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Break free from the negativity and the daily grind and embrace those strategies that inspire children to become independent, happy, curious and capable learners!

Tune in every week for conversations that will give you the confidence and support you need to shake things up, and integrate curiosity inspired learning into your everyday lessons to foster a lifelong love for learning in the children you teach.

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Latest Episodes

February 18, 2025

63 Understanding Sensory Processing with Veronica Green

Veronica Green, an early childhood consultant and mother to a neurodivergent child, shares her journey from becoming an ECE in 2012 to founding Cultivating Confidence. Veronica unpacks the importance of understanding sensory processing and its…

February 11, 2025

62 Motivating and Engaging Students with Inquiry-Based Learning

The reasons and benefits of inquiry-based learning (IBL) as a teaching strategy. Inquiry-Based Learning enhances student motivation, critical thinking, and creativity, and links learning to real-world contexts….

February 4, 2025

61 Advocating for Inquiry with Tonya Gilchrist

Tonya Gilchrist shares her journey towards advocating inquiry-based learning, discusses how to effectively implement inquiry practices within classrooms, and addresses misconceptions around inquiry and agency….

January 28, 2025

60 Integrated Picture Book Activities with I Went Walking

Using the picture book I Went Walking, I introduce listeners to the multitude of learning experiences that this one little book can bring, and so spark children’s natural curiosity and simultaneously tick off multiple curriculum…

January 21, 2025

59 How to Plan Integrated Lessons

Rather than teaching subjects in silos, which can lead to teacher burnout and hinder students’ ability to make connections, use the science or humanities curriculum as a starting point for lesson planning….

January 14, 2025

58 Learning in Nature with Daniel Burton

Daniel Burton explains the benefits for neurodivergent children and the overall positive impact of outdoor learning on academic performance, social interaction and resilience….
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About your host

Hi, I’m Edwina, a teacher just like you.

My mission is to help you go from feeling overwhelmed and drowning in paperwork and demands, to feeling confident and armed with the tools and know-how to spark curiosity and excitement in your learners.

To help you create experiences that get students excited, curious and confident in their learning.

And you know what else? We’ll do it while keeping admin happy and ticking off all those curriculum boxes.

Each week I’ll bring you conversations that inspire you to take action and give you the confidence to know that what you’re doing makes a real difference, not only to the children you teach, but to you too!

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