May 28, 2024 Transforming the Toddler Years- Episode 145 Why Toddlers Don't Follow Directions! (1 Tip to Help Them Listen) In this episode, Cara discusses the difference between listening, hearing and processing information. She shares a tested tip to help get toddlers to listen and explains how to make toddlers feel successful when they achieve completing each step in a plan. Cara reminds us that the intentional language we use will encourage toddlers to listen and feel successful. Wish there was less crying, whining and complaining? Transitions are H.A.R.D for toddlers. Which makes them hard for you. Grab Cara's free ⁠4 Step Guide to Tantrum Free Transitions⁠! About Your Host: Cara Tyrrell, M.Ed is a Vermont-based Early Childhood Educator, Conscious Parenting Coach, and the founder of Core4Parenting. She is the passionate mastermind behind the Collaborative Parenting Methodology(™), a birth-to-five, soul and science-based framework that empowers parents to maximize their child’s early learning while raising fantastic human beings who succeed in school and life. While teaching preschool and Kindergarten, she noticed her students knew their ABC’s and 123’s, but struggled with their social, emotional, and interpersonal skills. At drop-off, parents would say, “We’re so glad that you are their first teacher”, but she knew she wasn’t -- their parents were! This realization led to her professional pivot as an online Early Childhood Parent Educator and Coach.  Cara has embraced her role as a thought leader and fierce advocate for Pandemic parents raising the COVID Generation (GEN-C). Through keynotes, teacher training, and her podcast, Transforming the Toddler Years, she’s teaching the 5 Executive Functioning Skills kids need to navigate our ever-changing world. Cara holds degrees in American Sign Language (ASL) and Linguistics and a Master’s degree in Education. She lives in southern Vermont with her two nearly grown-and-flown daughters and a husband who is her biggest cheerleader. Ready to raise world-ready kids who change the world? Visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.caratyrrell.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠to begin your Collaborative Parenting journey!⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/core4parenting/message