Little Seed Education Consulting

06/19/2024

Hello, I have several parents who has asked to attend group courses on social-emotional development. As promised I am making it happen this summer. I am going to use Activity Hero to help host class registrations. Please come check out social-emotional courses for ages 4-10 years and help spread the words! Thank you!

Link: https://www.activityhero.com/refer-a-friend/1cdcbda2?utm_source=share-this&utm_campaign=2023-02-18&utm_medium=share_provider&share_session_id=null&provider_id=84407

Courses will be updated regularly throughout this summer. Small group size of no more than 5 students per class and taught by licensed educational psychologist.

05/24/2023

Came across this resource today!

Conversation starters for kids- check out things you can say to make a friend at a new place or to spark up a conversation with someone you want to be friends with at school.

Conversation Starters for Kids: Help Your Kids Build Lasting Friendships and Meaningful Connections with these Simple Conversation Starters

12/16/2022

I thought you'd be interested in this article on Psychology Today:

Redshirting: Should Your Child Delay Kindergarten?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-translator/202206/redshirting-should-your-child-delay-kindergarten?eml

I came across other posts where parents are discussing about a list of local school districts that would allow red shirting. So here I am looking up some research data on whether this could be a positive impact for a child. Pretty interesting read!

The research on this may be more complicated than you think.

12/07/2022

Since schools’ reopening kids are getting back to seeing friends and developing connections and relationships. Most kids pick up social skills from these natural human interactions. I work with a group of children that struggles with fitting in and finding friends. We work on strategies on finding connections and we focus on developing inner powers (confidence, love for self, recognizing our strengths..etc).

Sometimes I think to myself what else can I do to make school a happier place for these children. I need more people to help me help these children. Here today, I want to send a message to both kids and parents to please welcome & embrace new friends and try connect with people who can be different but you might still find them interesting after you initiate the connection. Find one way to connect together even if it’s for one day.

If we can all encourage our children to look for that 1 kid who is alone at recess and spend 1 recess a week with that peer it can make a world of difference for that child. It can help shield this child from further social isolation and potential depression. Please talk to your child about “their power of connection, companionship, and empathy”.

Thanks for staying with me here on FB when I don’t post very often! I definitely need to get better at connecting here than focus solely on in person connections!

08/11/2022

Summer break is almost over and our children are getting ready to go back to school. You just had a whole summer with your child, perhaps you also had to deal with occasional problem behaviors. Today, I want to bring up a strategy that can improve parent-child communication when you need to discuss a problem behavior.

So the other day my family and I were having a late lunch with another extended family whom we hadn’t seen for many years. My daughter said she wasn’t hungry and was playing on an iPad while adults were chatting. Perhaps my daughter was exhausted due to jet lag, a bad night of sleep, hunger..etc. She didn’t manage her frustration well when she had to take a loss in her video game which turned into a big meltdown in front of everyone. Everyone in our dinner party (including herself) left the restaurant feeling stressed and embarrassed due to the commotion she had created at the restaurant. The next day we (as a family) tried to discuss what happened at the restaurant and are hoping to learn from the experience so it doesn’t happen again. In the beginning of this conversation, my daughter was in denial about her tantruming behavior due to feeling shameful for losing her cool at a restaurant. Instead of admitting to her actions and letting us move forward to talk about what we could do differently next time when we feel upset, she pretended nothing happened at the restaurant. The conversation wasn’t getting anywhere and was beginning to become frustrated for us the parents as well. Then I tried a technique called “externalizing” from narrative therapy which helped discuss the problem behavior (having a tantrum at a restaurant) outside the individual and renaming the behavior as an anger monster who grew too big at the restaurant. This immediately changed her demeanor and tone of voice because we helped remove both the blame and the shameful feeling she had at the time. She was then ready to admit what went wrong at the restaurant and listened for strategies next time.
I want to share this story here so maybe you can try out this strategy when you feel stuck in getting your child to reflect upon what happened so you could also come to a solution for next time.

If you are interested in learning more techniques to improve your communication with your child or help your child learn self regulation strategies contact us. This is what we do at Little Seed Education Consulting. We provide parent coaching, counseling for children, and teach lessons that help guide children to develop stronger emotion regulation skills. Even as adults we continue to practice emotion regulation skills when dealing with conflicts at work or home. It is not surprising that children also need practice and time to develop this important skill!

# Emotion Regulation Classes
-Child Communication

05/30/2022

Friendship and social conflict resolution class for kids 1st-3rd grade -available 6/16 & 6/17 (10:30-12 pm) or (12:30-2pm).

Location: downtown Sunnyvale

Class size max 5 students with minimum 3 students to open a class.

Contact me if interested!

02/27/2022

Hello, I hope every kid has adjusted well back to school and your family has found your new normal. I know it hasn’t been easy parenting in this pandemic. Keep up all the good work and try out these positive statements with your child. Kids thrive on positivity and encouragements!

07/13/2021

It's never too early to start building on Emotion Intelligence (EQ) for children! Higher EQ increases happiness and success in achieving goals in life. Come join a class this summer and be ready to become a great social detective/friend in school.

Classes are offered outdoor and in-person (with face masks required) in Sunnyvale. These are small classes with a maximum of 6 students per class. Class registration is open right now.
Contact littleseedpsych@gmail.com to sign up now.

07/09/2021

Hello All!

I’m here sharing my social emotional learning (EQ development) classes for children.

More course information is here:
https://www.littleseedconsulting.com/projects-6

I also offer parent workshop on individualized education program for those that need more information about receiving special education services in public school.

I regularly conduct assessments for identification of developmental learning delays, learning disability, private school entrance exam (IQ testing)..etc.

All the flyers are attached below! Hope to meet your children in my classes this summer. Thanks!

06/05/2021

Littleseed Education Consulting is offering summer service:

- academic testing

- cognitive and processing testing

- social emotional learning group (max 4 a group)

- individual educational counseling

- parent support on IEP/504. Review of documents and help support understanding of these documents to help effectively advocate for needs of your child.

Please contact me for more information and questions.

03/30/2021

Hellooo! What a year with the pandemic!
I took a long break from posting here but have not stop working with families and children in my private practice and at schools.

Today I especially want to post something for ourselves as parents. As caregivers we always put our child’s needs before ourselves, and after awhile we experience burnout too. It’s important we engage in Self-care too. Let me share an article on “Why Self-Care Is Important For Everyone, Including (and Especially) Parents”
https://www.waterford.org/education/self-care-for-parents/

Enjoy and I hope you find some overdue “me” time too!

It’s so easy to mistake self-care for self-indulgence. But did you know that self-care is essential for your well-being as a parent?

09/22/2020

Look forward to talking and sharing about how we can build awareness for inclusion!

Inclusion is a practice that supports all children. How do we learn and how do we support each other?

Our series will begin with ADHD. Come back next Monday (9.28) to get on the journey of inclusion discovery together.