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Toni Christie – Brain Body Balance (Yeah Baby! 2023). In this keynote from Yeah Baby! Christchurch 2023, Toni Christie dives deep into the neuroscience behind stress and behaviour. She discusses Polyvagal theory, neuroception, sensory processing, and more in a way that is easily understandable and directly applicable to your own teaching practice. Yeah Baby! is […]
In this interview, Toni Christie chats with Australia’s favourite parenting author, Maggie Dent. Author of the bestselling book Mothering Our Boys among others. Toni and Maggie talk child development, behaviour, education, and relationships from early childhood into adolescence and beyond.
In this video from the Childspace archives, teachers and parents from Childspace Ngaio discuss peaceful caregiving with infants and toddlers. They discuss their primary caregiving system, care moments, relationship-based curriculum, and more.
Inspirational Curriculum – Memory Lyon In this keynote from the Kaiako at Play conference, principal of Mangaweka Primary School Memory Lyon talks about inspirational curriculum. Using her own experience moving from ECE to primary education, Memory talks about creating meaningful transition rituals and relationships between ECE and primary settings, as well as bringing play-based pedagogy […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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