Welcome to our CPD/In-service Training, Consultancy Services and Event Site

All mindstretchers training courses are motivational and inspiring to the people who attend and also the teams they work with.

Our courses are:

• Based on research and practical experience
• Presented through a variety of learning methods such as workshops, Powerpoint displays and interactive Displays
• Differentiated to maintain Progression
• Eco Friendly using strategies such as Fairtrade or home cooked food
• National and international delivery
• Available through online training options for distance learners.
  

In addition to the courses in this training manual, we can deliver bespoke events based around the following titles: 

• Consulting children in the Planning Process Level 1
• Talking and Thinking Floorbooks and tubs Level 2
• Consulting with Children OCN Level 3
• More than Words - Talking and Listening ( Every Child a Talker )
• Management of Outdoor Play ( Seminar )
• Methodology of working with children in outdoor spaces including forest school ( Seminar)
• Forest School ( Seminar)
• Potential of a Puddle
• Nurture through Nature ( 0-3 years )
• Nurture through Nature OCN Level 3
• Planning through Schemas ( Seminar )
• Nature Kindergartens ( Seminar )
• Nature Kindergartens OCN Level 3
• Nature Kindergarten - site Visit
• Eco Schools and Eco Nurseries
• Sustainability of Education: Eco schools and Eco Nurseries ( Seminar )
• Forest School Experiences
• Forest School training OCN Level 1, 2 and 3
• Natural Playscapes - Children as Designer of their Play Environments ( Seminar )
• Naturalist Indoor Spaces - bringing nature inside
• Motivational Maths/ Numeracy Strategy
• Mathematical Thinking ( Seminar )
• Science and Technology for Beginners level 1
• Frameworks of Understanding ( Science ) Level 2 (Seminar)
• Boys!
• Emotional Wellbeing and Involvement of Boys ( Seminar )
• Interaction or Interference - the adults role?
• Interaction or Interference - teaching not dictating! ( Seminar )
• Involving Parents ( Seminar )
• Learning Pathways - Active Learning ( 3-8 years )
• Active Learning is not just playing
• Movement Based Learning
• Challenging Children's learning through play
• Spiralling Curriculum - Progression in Active learning ( Seminar )
  
• Dramatic play as a Motivational Tool for Teaching
• Naturally Creative
• Creative Thinkers ( Seminar )
• Play and Learning
• Displays
• Visual Simplicity, Emotional Harmony in the Learning Environment ( Seminar )
• Practical ICT
• Dynamic ICT throughout the Curriculum ( Seminar )
• Global Perspectives in Learning ( Seminar )
• A Special Ages and Stage - working with 2-3 year olds

A Set of Five Connection Seminars:

Creating Motivational Spaces to support active learning and critical thinking  in young children aged 3 to 8 years. (Methodology of the EPI project ). This is a set of five connection Seminars - Discovery Dens linked to Numeracy & Mathermatics, Language & Communication, Science , The outdoors, Health & Wellbeing. ( Book all five and pay for four )