With Oceann Gittens, PhD from Ardent Grove

Wednesday, September 30 

12:00pm - 1:30pm

For parents + children ages 2-5

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The play skills that help your kid feel truly seen, practiced together in 90 minutes.

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Building Connection Through Play is a hands-on workshop for parents/caregivers and their kids (ages 2 to 5), built around PRIDE: praise, reflection, imitation, description, and enjoyment. Real, evidence-based play skills that build attachment, strengthen communication, and make cooperation feel a little less like a battle.

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You will learn the skills together in the room, practice them on each other, and leave with tools you can actually use that same afternoon.

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What you'll practice together

• Praise: noticing and naming what's going right

• Reflection: showing your kid you're really listening

• Imitation: following their lead (this one's the game changer)

• Description: narrating play without steering it

• Enjoyment: the part that makes the rest stick

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Details

• Who it's for: parents/caregivers + kids ages 2 to 5

• Length: 90 minutes

• Price: sliding scale

  • $20 to $50 suggested: one child + one parent

  • $30 to $60 suggested: family of 3

  • $40 to $80 suggested: family of 4+

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Come play with us. Bring the whole crew, or just the one who needs you most right now.