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Making Sense of Toddlers

Why toddlers are biting, bolting, throwing and melting down, and what to actually do about it. 

You know the moment. A toddler hurls a block across the room, bites another child without warning, or drops into a full meltdown over nothing you can name. You're not doing anything wrong. You just weren't taught what's actually driving toddler behaviour, because two-year-olds are not small preschoolers and they don't respond to preschool strategies.
Presented By Kimberley Crisp
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Toddlers are not small preschoolers. They are their own extraordinary, bewildering, wonderful kind of human — and working with them well means preparing yourself fully: head, heart, and hands.

In this webinar, we explore what's really driving toddler behaviour and impulses, from the compelling urge to throw, knock down, fill, and run, to the fierce emotional storms that can catch us off guard.

We'll look at why two-year-olds are genuinely different from older children, and how understanding those differences shapes everything: the way we set up our spaces, the way we plan our teaching, and the way we show up each day.

Presented By

Kimberley Crisp

Webinar Duration

Approximately 60 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced educators

What will you learn?

What we'll explore together:
  • Making sense of toddler behaviour and impulses — what's really going on beneath the surface.
  • Preparing yourself — head, heart, and hands — for the unique demands of toddler work
  • The unique needs of two-year-olds versus older children — and why that difference matters
  • Why less is more — and how to slow down to keep up with toddlers
  • The teacher and team's role in fostering safety, connection, and joy
  • Practising "connect before correct" as the foundation for behaviour guidance

Practical strategies you'll take away:

1. Environment design
Set up spaces that channel urges safely — for throwing, climbing, filling, dumping, and more

2. Intentional teaching
Plan with urges in mind — meaningful provocations, open-ended materials, and following the child's lead

3. Routines and transitions
Build predictability and calm into the day so toddlers feel safe enough to explore

4. In-the-moment responses
Language, tone, and presence — practical tools for connecting and guiding without shutting down
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
Kindy Uplift funding can be used for professional development that focuses on toddlers, provided the service can clearly demonstrate how that learning will improve outcomes for the kindergarten children in their approved kindergarten program.
About the presenter

Kimberley Crisp

Kimberley is a flower picking … candle burning … potion creating … animal loving bohemian at heart She and her partner and their 2 rescue fur babies Lincoln and Basil live a life by design creating adventures between their house bus Billie and their Tiny Home ‘ Tiny on Te Awa’ .

Her early childhood years was where she developed a wild love affair with nature. A passionate Nana who took her on beach picnics and where outside in the garden is where they literally lived their days together. Flowers and animals partnered with special Rituals create the ‘ anniversaries of the heart ‘ she so fondly shares today.

“May the beauty of what you love be what you do “ Rumi
A mantra Kimberley uses to guide all her work .
Kimberley has a Bachelors in Education ( ECE) and cofounder and creator of The Nest Private Kindergaten.
It was the the ‘ birth ‘ of this model that fast became the ‘ teaching ground ‘for not only her but hundreds of other professionals that would visit and see feel and hear a different’ way of being ‘ .
Kimberley’s creativity didn’t stop at The Nest she always wanted to establish a model outside the system with NO strings so ‘The Haven’ was birthed into being and this was a Home Schooling hub where children between 5-13 years of age cross pollinate OUTSIDE.

This was by far the most SIMPLE….
It was outside the system : OUTSIDE.
Kimberley has been to The Pikler Institute in Hungary multiple times to study and visited The Forest Kindergarten in Germany.
After 30 years of working with and alongside children and delivering Professional Development every weekend and in evenings Kimberley is now devoted to supporting individual teachers and teams sharing ALL her tried and true experience and supporting people to shine and be the authentic souls they are born to be. Kimberley believes the best teacher is the one that sees the light in those they are teaching.

What others said about this webinar:

This was great. I loved the examples and points on how we see children as capable but then we take away their decision making with something as simple as coat wearing.
— AMY
What an awesome webinar, made you think whether who we are doing it for and reflecting on our practice.
— MEMUN
It was awesome so easy to listen to and very practical thanks
— KAREN

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