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Mar 2024
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Leo the Lion Teaches Kids About Entrepre...

Cara Tyrrell, M.Ed, Creator of The Collaborative Parenting Methodology
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March 28, 2024

Transforming the Toddler Years- Episode 128

Leo the Lion Teaches Kids About Entrepreneurship with Children's Author, Annie Franceschi This week Annie Franceschi, former Disney storyteller-turned-branding expert, joins Cara this week to discuss teaching kids about entrepreneurship. She shares her story of landing her dream job, and then realizing it wasn't her dream life. She emphasizes how we can use the concepts of business to foster our kids' creativity and get them "dreaming beyond the lemonade stand".

Be sure to check out Annie's new book "Small Biz for Kids" and get your littles dreaming!

Struggling with transitions? Looking for calm, connected tear-free transitions? Download Cara's new ⁠⁠Tips for Tantrum-Free Transitions Guide,⁠⁠ audio files included!

About Your Host:

Cara Tyrrell, M.Ed is a Vermont-based Early Childhood Educator, Conscious Parenting Coach, and the founder of Core4Parenting. She is the passionate mastermind behind the Collaborative Parenting Methodology(™), a birth-to-five, soul and science-based framework that empowers parents to maximize their child’s early learning while raising fantastic human beings who succeed in school and life.

While teaching preschool and Kindergarten, she noticed her students knew their ABC’s and 123’s, but struggled with their social, emotional, and interpersonal skills. At drop-off, parents would say, “We’re so glad that you are their first teacher”, but she knew she wasn’t -- their parents were! This realization led to her professional pivot as an online Early Childhood Parent Educator and Coach. 

Cara has embraced her role as a thought leader and fierce advocate for Pandemic parents raising the COVID Generation (GEN-C). Through keynotes, teacher training, and her podcast, Transforming the Toddler Years, she’s teaching the 5 Executive Functioning Skills kids need to navigate our ever-changing world.

Cara holds degrees in American Sign Language (ASL) and Linguistics and a Master’s degree in Education. She lives in southern Vermont with her two nearly grown-and-flown daughters and a husband who is her biggest cheerleader. Ready to raise world-ready kids who change the world?

Visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.caratyrrell.com to begin your Collaborative Parenting journey. 

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