We know how much care, patience and intention goes into supporting young children every day. The guidance, warmth and connection educators provide helps shape how children see themselves and the world around them.
Motivate Kids brings an Occupational Therapy lens to the work your team is already doing. We help you understand children’s participation, regulation, development and everyday needs, then translate that into practical support within your centre.
That might look like building educator confidence, identifying children who need extra support, strengthening group programs or thinking differently about the environment around them.
Our role is not to add another layer to your day. It is to work alongside your team and help make good practice easier to understand, apply and sustain.
What Guides Our Work
Our services are designed to work within the frameworks and priorities already shaping your centre, translating evidence into practical strategies educators can use every day.
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Evidence-informed practice led by experienced Occupational Therapists
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Practical strategies that educators can use in everyday routines and learning
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A collaborative approach with educators and centre leadership
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Alignment with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), with strategies embedded into everyday practice
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Support for centre programming and National Quality Standard priorities contributing evidence toward the National Quality Standard (NQS)
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A developmental lens informed by areas reflected in the Australian Early Development Census
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Funding pathways available, including Preschool Boost
FUNDING FOR CENTRES
Some Motivate Kids services may be supported through available early learning funding pathways, including Preschool Boost.
Talk to us about what may be available for your centre and how it could be used to support children and educators.
Our Services
Choose one service or combine several, depending on what your children, educators and centre need right now.
Practical, evidence-informed learning designed for the realities of early learning environments. Each training gives educators strategies they can bring into everyday practice, with follow-up coaching to help the learning stick.
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Small OT-led groups delivered within your centre, supporting regulation, connection and foundational skills through play and shared participation.
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An OT works alongside educators during real routines, play and interactions, helping your team practise, adapt and apply strategies in the moments they are actually needed.
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A practical way to build an early picture of each child’s development, participation and strengths, and identify areas that may benefit from closer monitoring or further support.
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A flexible space to think through the questions, challenges or priorities your team is working with right now. Bring us the situation, and we’ll explore practical next steps together.
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An Occupational Therapy lens on your spaces, routines and everyday environment, helping identify practical changes that can better support regulation, participation, learning and wellbeing.
Learn MoreEvery early learning community is different. Whether you’re navigating a particular challenge, looking for ways to support your educators and children, or simply wondering what support might be right for your centre, we’d love to start with a conversation.
Use the form below to reach out to us directly.
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Get Started
Select the option that fits and we'll point you in the right direction.
Tell us a little about what you’re noticing and we’ll be in touch. No referral needed, no diagnosis required.
Tell us about your setting and what you’re working through, and we’ll be in touch to find the right fit.
Tell us about your setting and what you’re working through, and our Schools Co-ordinator will be in touch.
Tell us what the child needs and we’ll take it from there. We’ll keep you in the loop throughout.
