“Play is the language of children”
Lena Collopy
Early Childhood Teacher
Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Teaching
Graduate Certificate - Therapeutic Play for Children
Diploma - Counselling
AIPC - Australian Institute for Professional Counsellors.
APTA - Affiliate member of Australian Play Therapist Association.
Working With Children Check.
First Aid Certificate.
​
​
Lena has worked in a range of early childhood settings in both Sweden and Australia since the 1980s. Moving permanently to Australia in 2002, Lena has taught at kindergartens in Melbourne (Kalker Montessori Centre, and Winston Hills Preschool), and the Forrest Early Years Centre, where she worked for nine years after moving to the Otways in 2010.
Lena has always had a keen interest in Children’s Play, and during her years of teaching, has seen how important imaginative free play is for children’s growth, learning, and well being.
Most recently, Lena studied Therapeutic Play for Children at Deakin University, Geelong Campus, extending her academic knowledge on Play. Lena has also explored Theraplay, and woven this into her teaching, through conducting ‘Sunshine Circles’ with her kinder
group.
​