Tools for Your 5-Year-Old

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing your 5-year-old child’s skills to manage anger provides a perfect opportunity. Children … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing your 5-year-old child’s skills to communicate respectfully provides a perfect opportunity. Conflict … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. “Ultimately, the only power to which humans should aspire is that which s/he exercises over her/himself.” – Eli Weisel Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. Helping your 5-year-old child learn … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your 5-year-old child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and daily chores provide a perfect opportunity. Chores allow your child to contribute … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while building a sense of confidence in your 5-year-old child that they can work … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing your 5-year-old child’s skills to manage conflict provides a perfect opportunity. Conflict … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Children ages 5-10 are working on understanding rules and applying them in various situations. They are seeking independence and will naturally test limits and break rules. In addition, when they feel powerless and angry, they can lash out in ways that show … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in helping your child develop empathy. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while growing your child’s capacity for empathy from the time they are … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. Helping your 5-year-old child grow healthy friendships is essential. Through relationships, your child develops a sense of belonging. They come to better understand themselves … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. “I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.” – Fred Rogers Now Is the Right Time! Children ages 5-10 are working on understanding rules and applying them in various situations. They are seeking independence and will naturally test limits and … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your 5-year-old child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and setting up a daily homework routine provides a perfect opportunity. Children ages … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship while building essential listening skills in your 5-year-old child. Your child’s success depends upon … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Trust is an essential foundation for healthy relationships. As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and understanding how to promote trust … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Now is the right time to become more fully aware of the messages your child is receiving about alcohol, the impacts, and how you can shape the messages you send going forward to promote healthy choices. Though children are typically not tempted … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Now is the right time to become more fully aware of the messages your child is receiving about marijuana, the impacts on your child, and how you can shape the messages you send going forward to promote healthy choices. Though children are … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your 5-year-old child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and growing skills in reading is a great way to do it. Reading … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Children ages 5-10 are working on understanding rules and applying them in various situations. They are seeking independence and will naturally test limits and break rules. When they do, they require guidance on how to repair harm caused to a relationship or … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Children ages 5-10 are working on understanding what it means to act responsibly. They are working to understand the rules and apply them in various settings. They are working on their own independence. They are increasingly taking care of their bodies (eating … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your 5-year-old child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and daily routines provide a perfect opportunity. Routines not only help your family … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As a parent or someone in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and helping your 5-year-old child grow their collaboration, turn-taking, and healthy friendship skills is … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Children and adults alike experience stress. Stress is typically caused by an external trigger like an angry sibling shouting, “You can’t have my game!” or a mom insisting a child needs to stop playing and work on a homework assignment they’ve been … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! Children are constantly noting differences in the world. Parents and those in a parenting role can support children as they make sense of differences among people by talking to them about what they observe. You might be coming to this tool because … Read more

Listen to an audio file of this tool. Now Is the Right Time! As parents or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s success. There are intentional ways to grow a healthy parent-child relationship, and helping your 5-year-old child learn to deal with their most upsetting feelings constructively provides … Read more