Course Content

This professional development course introduces mindful movement in early childhood education and care settings, focusing on its benefits for children’s wellbeing, focus, and emotional regulation. Linked to the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (EYLF), it provides play-based experiences such as breathing, yoga, and movement-based storytelling to help educators create calm, supportive learning environments.

  • Module 1 - Why Mindful Movement Matters

    Explore the concept of mindful movement in early childhood and its significance for children's holistic development. Discover how to integrate mindful movement into your daily practice to create environments that foster calm, focus, and emotional resilience. Learn ways to support children in developing self-awareness, emotional regulation, and physical coordination through intentional, awareness-based movement.

  • Module 2 - Curriculum Links For Mindful Movement

    Learn how mindful movement supports children's overall development, well-being, and emotional regulation. Understand the alignment of mindful movement with key elements of the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (EYLF). Uncover how embedding mindful movement in daily routines promotes children's sense of identity, well-being, and positive learning dispositions.

  • Module 3: Practical Strategies to Foster Mindful Movement

    Learn practical strategies to integrate mindful movement into daily routines. Discover ways to design engaging and intentional mindful movement experiences that support children's well-being and development. Finish of the course with our assessment quiz to see how much you have learnt!

Course curriculum

    1. Why Mindful Movement Matters

    1. Curriculum Links For Mindful Movement

    1. Practical Strategies to Foster Mindful Movement

    2. Mindful Movement in Early Childhood Settings Quiz

About this course

  • $99.00
  • 4 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Your Presenter

Lindsay Laing is a qualified Early Childhood Educator and an experienced yoga and dance teacher. Lindsay brings over 15 years of combined early childhood expertise to the development of this unique course. Drawing on her qualifications as a children's yoga instructor and her real-life experience, Lindsay helps integrate mindful movement principles into early childhood education, supporting the Early Years Learning Framework 2.0 and fostering children's overall well-being.

Let's learn, play and thrive together.