The Childspace Institute is set in a beautiful old home, in Wellington Aotearoa/NZ. Coming to the Childspace Institute for learning and rejuvenation is a pleasurable and holistic experience.

Our environment includes lovely open yet warm and friendly teaching spaces, relaxing library and resource spaces, fantastic indoor/outdoor flow, a model playground outside, innovative display areas and first class catering!

We pride ourselves on the fact that our courses are practical and useful.

Facilitators for each course are current practitioners specialising in the practical nature of the subject they teach. All courses are offered throughout the year at our institute in Wellington.

Each year a selection of our professional development courses are delivered in other parts of New Zealand. Our team travel where there is a need for specific training delivery.

Courses currently offered include:

Environment design — inside & out

Mosaic making madness

Infants & toddlers

Communication & team building

Strategic planning, management plans & self review

Environment design 3 day institute

Programme planning

Leadership

Storytelling, science & music

Behaviour management

Health, nutrition, hygiene & safety

Valuing little artists

You can ukulele

Transition to school

A programme of our scheduled professional development courses is always listed on the back cover of The Space magazine or you can contact the Institute directly.

“Recently I attended two professional development courses run by Childspace Early Childhood Institute in Thames. Both courses were well presented and very motivating. The ideas presented were practical and achievable and could be adapted to any early childhood service. I highly recommend Childspace courses for all management teams, teachers, parents and whanau. Thank you Toni and Robin for sharing your passion for quality early childhood education. My team at Whenuakite Country Kids are enjoying the ideas I have to share with them.”

- Trish Robbins.