The National Practice Conference
Infants & Toddlers 2026
10% off Super Early Bird tickets + Exclusive Conference Playbook
Until Jan 23, 2026
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Super Early Bird
Save 10% – $539 incl. GST
Plus a bonus exclusive Conference Playbook
Now - Jan 23, 2026
Be among the first to register and receive the Conference Playbook, filled with practical reflections, prompts and planning pages to deepen infant and toddler practice.
Playbook only available to super early bird registrants.
Early Bird
Save 5% – $569 incl. GST
Secure your spot at a reduced rate
24 Jan - 27 Feb, 2026
Register during the early bird window to lock in a lower ticket price while you organise teams, budgets and travel for the conference.
General Sale
Standard rego – $599 incl. GST
Get your tickets soon. Places filling fast.
28 Feb - 12 May
Register at the standard rate once early bird periods close, subject to availability, as previous National Practice Conferences have sold out.
Language and tools to honour “the baby room”
You juggle feeds, sleep, emotions, documentation and constant demands, all while nurturing identity, trust and learning. You know this work is far more than “just the baby room”, yet it is often treated that way. This full-day conference honours that complexity, offering space to feel recognised and return with language and strategies that make daily practice more intentional and less exhausting.
- Focused on the youngest
Infants and toddlers only; no dilution or competing priorities.
- Practice grounded in evidence
Research-informed ideas connected directly to everyday rooms.
- Strategies you can use Monday
Practical shifts to environments, relationships, documentation and routines.
- Language to advocate well
Stronger ways to explain your pedagogy to others.
- Honouring the emotional labour
Validate the complexity, care and constant responsiveness required.
- Recharge your professional purpose
Reconnect with colleagues who share your commitment.
What you stand to learn
Presenters & Topics
Each session connects theory to real-life dilemmas from infant and toddler rooms, so you can see yourself, your children, and your team in the ideas being shared.
Wendy Lee: Planning and assessment for learning
How to write learning stories for infants and toddlers that show the richness of their thinking (and make your work visible to families and leaders).
Sue Garret: Building relationships that enable learning
Practical ways to create secure, trusting relationships in the middle of everyday chaos.
Louise Dorrat: Drama is not an add-on
Finding story and theatre with infants and toddlers in the everyday, even when time and space are tight.
Clare Comedey: Can we do that?
Designing environments for care, challenge, and possibility, without blowing the budget.
Anthony Semann: Embracing slowness
Rethinking pace, routines, and expectations: what becomes possible in an infant and toddler program when you stop rushing?
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