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Supporting curiosity, connection and confidence in the two-year-old room Working with two-year-olds is a unique and rewarding part of early years practice — but it also brings specific challenges. This course is designed to help practitioners truly understand the developmental stage of two-year-olds and create the right environment, routines and relationships to support them. We’ll explore what makes this age group so distinct and how to respond with care, confidence and connection.

What you'll learn

Understand two-year-old development, including what children need to feel safe, regulated, and engaged, and how this shapes behaviour, learning, and relationships.

Develop secure, responsive practice, using attachment, co-regulation, and consistent adult responses to support emotional wellbeing and positive behaviour.

Create supportive routines and environments for twos, including care routines, transitions, and spaces that promote movement, independence, sensory exploration, and calm.

Plan meaningful play and curriculum experiences for two-year-olds, with practical approaches to observation, assessment, and supporting communication, curiosity, and learning.

Meet the speaker

Alexandra Chiorando

Marmalade Early Years Consultancy

I am an early years teacher and consultant with extensive experience working with two-year-olds across school nurseries and private early years settings. My background includes teaching in nursery and Reception, leading EYFS practice, and supporting teams to develop confident, developmentally appropriate provision for younger children. This training draws directly from my hands-on experience with two-year-olds, helping practitioners understand this unique stage of development and translate theory into calm, responsive routines, environments, and interactions that support regulation, communication, and wellbeing.

This training is ideal for nurseries, preschools and schools now welcoming two-year-olds into their provision.

Welcoming two-year-olds into your provision brings both opportunity and challenge. This training supports teams to think carefully about how environments, resources, and expectations need to adapt for younger children. It explores common schemas seen at this age, how children use open-ended play to make sense of the world, and how thoughtful environment design can reduce frustration and support regulation. Practitioners will be supported to create spaces and experiences that feel calm, purposeful, and developmentally right for two-year-olds, while building confidence across the team.

Marmalade Training is fun and easy to understand!

See what other toddler room practitioners think about this course:

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I really enjoyed this session because it was fun and gave so many ideas. Alex makes you feel so comfy and the time flew by.

Kris

Practitioner

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Finally, a toddler room training session that is realistic and not full of fluff. Alex does the research and then delivers it in an engaging way that is easy to understand. My staff LOVE Marmalade training and they are a hard bunch to please!

Helena

Preschool Manager

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