.fm/shows/sparkways-podcast/sparkways-alison-davies-001 4 Meet Centre Director Simone Smith 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 gives hints and tips on how to make the transition to kindergarten and childcare, easier.

Simone is an experienced educator with a long history of managing Early Learning and Care services to deliver quality programs.  To find out more about Simone and the service she manages, Billy Button Childcare Centre in Footscray.

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

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]]> 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 gives hints and tips on how to make the transition to kindergarten and childcare, easier.

Simone is an experienced educator with a long history of managing Early Learning and Care services to deliver quality programs.  To find out more about Simone and the service she manages, Billy Button Childcare Centre in Footscray.

Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

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]]> full 1 3 Sparkways b418e0c9-af30-44b5-b44e-af6a016be2c4 b418e0c9-af30-44b5-b44e-af6a016be2c4 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:00:00 +0000 1277 https://omny.fm/shows/sparkways-podcast/sparkways-simone-smith-001 5 Meet Fletcher Curnow the Team Leader for the Sparkways Mentoring Program. 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 with the program. Let Fletcher talk to you about how the program works, who it helps and how.


"These young people have had it pretty tough and often need a role model that they can look up to so Sparkways really focuses on connecting the youth with a mentor that can help them in the long run." Fletcher Curnow


Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program and how you can help, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

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]]> 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 with the program. Let Fletcher talk to you about how the program works, who it helps and how.


"These young people have had it pretty tough and often need a role model that they can look up to so Sparkways really focuses on connecting the youth with a mentor that can help them in the long run." Fletcher Curnow


Learn more about Sparkways, find out more about our Mentoring Program and how you can help, or find an Early Learning Service near you.

 

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin East Coast Studio

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

]]> full 1 5 Sparkways ba060dd3-4b50-4a6b-9ee5-afb1016925c4 ba060dd3-4b50-4a6b-9ee5-afb1016925c4 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:46:35 +0000 1022 https://sparkways.org.au/ 6