Who are we?
Inspired ECwas established in 2008 by "professional soulmates" Tash Treveton and Nicole Halton. Both Nic and Tash are experienced speakers, writers, mentors and educators who love what they do and have a whole lot of fun doing it!
We have an amazing team of mentors and administration staff working throughout in NSW, QLD and VIC to ensure every experience you have with Inspired EC is a positive one.
Inspired Natural Play Store
The Inspired Natural Play Store is the resource component of our company Inspired EC. While delivering professional development to educators around Australia, we noticed a gap in the market for quality resources that were sustainable, handmade, ethically sourced or from small Australian businesses. Determined to bridge that gap, we began stocking a range of books and other products. This range is continually evolving and now features many natural toys and products for family life as well as the early education and care profession. We are a small business managed and staffed by women and mothers.
A few of our favourite things...
Inspired OSHC Linuwel
In January 2021, we were delighted to open Inspired OSHC at the beautiful Linuwel Steiner School in East Maitland NSW. The OSHC provides:
- Before School Care (selected days)
- After School Care
- Vacation Care
Inspired OSHC Waldorf
In February 2022, we were excited to open Inspired OSHC at the amazing Newcastle Waldorf School in Glendale NSW.
The OSHC provides:
- Before School Care (selected days)
- After School Care
- Vacation Care
Consultancy and Support
While our passion lies in nature based education and the importance of play in high quality environments, what really sets us apart is our approach to working with early childhood professionals. We do not believe that it is up to us, or anyone for that matter, to give all the answers. We pride ourselves on asking the questions and supporting educators to come up with their own answers. Just as we believe that children are competent, capable learners, able to hypothesise, problem solve and create - the same applies to the adults that we are lucky enough to work with.
We offer a wide range of support and consultancy services for education and care services. We have a range of support services available both in person and online. We love working with services and educators to help them be the very best that they can be, and to overcome challenges in a meaningful way.
We look forward to working with you!
Professional Development
We love being able to offer a wide range of workshops and events - both in person and online! Providing courses, interviews, discussions and more, featuring our passionate Inspired EC Team and other amazing thinkers from all over the globe, we offer a HUGE range of workshops and events, in a variety of ways to suit all learners. We pride ourselves on the connections that we form with the educators that we meet and through personalised responses from our consultants, participants will feel the support of a community of learners.
Workshops and Events
We love visiting services and working with a whole team on a range of topics. We can join team meetings, run an evening session, a Saturday morning, a professional development day or mini conference. We will work with you, either face-to-face or online, to explore a range of practical strategies and consider important developmental theory and research that shapes the way in which we support children. We believe that connection is key and know that you will love the topics that we have on offer.
Let customers speak for us
We placed them in the learning environment as soon as they were received, and the children have been loving their use. We have noticed an increase in storytelling like conversation since adding them.
My favourite reflective journals have gotten even better with this year's tweaks.
2023 Educational Leaders Reflective Journal
This is the 2nd year I have used the Educational Leader Reflective Journal.
This is a great way to document conversations and reviews with the educators.
Great resource, it will benefit all educators. Fantastic.
It nice to display and reflect over amazing recorce s
Love this product for my teething little bubba!
This has become such a beautiful start to our dinner every night. Our 5 yr old absolutely loves them whilst learning to read. It connects us as a family & reminds us that no matter what is going on, there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for.
Looking forward to attending and spending some time with like minded educators.
Pambula is a beautiful place to have a regional conference.
An opportunity to see the sea as well 😎
The information on the cards is good information. I like the detail. However, I would suggest for future prints that the title of the schema be printed on the image side as well. I would also use a couple of headings/subheadings to clarify the layout of the text on the content side. Great resource overall.
I just love this bundle. It’s great value and the resources are great. The book is very well written and easy to read and put into practice, following up with the wheels and cards. A great kit to have!
These card are amazing I use them constantly to begin conversations with the children. We sit around the fire and go around the circle answering the questions.
Love the connections to educational thinkers & theorists and tips for wellbeing.
I find the monthly programming check in pages especially useful for team building and critical reflection
The professional learning record page is also extremely useful for people like me that are terrible at filing!
Shaney
Sorrento preschool
Great team diary! I haven't use it yet (my service is not open yet) but I love the native flora on each page as well the fact that there are no specific date. The different sections per page also look very practical.
A beautiful set of Australian Native essential oils for revitalising and recharging, quality products and great service!
The heart of it all
Everything we do is done from the heart. We choose each item in our store personally and with our customers in mind. Items are carefully wrapped and packed by Anna in our office, and we love including special notes and extra surprises at times!
How are we helping the planet?
We seek out resources that are sustainably and ethically made. We work with local stockists and suppliers to reduce travel impacts on the planet. All of our orders are wrapped in recyclable paper and shipped in compostable bags.
How is my order shipped?
Orders are shipped via courier and you will receive a tracking number when your order is on it's way. Our standard turnaround time is 1-2 weeks.
We are committed to a sustainable planet!
We do a lot of printing. In fact, every year between September and January we print over 1000 Reflective Journals! So, we are offsetting our printing through PrintReleaf - we print for you, and they plant trees for us!
To the right is a tracker which shows our printing and the number of trees that have been planted as a result!