Is Body Synergy for educators?
It most certainly is!
Value and respond sensitively to children’s attempts to initiate interactions and conversations
Acknowledge and respond sensitively to children’s cues, signals and home languages
Educators promote this learning for all children when they, for example:
Support children’s sense of security through consistent and warm nurturing relationships
Value and respond sensitively to children’s attempts to initiate interactions and conversations
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children during moments in their days
Value and respond sensitively to children’s attempts to initiate interactions and conversations
Acknowledge and respond sensitively to children’s cues, signals and home languages
Support children’s sense of security through consistent and warm nurturing relationships
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children during moments in their days
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children’s cues and needs
Educators practice and become part of reciprocal relationships through connection
Learning Outcome 3.1. Children become strong in their social, emotional and mental wellbeing
Value and respond sensitively to children’s attempts to initiate interactions and conversations
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children during moments in their days
Learning Outcome 3.2. Children become strong in the physical learning and wellbeing
Value and respond sensitively to children’s attempts to initiate interactions and conversations
How Body Synergy links to the EYLF:
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children during moments in their days
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children’s cues and needs
Educators practice and become part of reciprocal relationships through connection
Supports educators being engaged, responsive and aware to children during moments in their days
Learning Outcome 1.1. Children feel safe, secure and supported.
Learning Outcome 1.3. Children develop knowledgeable, confident self-identities and a positive sense of self-worth
Learning Outcome 5.1. Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
Your Questions, Answered
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This workshop runs for 6.5 hours, unlike most styles of professional development this is an embodied course as opposed to content delivery. In the Workshop you will gain valuable insights, play and explore the model. This gives you the ability to go back into your environment with children with new ways of interacting and playing instead of losing it as soon as you walk out of our training room.
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Unlike most styles of professional development this is an embodied course as opposed to content delivery. In the courses you will gain valuable insights, play and explore. This gives you the ability to go back into your environment with tiny humans with new ways of interacting and playing instead of losing it as soon as you walk out of our training room.
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We have mostly used and tested Body Synergy with ages 1-5, that said, the learnings from this course are easily transferable and usable in relating with older children, even teenagers, so we do recommend coming along if those are the age ranges that you connect with.
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Immediately! As long as you are applying the skills you have learned you will see some differences immediately, such as more joy and responsiveness. Some other changes will happen over time, improvements in connection and changes in power struggles.
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Nope! Not even a little bit, everything you need will be here ready for you on the day. Just bring your colourful and curious self. See you there!
