Thet training has been designed to allow you to work through the training even if you're not attached to a school, setting or childminding business. With many case studies available for you to reflect on and develop your own ethos when you're ready to start in setting.

We have many consultants, play workers, supply teachers and trainees working through the course to support their wellbeing and best practice. 

The training can be done as an individual or school/ setting. When you're ready to submit your reflective task for completion just let us know what name needs to go on the award. 

The training can be done as quickly as you like. With some members completing the training over 2 months (during lockdown). We understand that we all like to work at different paces. However there is no need to rush and you can take your time with the 2 year study limit. 

1 hour a week is recommended. 

Paying monthly for your training involves spreading the cost of your payment. Therefore full payment will still need to be collected even if you finish early. Or you can pay off the remaining balance as one lump sum. Failure to make full payment will revoke access to the training and will invalidate the completion certificate. 

At Hygge in the Early Years, we’ve always believed in the power of meaningful change. While our training was previously accredited, we’ve consciously shifted our focus. For those who joined before May 2025, you’ll still receive an accreditation certificate.

But moving forward, we want our training to be more than just another course to tick off. It’s about real-life transformations that enhance your well-being and teaching quality. The true achievement comes not from a certificate, but from the positive changes you experience in your daily practice.

Do this training not for the certificate, but for the desire to change your life.

Stage 1: Rebalance You

Focus: Reconnect with your energy, mindset, and well-being to create a strong personal foundation. This stage is about slowing down, tuning in, and making space for aligned growth.

Module: Core training to restore balance, create rituals of comfort, clarity, and inner calm.

Sessions Include: Common Problems, How Hygge Supports You, The Impact of Embracing Hygge, Is it Enough?, Becoming Present, Managing Time, A Mindset of Positivity, Rituals of Comfort and Modeling a Life Worth Growing Into.

Stage 2: Hygge Environment

Focus: Create a warm, intentional space—physically and emotionally—that supports calm, focus, and creativity.

Module: A deep dive into designing an environment that nurtures comfort, simplicity, and joy in your early years setting. 

Sessions Include: Your Vision, Sense of Arrival, Light and Airy Spaces, Colour, The Hygge Home, Setting Up Familiar Provision, Quality Resourcing (Blocks, Small World, Books, Creative Play) The Modern Hygge Environment, Recycling and Re-using, 

Stage 3: Slow Teaching

Focus: Embrace a slower, more mindful approach to teaching that honors your rhythm and your childrens' needs. This is where we spend time observing and listening to the child to discover their unique interests and developmental needs to let their curiosities take the lead. 

Module: Practical tools and real-world integration to support teaching. 

Sessions Include: The Whole Child Curriculum (Honouring Play), Gentle Routines and Transitions, Giving Children a Hygge Childhood, Simplifying How You Teach, Supporting Slow Pedagogy and Interactions, Provocations, Preserving Childhood and Process Based Documentation. 

Stage 4: Nature

Focus: Deepen your connection with the natural world to take learning outside daily. 

Module: Advanced techniques for working with natural rhythms and bringing nature into your daily practices all year round. 

Stage 5: Lead with Love

Focus: Step fully into your role as a heart-led leader. This stage is about sustainable success, aligned impact, and leading from a place of clarity, compassion, and confidence. Exploring how we can work together as a collective community with the best interests in our heart for the child. 

Module: Final implementation and long-term vision planning to support ongoing success.