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Our Story
KindyConnect was created from a simple but powerful belief:
When children feel deeply seen, safe, and understood, learning and well-being flourish.
​Behind KindyConnect is Dianna — an early childhood educator of nearly three decades, a play therapist in training, and the founder of Equichild Play & Wellbeing Therapy. Across kindergartens, therapy spaces, and equine-assisted programs, Dianna has spent her life walking alongside children as they grow, explore, and discover who they are.
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Over the years, one truth became clear: many children enter early learning environments carrying far more than their school bag.
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Some children come carrying big feelings.
Some come carrying invisible worries.
Some come unsure if the world is safe enough to fully be themselves.
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And yet most systems focus on what children should achieve, rather than what they need to feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.
KindyConnect was born to change that.
Early Childhood Teacher
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) ,
accredited by ACECQA
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Clinically Trained Child-Centered Play Therapist
Associate Play Therapist with PTPA
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Equimotional Wellbeing Coach & Facilitator Trainer
Accredited Hygge Practitioner​​
RAMSR Facilitator​
Horse Power Reading & Math Facilitator
Why KindyConnect Matters
Today’s children are growing up in a fast, demanding, and often overwhelming world. Many are navigating anxiety, sensory sensitivities, emotional overwhelm, developmental differences, or big life changes — all while being asked to learn, socialise and adapt.
KindyConnect exists to gently hold children in that space.
It connects:
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Children with experiences that build confidence, emotional safety and a love of learning
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Educators with practical, compassionate strategies that work in real classrooms
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Families with reassurance, understanding and guidance
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Learning with well-being, rather than treating them as separate
Because children don’t learn best when they are stressed —
they learn best when they feel safe, connected, and valued.
A Bridge Between Learning and Well-being
KindyConnect brings together early childhood education, play-based therapeutic thinking, and relationship-centered practice into one gentle, connected approach. It supports children not just to learn — but to feel confident, capable, regulated, and ready to engage with the world around them.
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At the heart of KindyConnect is a strengths-based framework informed by:
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Child-Centred Play Therapy
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Education Therapy
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Equine-assisted learning insights from Equichild
This means that children are never viewed through a lens of “what’s wrong,” but rather through “what does this child need to feel safe, supported, and able to thrive?”
A Different Way Forward
KindyConnect is not about fixing children.
It is about honouring them.
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It recognises that every child’s behaviour is communication, every emotion has meaning, and every child deserves to feel understood before being instructed.
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Through KindyConnect, Dianna brings together her lifelong work in education, her growing expertise in play therapy, and her passion for holistic child development — creating a space where learning and wellbeing walk hand in hand.
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This is not just an educational service.
It is a relationship-based, heart-led way of supporting children to become confident, resilient, and joyful learners.