Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending the Calming Today’s Anxious Kids conference hosted by Maggie Dent, Dr Kaylene Henderson and Allison Davies. With the fast pace of modern life, children need our guidance more than ever to manage fear, worry and anxiety. We not only heard about anxiety and what today’s children are struggling with but also the importance of building secure relationships, emotional resilience, teaching problem solving, connection, empathy and how to support our children to thrive through the experience of music. These are all things that are incorporated during SIZZLE lessons to help our children build a ‘tool kit’ of supportive strategies to understand relationships, recognise emotions and develop calming habits to help manage the challenges of everyday life. I have included a website link to each of the presenters from the course. They each provide some wonderful resources and links which you may find useful. 

https://www.maggiedent.com/

https://drkaylenehenderson.com/

https://allisondavies.com.au/

“ The body of a child will not grow if it is not fed, the mind will not flourish unless it is stimulated and guided. And the spirit will suffer if it is not nurtured.”  (Rachael Kessler ‘The Soul of Education.’)

Kassie Miller
SIZZLE / Japanese Teacher