How to Build Mental Wellness

The More You Talk, Play, Read and Sing With Your Child Every Day, the Smarter Their Brain Becomes. These Little Moments Count.

• How to Prepare Your Child for a Lifetime of Positive Mental Health: 0–5 Years
• Ways to Foster Mental Well-being for Toddlers
• Fostering the ‘Ordinary Magic’ of Resilience

Choose from four videos below by clicking on the hamburger menu in the right corner.

Brain-Building Through Play
· Follow These 5 Steps to Practice Serve & Return With Your Child
· 5 Games to Play with Toddlers (12 months)
· 5 Games to Play with Toddlers (18 months)
· 6 Games to Play with Toddlers (2-3 years)

Toddler Nurturing Play Activities

• 5 Pillars of Nurture (Toddler)
• Executive Function Activities for 18- to 36-month-olds
• Little Moments Count Activity Worksheets

Challenging Behaviors and Self-Regulation

• Toddlers and Challenging Behavior: Why They Do It and How to Respond
• Calming Strategies
• When Children Act Out
• When Children Seek Control
• When Children Shut Down
• Are Time-Outs Helpful or Harmful to Young Children?
• Being-With and Shark Music — Circle of Security International
• To Co-Regulate or Co-Dysregulate. What to Do When Their Feelings or Behavior Get Big
• Managing Your Own Emotions: The Key to Positive, Effective Parenting

Developmental Milestones

• 12 to 24 Months Development
• 24 to 36 months Development

Positive Parenting

• Greater Good Parenting Videos: Raising Caring, Courageous Kids (Toddlers-Teen)
• Positive Parenting

Learn about Parenting Through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).