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The coronavirus has disrupted everyday life. Parents are scrambling to manage new work environments and home schedules. Schools are quickly adapting to online learning practices. And kids are feeling these changes, whether they talk about it or not.
The impact of social distancing presents new challenges for teachers and parents. Now, more than ever, is the time to focus on early emotional skills of your little ones.
Here are 6 reasons Slumberkins can help your child build social-emotional skills.
1. Slumberkins is a new at home tool to help parents easily teach social-emotional skills.
Slumberkins is a product line that uses affirmations, skill-building storybooks, and “snugglers” to teach coping skills for anxiety, stress, and family changes. Whereas affirmations and skill-building storybooks are longtime social-emotional skill-building tools, Slumberkins’ snugglers represent a newer advancement. Many parents read a children’s book with their kids every day, talk about the skills taught by the book, and work on relevant affirmations together. With Slumberkins’ snugglers, kids get a physical reminder of their new skills and their bonds with their parents.
2. Slumberkins is run by two mothers with family therapy and early childhood education backgrounds.
Parents can trust Slumberkins since two mothers with relevant professional backgrounds founded the brand. Founders Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard come from family therapy and early education backgrounds, and both mothers have long promoted early emotional learning as vital to kids’ childhoods (though both would insist that Slumberkins is a supplement to, not a replacement for, any therapy and professional support that kids receive).
3. Slumberkins has earned high media praise.
The duo’s deeply meaningful set of social-emotional learning tools has earned praise from esteemed publications including Forbes, New York Magazine, and Glamour – and with such adorable snugglers, Slumberkins makes a lasting impression with kids, too.
4. Slumberkins Alpaca Snuggler can help your child share their feelings of anxiety during these uncertain times.
Founders Callie and Kelly recently provided these 5 tips on how parents can navigate their child’s anxiety during uncertain times. Slumberkins Alpaca snuggler and storybook teaches kids to articulate, name and share their feelings and fears. Kids find comfort in being able to communicate their fears. After parents read Alpaca’s story to their kids and repeat the affirmation together several times, the Alpaca snuggler serves as a reminder to kids that they can handle stressful times.
5. Slumberkins covers a wide spectrum of social-emotional skills.
Slumberkins’ Alpaca is part of its popular Creature Collection, which includes a Fox snuggler for family changes, a Bigfoot snuggler for self-esteem, and a Yeti snuggler for mindfulness. Alpaca, Fox, Bigfoot, and Yeti include a story and affirmation that the snuggler eventually comes to symbolize for kids. Slumberkins’ snuggler options can help parents navigate kids through divorces or deaths in the family without blaming themselves or feeling unsafe, encourage kids to articulate, name, and share their worries and fears, and show kids how connecting with the world around them can help them to regulate their emotions.
6. Slumberkins gift baskets provide good starting point for social-emotional skill building.
Parents interested in Slumberkins can find an easy starting point with the brand’s creative collections. Slumberkins is committed to sharing hope and providing support to parents during these times and so, for a limited time, they’ll be featuring their creature collections at a special price each day.
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