MWH 231 : The Power of Playful - Simple, Practical and Playful Strategies To Get More Work Done at Home with Amy Cox

I have a bit of different episode for you this week, and I know you’re gonna love it. This workshop was such a huge hit amongst my Social Method Society Members that I knew I had to share it with all of my beautiful podcast listeners, too.So what you’re going to hear today is an extract from a live workshop that took place in the Social Method Society that we turned into a podcast!Amy Cox of Playful Families joined us as our guest coach for this exclusive bonus workshop. During this workshop, she helped our members discover the secret sauce to getting their kids to play independently whilst also helping them identify their non-negotiables and use them to make home time more productive, more playful and joyful for everybody.Let’s get into it!

ABOUT AMY:

Amy Cox is a business owner and mother of four who runs her business from home. Before she had kids, she was an award-winning teacher.Though Amy’s first business launched in 2014, Amy launched her online business in 2018 where she helps parents inject playfulness and connections into their lives. From 2016 to 2019, she was a play session facilitator for families with children. Over the course of three years, Amy has served hundreds of families from different age groups and set-up hundred play ideas for them.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

This workshop is called “The Power of Playful” and during the workshop we’re going to be looking at simple, practical and playful strategies to help you get more work done at home.During this workshop, Amy shares key strategies and simple little tweaks to help set-up a place in your home where your kids can actually play. She advises to use what you have at home to encourage meaningful play so you can get some work done!Amy also helps mums recognise how important they are throughout this process. She even developed a system to teach mums to find a solution for their family and their family’s needs.By the end of this workshop, you will discover the secret sauce to get your kids to play independently.We’re also going to find your anchor words and we’re going to use these words to make your home time more productive, more playful and more joyful.

AMY ASKS: “HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU NEED YOUR CHILD TO PLAY QUIETLY?”

If yes, the first step is not about what they’re going to be doing or where they’re going to be playing. The first step is to know how they are feeling.Please note: You might find this strategy counterintuitive.There are three things that children need to thrive: a caring adult, who unlocks their world and who gives it meaning. Our children are actually looking at us as their window to the world.

SECRET SAUCE: CONNECTION TO YOUR CHILD

Make your children feel like they belong and give them that feeling of being important. Kids are hard-wired for connections because they are social creatures. They have the innate desire to feel felt. Their primary goal is to feel connected to us, to feel a sense of belonging and to feel like they are important.It is not about knowing they are important, but it is about feeling that they are important. Amy says, “In your child’s world, they have very, very limited control over what they do. You control their home. You’ve got all the control.”Children do not have the aspect of control but there is one thing that they can control and it’s their behaviour. They can control the way that they behave and orient towards a goal.The goal is to get mum to notice them so they can feel felt, so they can get that connection, they can get that attention and they can get that power. If it is not coming in a positive way,