Hey there!
I (Kasey) may have a bit of a reputation for being extreme, or as some of my friends kindly put it…a little intense. If we’ve had the pleasure of working together, I sincerely hope that I’ve been able to communicate and provide education that feels accessible for your family and your child. But I do recognize that I can come off as a little intimidating.
One thing that I am often deemed a little “over the top” in is my desire to optimize. I love being efficient and finding ways to habit stack or address two birds with one stone. With this as my mindset, I set out on my own parenting journey and I quickly realized that I view every opportunity that I have with my daughter as a chance to model and teach and for her to learn. And I do mean EVERY opportunity.
I love to have my daughter come along and help me with all the different tasks, chores, work and even activities of daily living that I engage in every single day. Ever since she was little, I would set her up in my bathroom and allow her to watch me as I brushed my teeth, showing her the different tools that I used, and as she got older, even allowing her to try some of them herself. The reason I believe so strongly in this is because it’s a reflection of everyday life and of activities that will give us the biggest bang for our buck. Meaning, these are the things that we are going to be doing every single day and that we want our children to be able to learn and participate in. Theses activities lend themselves to natural sequencing such as making a grocery list together, coming up with a plan (executive function), household chores, taking care of our things (our home and our bodies), and even planning out and thinking of others.
I want our kids to have the chance to learn how to eat in restaurants with others, walk up and down the grocery aisles picking out food, run errands to the post office or to the hardware store… It really opens so many doors to true functional skills that kids will need to have to prepare them for the real world.
-Kasey