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Inspirational Curriculum

Inspirational Curriculum – Memory Lyon In this keynote from the Kaiako at Play conference, principal of Mangaweka Primary School Memory Lyon talks about inspirational curriculum.

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Rituals: making the everyday extraordinary

Josh Allen and Becky Gray In this presentation, kaiako Josh Allen and Becky Gray share some wisdom about creating meaningful rituals in your centre. Providing inspiration and practical tips, Josh and Becky will help you transform everyday, humble ‘routines’ into thoughtful, intentional, special moments to share with your centre.

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Celebrating Curiosity: Science and Technology in the Early Years

In the final keynote from Yeah Baby! Christchurch 2022, Dr. Bob (close colleague of Robin Christie) shares exciting, practical, and eco/budget-friendly experiments to introduce young learners to science and technology. From homemade musical instruments and puppets to blowing giant bubbles, Dr. Bob’s experiments will have you excited to get hands-on in your own centre.

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Leading with Heart & Soul – Extended edition

Leading with Heart & Soul – Extended edition. Toni Christie With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Toni Christie (MEd) shares her wit, wisdom, and lessons learned from leading teams in early childhood education in this 2-hour session. In this condensed version of the full-day course, Toni covers the importance of leading from your […]

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The Art of Settling (Yeah Baby! 2022) Ali Porteous

This is the second keynote from Yeah Baby! 2022 In this keynote, Ali discusses how she and her team have implemented a successful, intentional, and relationship-based settling process at Childspace. She discusses why a comprehensive and relationship-focussed settling process is so important for the children and families, as well as tips on creating strong teacher-family […]

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Love, Learning, and the Environment (Yeah Baby! 2022) Toni Christie

This is the first keynote of Yeah Baby! 2022 In this opening keynote, filmed at Yeah Baby! in Christchurch, Toni discusses how the environment intersects with learning and relationships for young children. She discusses creating intentional provocations and invitations for learning experiences, how children are wiser than adults, and how important our own wellbeing is […]

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Biophilic Design & The Honeycomb Hypothesis: An Interview with Sandra Duncan

In this video, Toni interviews early childhood environment design consultant and author Dr. Sandra Duncan. They discuss intentionally designing environments with Biophilic design principles and a sense of place, as well as exploring some of Duncan’s environment design theories from her previous publications like The Honeycomb Hypothesis. You can find out more about Sandra, and […]

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Leading with Heart and Soul audiobook

Leading with Heart & Soul audiobook

Toni Christie reads from her best-selling Leading with Heart and Soul book about leadership in Early Childhood Education.  Sometimes straying from the written text, and always fun, warm, and enlightening, this 2.5 hour audiobook is full of wit and wisdom as Toni talks us through the twelve chapters, introduction and conclusion.  If you are looking for solid, […]

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Quality Documentation

Quality Documentation of Children’s Learning – Part 3

This is the third of three videos on the subject of creating quality learning stories for children and families. In this video, Ali covers some of the common lenses for learning used in learning stories, including play urges, schemas, learning dispositions, te whare tapa whā, and more. You can find the full Quality documentation resource, including […]

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Quality Documentation

Quality Documentation of Children’s Learning – Part 2

This is the second of three videos on the subject of creating quality learning stories for children and families. In this video, Ali takes you through the frameworks that we use to create quality learning stories, Journeys of discovery, and group learning documentation. You can find the full Quality documentation resource, including as an eBook, at https://childspace.nz/shop/  […]

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