48 episodes
The Sunflower Bridge Podcast Sunflower Creative Arts
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Sunflower Creative Arts is a nonprofit 501c3 organization with the mission of empowering children to be confident, creative and compassionate through Play, Nature and the Arts. Join founding director Susan Caruso and Lindsey Mills, co-creator of Sunflower Bridge, as we share conversations about being with children. New episodes released on Monday mornings. Take a breath and smile with us.
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48. Art is Science, Music is Math (Why play IS learning)
At Sunflower Creative Arts, we believe children learn best through play. In today's episode, Susan and Lindsey explore the interconnectedness of academic subjects such as science and math with sensory play experiences like blending paint colors or mixing homemade play dough.
The Sunflower Bridge Podcast is kindly sponsored by Switzer Musical Productions.
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47. How to get out of the way of learning
Susan and Lindsey share stories from their years of teaching to illustrate why at Sunflower, we believe it's best not to make a habit of pushing your preschool-age child on the swing.
The Sunflower Bridge Podcast is kindly sponsored by Switzer Musical Productions.
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46. You get to decide (Becoming the parent you want to be)
"You get to decide" is a common refrain at Sunflower Creative Arts. Though we draw from many schools of thought, we subscribe to no one ultimate method for early childhood education. We support you to follow your own heart.
In this episode, Susan and Lindsey discuss how the Sunflower framework is meant to serve as a foundation you can build upon in a way that works for you and your family. Ultimately, it is always up to you to decide what you want to leave behind and what you want to bring forward in your parenting.
The Sunflower Bridge Podcast is kindly sponsored by Switzer Musical Productions.
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45. [Re-PLAY: Special Guest, Stephanie Arsht] Where you are embraced
Today we give you a re-play of Episode 10 of the podcast, featuring our first special guest, Stephanie Arsht.
We've brought you a new podcast almost every Monday this year and as we say farewell to 2023, we want to take a moment to say thank you for listening. Our hope is that this podcast serves as a small bright spot in your day - a moment just for you - a moment to take a breath and smile. 🙂
Make a gift of any size to our Full Bloom fundraising campaign before year’s end, and you'll receive a digital download of Sing Along With Sunflower, an album of Sunflower favorites featuring the podcast theme song and some originals by Sunflower Teacher Danielle Parker and myself. You’ll also receive Susan’s studio album, Lullabies in the Garden. Click here to make your contribution. 💛 -
44. Making, spending, giving, saving (Talking with children about money)
It's never too young to begin sharing with children about the concept of money - what is it for? Why do we need it? How do we use it? Join Susan and Lindsey for a chat on how to address these questions and more in your own household.
To share your thoughts, feelings or stories about being with children, send us an email at lindsey@sunflowercreativearts.org or message us on Instagram.
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43. To share or not to share?
To share or not to share?
You may be thinking, "Is that even a question?!"
In this podcast episode, Susan Caruso and Lindsey Mills discuss the hot topic of sharing: why at Sunflower Creative Arts, we approach it a bit differently than other schools, and how we've seen that when children are given the opportunity to truly have something before they are asked to share, they have a chance to develop authentic compassion and generosity.
To share your thoughts, feelings or stories about being with children with us, send us an email at lindsey@sunflowercreativearts.org, or find us on Instagram.
The Sunflower Bridge Podcast is kindly sponsored by Switzer Musical Productions.
Customer Reviews
Thank you!
Thanks Susan and Lindsay for sharing this information and for inspiring parents to look at parenting and education through a different lens 💕🙏
Pure gold!
So happy the Sunflower early childhood development wisdom is in this format. Whether you are a parent or want to re-parent yourself, this snack-size podcast is pure gold.