It's heartbreaking when your child struggles to start or return to school. There's so much pressure on them to behave, learn, make friends and deal with new surroundings and it can all be overwhelming for them. It's a big time for them AND for you. So how can you best prepare and support them during this significant transition, and help them with their anxieties? In this episode, Shelley Clarke shares how she is supported her daughter when she started school. This is an ENCORE episode as there's so much goodness in here, that it's so good to hear again, or for the first time - for now in Australia & NZ, and for when children are eventually allowed back into schools around the world when Covid Restrictions are lifted. Shelley is a Parenting by Connection Instructor, Aware Parenting Instructor, Physiotherapist and Sacral Cranial Therapist and loves to use play to help her kids. Unfortunately the sound quality isn't as good as usual, but it's worth persisting with because there's so many great tips and games you can use with your kids to help prepare them, whether they're starting school for the first time or have anxieties about returning to school. You can find out more about Shelley at: http://www.shelleyclarke.com/ Follow Helena Mooney from Parenting with Play! on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ParentingwithPlaywithHelenaMooney/ www.parentingwithplay.com.au