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Creating A Calmer More Engaged Toddler Environment

Understand toddler behaviour and environment design with Stephanie Bennett, The Curiosity Approach®
Presented By Stephanie Bennett 
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You're doing everything "right" and yet your toddler room still feels like it's on the edge of chaos. The noise, the pushing, the tears, the constant need for you. Sound familiar?


In this session, Stephanie Bennett from the Curiosity Approach pulls back the curtain on why toddler rooms can feel so overwhelming, and spoiler: it's probably not what you think. This isn't about behaviour management strategies (there are a million of those). This is about understanding what's actually driving the behaviour in the first place and how your environment can make a difference to this.

Forty-five minutes. No fluff. Real insight you'll use the very next day.

Presented By

 Stephanie Bennett from The Curiosity Approach®

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner to experienced toddler teachers & educators

What will you learn?

The Toddler Brain Under Pressure

A plain-language look at why toddlers dysregulate and why it often happens in clusters. What the nervous system is actually doing when the room "tips."

You Might Be the Trigger (And That's Okay)

How your tone, pace, proximity, and emotional state directly influence the children in your room, and the small shifts that create an immediate difference.

The Environment Is Speaking. Are You Listening?

A sneak peek at how space, materials, and setup send constant messages to children's nervous systems. We'll look at real examples of what calming and activating environments actually look like.

Three Things You Can Change Tomorrow

Concrete, low-cost, low-effort shifts that make your environment work with you instead of against you.
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
About the presenter

Stephanie Bennett

Stephanie 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.

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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