Who are we?
Inspired EC was 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
Love these cards, they have started some interesting conversations with children and families.
This journal has been an absolute pleasure to have. Really helpful, beautiful and fantastically put together couldn’t recommend it enough ♥️♥️♥️
I purchased this diary as I had been looking at ways to boost the amount of written communication between the team.
I printed off what we needed and had it bound. This allows it to be taken outdoors and is easier to look back through if we need to check something.
The team just loves the diary and are writing more valuable communication in each of the designated areas.
So happy with this purchase and I would highly recommend.
I have loved these posters for ages and now have a space to put them in. They are warm, inspiring, and educating in the most gentle, respectful way.
I have been buying these for several years and just love them. They really help me to document my educational leader information as often as a Nominated Supervisor/Director/Eduational Leader/EC Teacher I get busy doing all the roles and they can merge. This diary helps me to document what I do in my defined roles better.
My educators love these, great prompts to reflect and stay organised. Will definitely be purchasing again next year.
Given as a gift, fabulous resource with great practical and helpful content that is easy to use, and implement everyday. Beautiful extras in the VIP pack including bonus free online training. Highly Recommend.
This diary helped me to keep track of critical reflections and things I had to do. We ended up with an A&R ragging of exceeding in all areas!
With a few new educators working with children, this resource was invaluable to get us all on the same page. We are revisiting this bi-annually as a team to ensure our interactions are best practice.
Stunning illustrations with engaging language and a delightful story of quiet bravery! We adore this story
I love it and I’m excited to use it!! ❤️
Thankyou so much.
I love the style and layout of the planner.
Love the prompts, questions and reflections posted.
One of our teachers read the book to her class for relaxation that afternoon, and it was so well received and captured the essence of how they are trying to help children learn to calm their bodies so well.
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!