Pikler UK organise Basic Level Pikler Trainings in the UK in cooperation with the Pikler House, Budapest. For details of how to become a Pikler pedagogue and what is required, please see THIS PAGE on the Pikler House website.
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Next Course
Self-Initiated Motor Development
(0 to 3 years)
15th to 19th June, 2026
London
The course will be taught by Pikler® trainers from Budapest and will count as one module of the Basic Pikler Training, leading to becoming a recognised Pikler® Professional.
The most well-known ideas of the early childhood pedagogical principles of Emmi Pikler are probably those about the infant’s self-initiated motor development. Her research and writings about the significance of free movement, its practical implementation and the necessary conditions are widespread and popular.
Dr. Emmi Pikler’s observations about the free movement of the infant open a new perspective in understanding not only the principles of motor development, but also its influence on the development of the young child’s personality.
Participants of the seminar can explore the innate, natural process of motor development, which can only be observed if we do not directly intervene in movement. Besides healthy motor development we also discuss slow development, gross motor equipment and the appropriate environment to support free movement.
Course outline
· The significance of the transitional positions and movements
· Research conducted in the Pikler® Institute
· Why is it difficult for adults to accept the idea of free movement?
· How does free movement alter the adult’s attitude, and how does the quality of life of the infant change?
This course is one of three basic level Pikler® trainings designed for those who would like to acquire knowledge and be informed about the Pikler® approach. Participants will deepen their understanding about early childhood education through studying our most important pedagogical principles, learning about everyday experiences with children, and also through hearing about the results of research carried out by the Pikler® Institute.
The topics will be elaborated by presenting core materials of the Pikler® Institute and the Pikler® Daycare. The results of research and practical experience, the opportunity to watch and analyse photos and video footage, accounts of personal practice and discussion of the questions raised by participants will all be included. The course will be presented two leading Hungarian Pikler Pedagogues and Caregivers – Andrea Szoke and Zsofi Kozics - assisted by Szidonia Juhasz-Barakso, translator.
To find out what training is available elsewhere, please go to pikler.hu or pikler.org.