TriDistrict Community Education

Are your children in preschool but you don’t want to lose those parent connections from ECFE? Or maybe you want to get a jump start on meeting other parents with children going to kindergarten next fall. This parent-only class is a chance to continue adult connections and build new ones while discussing the joys and challenges of parenting preschoolers. Feel confident that both you and your child will be ready for kindergarten. Childcare is not available. Parents in this class will get priority registration to continue in the next trimester.

Every child has a unique temperament. Spirited children tend to be “more”. More intense, more sensitive, more perceptive and more persistent than the average child. We will spend time examining what your child’s unique temperament profile looks like, as well as your own. Develop skills to work with your child in a way that encourages cooperation and helps to decrease the intensity that is a part of many spirited children’s reactions to different situations. Discuss strategies with other parents and discover how to become your child’s emotional coach. (There are 2 different sessions so look carefully at your choice.  One begins in December and the other class begins in March.

Build positive parent-child relationships with a new approach to discipline and intentional parenting. How if this method different from others? Conscious Discipline prompts parents to develop discipline within their children rather than applying discipline to them Created using the latest in brain research and early childhood development, Conscious Discipline works in even the most challenging situations. . Sibling care is available.