45: Problem-Solving through Play
02/17/25 • 7 min
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips of playful ways to teach problem-solving skills that will also help strengthen your connection and relationship with them.
1. Guided Brainstorming with a Timer
2. Building Challenges with Blocks or Legos
3. Mystery Box
4. “What Would You Do?” Game
Imagine building a bridge across a river: every stone laid down represents a skill, a tool, or a moment of connection gained through play. By consistently adding stones of patience, creativity, empathy, and communication, you and your child build a bridge that can carry them through life’s challenges. Through play, they know they can lean on this bridge and your guidance, making each problem they face a little easier to cross.
Check out, subscribe to, and follow my Instagram and Facebook for more information between episodes regarding helpful tips that can further your connection with the children and teens in your life!
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Check out the therapy practice where I work: https://www.canyonbreezecounseling.com
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips of playful ways to teach problem-solving skills that will also help strengthen your connection and relationship with them.
1. Guided Brainstorming with a Timer
2. Building Challenges with Blocks or Legos
3. Mystery Box
4. “What Would You Do?” Game
Imagine building a bridge across a river: every stone laid down represents a skill, a tool, or a moment of connection gained through play. By consistently adding stones of patience, creativity, empathy, and communication, you and your child build a bridge that can carry them through life’s challenges. Through play, they know they can lean on this bridge and your guidance, making each problem they face a little easier to cross.
Check out, subscribe to, and follow my Instagram and Facebook for more information between episodes regarding helpful tips that can further your connection with the children and teens in your life!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playfulconnectionpodcast/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558404776860
Contact: [email protected]
Check out the therapy practice where I work: https://www.canyonbreezecounseling.com
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44: Power of Non-Verbal Communication
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to apply non-verbal communication in positive ways, and how applying these tips will help strengthen your connection with the children or teens in your life.
1. Eye Contact
2. Active Listening
3. Facial Expressions
4. Physical Touch
Non-verbal communication is like stars in the night sky. Even though they’re not as bright as the moon, they still provide light and the child or teen still knows that they’re there. As we shine light through using different forms of non-verbal communication, the child or teen will know that we are listening, there for them, and care about them. Helping them to feel this will certainly strengthen your connection with them.
Check out, subscribe to, and follow my Instagram and Facebook for more information between episodes regarding helpful tips that can further your connection with the children and teens in your life!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playfulconnectionpodcast/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558404776860
Contact: [email protected]
Check out the therapy practice where I work: https://www.canyonbreezecounseling.com
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46: Importance of Self-Reflection
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical tips of how to teach self-reflection to your children and teens and strengthen your bond with them.
1. Feelings Journal
2. Three Good Things Exercise
3. Letter Writing
4. Daily Reflection Questions
Self-reflection is like holding up a mirror in which children and teens can see their true selves, free from external judgments. Just as a mirror reveals details that might otherwise go unnoticed, self-reflection helps them observe the nuances of their own thoughts, feelings, and reactions. In doing so, they become more self-aware and resilient, gaining clarity that guides them through life’s complex landscapes. And as you stand beside them, encouraging and sharing in these reflective moments, you become a constant, reassuring presence, strengthening the bond between you as you both journey through the ever-changing reflections of growth and understanding.
Check out, subscribe to, and follow my Instagram and Facebook for more information between episodes regarding helpful tips that can further your connection with the children and teens in your life!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playfulconnectionpodcast/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558404776860
Contact: [email protected]
Check out the therapy practice where I work: https://www.canyonbreezecounseling.com
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