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County Meath

Workshops for parents & educators in Meath

In-person workshops in Meath settings are arranged by agreement and are an easy enough journey; online evening sessions are open to Meath parents and educators year round.

Meath's early years services are spread widely — busy commuter-belt settings in Ashbourne, Ratoath and Dunboyne, and smaller rural rooms out towards Kells and Trim where the same practitioner might be with a child for three years. Both ends of that spectrum ask good questions, but they are rarely the same questions, which is why sessions here are shaped around the setting rather than delivered from a fixed script.

A common thread in Meath is behaviour: what to do with the child who bolts at tidy-up time, the biting that has started in the toddler room, the four-year-old who melts down every single day at the same point in the afternoon. Amy's approach is to slow that down and read the pattern first. Nine times out of ten the difficulty is sitting in a transition, an expectation or an environment rather than in the child, and once a team sees that, the strategies stop feeling like tricks and start feeling obvious.

In-person visits to Navan and the surrounding towns are straightforward to arrange, and setting packages from €399 give a team continuity across a term rather than a single burst of enthusiasm. Meath County Childcare Committee is the right contact for funding and compliance matters; the work here sits alongside that, focused on what happens in the room on a Tuesday afternoon.

For settings

Staff development for crèches, preschools and ECCE rooms across Meath — setting packages from €399.

For parents

Evening sessions for Meath parents on big feelings, regulation and play at home.

Private sessions

One-to-one from €25 for 30 minutes, or a private group around your own schedule.

Most requested by Meath groups

Towns in Meath we hear from

Parents and educators book from Navan, Ashbourne, Trim, Dunboyne, Kells, Ratoath and right across the county. In-person dates are arranged around your setting; live online sessions are open to everyone, wherever you are.

Local support in Meath

For funding, registration and local early years supports, Meath County Childcare Committee is the first port of call for settings and childminders in the county. Visit Meath County Childcare Committee

What attendees say

“Amy's love for children shines through and her passion is contagious. If you want your fire reignited, Amy will most definitely help you light the match.”
Margaret · Parent
“Amy made supporting children through child-led activities and emergent interests so much easier to understand. She sat in the room with us completely non-judgmental and offered guidance that in turn sparked our own ideas.”
Chloe · Room leader, early years setting
“Planning made simple, broken down and fun to discuss.”
Maria · Workshop attendee

Meath questions

Our Navan setting has a lot of new staff — where should we start?
Behaviour is communication is the usual starting point for a team with newer members, because it gives everyone the same language for what they are seeing before any strategy is introduced. From there, transitions and environment work tend to follow naturally in a second session.
Can a workshop support our Quality Action Plan?
It can support it, and settings often reference staff development sessions in that work. The certificate issued is a certificate of attendance with the theme, date and duration on it, which many Meath settings keep on file. It is not registered CPD points — that registration is something individuals arrange themselves.
Do you run anything for Meath parents in the evening?
Yes, public parent sessions run from six to seven in the evening online at €20 per person, which works for families in Ashbourne, Ratoath and Dunboyne who are often not home much before six. Private one-to-one slots are available at €25 for thirty minutes if the topic is specific to your own child.
Is there VAT on top of the price?
No. Roots of Wonder is not VAT registered, so the price you see is the price you pay. A public online ticket is €20 per person, in person is €35, and a setting package is €399, €599 or €799 as a flat fee for the whole setting. Nothing is added at checkout.
Are there booking fees?
No booking fees, no card surcharge and no per-person admin charge. You pay the ticket or package price only. An itemised receipt is emailed to you the moment payment goes through, and settings can request a formal invoice before booking so it can go through your own accounts process first.
Do staff get certificates, and do they count towards a Quality Action Plan?
Every participant receives a dated certificate of attendance naming the workshop, the date and the hour completed. Settings routinely file these as evidence of ongoing professional development in a Síolta Quality Action Plan. They are not CPD points, because that requires separate registration with an awarding body.
How long is a workshop and what is included?
One hour, with a take-home booklet for every participant and a dated certificate of attendance for educators. Online sessions are €20 per person and in-person sessions are €35, with €5 off when booked at least two weeks in advance. Private groups and full setting packages are also available.
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