HS-002

The Heart of ECE Environments

Creating an early years environment where children feel they belong

$149 per person - $499 per team
Learn at your own pace, when you can from any device. No time limits. 

What does a true ‘home away from home’ look and feel like in early childhood education settings?

In this course, you’ll explore how to create a nurturing and safe haven for play, imagination, and genuine connection — a space that feels calm, warm, and full of heart.

Many children can spend more waking hours in our early childhood settings than they do in their own homes. This means our environments aren’t just places for care and education — they become living, breathing spaces where belonging and relationships thrive.

Home-like spaces are heart-like spaces. They leave room for the most vital ingredients in a child’s world: love, play, relationships, and life itself.

Created By

The Heart School

Skill Level

Suitable for beginners to experienced educators

In this inspiring and practical learning journey, you’ll discover how to:

  • Infuse care, love, and beauty into your environment to foster play and imagination.
  • Embrace the role of a Nestmaker — preparing your setting (and yourself) in head, heart, and hand for meaningful change.
  • Create a sensorial banquet that engages children’s senses and emotions.
  • Go beyond surface aesthetics to design environments where care is truly felt and relationships matter most.
  • Offer a space that nurtures little hearts — not just one that houses little bodies.

Together, we’ll move beyond the basics and towards the beautiful — in both the seen and unseen elements of your environment.
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
Your teachers

Meet Anja and Kimberley

We are two early childhood teachers based in New Zealand and the founders of The Heart School.

We have decades of experience as teachers on the floor and owners/managers of our own early childhood settings.

We practice from, with and for the heart. Join us on the heart path. Draw from our experience and dive into our resources!

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