IN-person event

Creating an Engaging ECEC Environment

Sunshine Coast
Friday 28th August, 2026
7pm-9pm Brisbane Time
Learn how to transform your ECEC environment and create change in behaviour. An evening event for ECEC Educators and ECT's with Stephanie Bennett.
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Creating an Engaging Toddler Environment

You love working with toddlers. But some days feel completely unmanageable the meltdowns, the noise, the constant redirection, the sheer exhaustion of trying to hold it all together while keeping multiple little humans engaged, safe, and thriving.

Here's the thing: it might not be you. It might be the room.
The environment you work in every day is either working with you or against you and most educators have never been shown the difference.

This is a masterclass evening for early childhood educators and ECT's who are done with vague PD and ready for real answers. Spend two hours with Stephanie Bennett from The Curiosity Approach and look at your toddler environment in a completely different way.

Venue & Location 

Millwell Community Centre,
11 Millwell Road, East Maroochydore, QLD, 4558

Date

Friday 28th August, 2026

Time

Event from 7pm - 9pm Brisbane Time

Small changes to make a big impact in behaviour - by tomorrow

What to Expect
Stephanie will walk you through the neuroscience of toddler behaviour in plain language, zero jargon.

  • Why do children dysregulate,  and what is the environment telling their nervous system?
  • How do your tone, your energy, and where you stand in the room become part of the environment children are responding to?
  • How do small, deliberate design choices in the space ripple out into the behaviour you see every single day?

You'll leave understanding your environment as a tool, one you can shape, not just survive in and see the direct line between how a space is prepared and how children (and you) actually feel in it.

You'll Leave With a Plan
Not a list of things to "look into later." Real, practical shifts to your environment and your interactions within it that you can implement tomorrow morning. 

This Evening Is For You If…
  • You're exhausted by reactive behaviour management and want to get ahead of it by changing the space, not just your response to it
  • You suspect your environment might be working against you but aren't sure where to start
  • You want to understand your own role in the room, not just the children's behaviour in it
  • You want PD that actually respects your time and intelligence
  • You'd love a night that feels more like an inspiring conversation than a workshop


Terms & Conditions:
If Stephanie Bennett cancels this seminar for any reason, all fees will be refunded. A  registrant may substitute another person in their place at no extra cost. Registrants who fail to attend the seminar will not be given a refund.
This evening can be funded through your Kindy Uplift professional development budget. It aligns strongly with Kindy Uplift priorities, including Social and Emotional Learning, Inclusive Practices, Wellbeing, and Quality Learning Environments.

Stephanie Bennett

Early Childhood Professional transforming Early Childhood Education.
Stephanie is a seasoned educator and co-creator of The Curiosity Approach®, a modern pedagogy transforming Early Childhood Education.
 stephanie@thecuriosityapproach.co.uk
 https://www.thecuriosityapproach.com/
Stephanie Bennett is a seasoned educator and co-creator of The Curiosity Approach®, a modern pedagogy transforming Early Childhood Education.

With over 30 years of hands-on experience in early learning, Stephanie has owned and led Early Childhood Centres in Leicestershire, U.K, as a director and innovator.

She is co-founder of The Curiosity Approach® and instrumental in sharing this modern-day pedagogy across diverse settings. Her leadership extends beyond local practice, making a global impact by influencing educators, parents, and service managers to prioritise wonder, imagination, and meaningful learning.

She advocates for transforming early childhood environments by adopting a slower pedagogy and creating intentional spaces, where educators shift from outdated practice and understand WHY change is necessary in Early Years.
As a Centre Director who is trying to work out why my educators are struggling, I can already see that the environment is full of closed resources and not open enough to allow the children to have freedom and autonomy over their play.
I can support them by really looking at where the children play and then opening up that area for them to become totally involved in what they want to do, and to do the same both indoors and out.
Kim - Centre Director

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