Moving Smart NZ

About Us

Moving Smart is a professional development company concentrating on education and health, with a unique focus on the role movement plays in early childhood development and readiness for formal learning. Moving Smart is committed to engaging and fostering children’s natural ‘move to learn’ style, while supporting teachers and parents to understand the comprehensive benefits of physical movement.

Moving Smart was founded in 1997 by Gill Connell, Educator, Child Development Expert, and best-selling author, to help teachers and parents better understand the role movement plays in early childhood development.

Our team of experts facilitate a range of courses and workshops for parents and educators teaching them the importance of giving children all they need to move their bodies, build their brains, and develop the foundations they’ll need for a lifetime of learning.

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How you help children:

Moving Smart works specifically with parents and educators to help them understand the importance of a carefully-balanced, developmentally-appropriate “daily diet” of movement for young children from birth to primary school. We explain the learning link between the body and the brain and what early childhood educators, parents and caregivers can do to guide it.

We go behind the wiggles and giggles to understand the body-brain connections that explain why kids do what they do. We teach parents and educators how to put all that natural energy to work to build optimal learning foundations for the classroom and life.

We offer courses and workshops for parents, early childhood teachers and primary school teachers. In our workshops, we describe the behaviours that often frustrate parents and give simple, easy to implement practical suggestions that will ease your frustration and help children overcome behavioural barriers.

Our Smart Steps Programme for early childhood teachers provides step-by-step activities that help children develop physical, cognitive, social, and emotional foundations for early learning and school readiness.

Because learning never sits still, we would love to connect with you.

Contact us today!

Services

  • Child development workshops
  • Programmes for early childhood and primary school teachers
  • Comprehensive teacher training
  • Teaching and learning curriculum
  • PMP programme and resources
  • Equipment for movement

Services

  • Child development workshops
  • Programmes for early childhood and primary school teachers
  • Comprehensive teacher training
  • Teaching and learning curriculum
  • PMP programme and resources
  • Equipment for movement