BECOME A LITTLE CIRCLES HOOP TEACHER

Change the lives of little humans. Teach children of all ages to hoop, move & express themselves.
Make the world a better place.

A toolbox for movers, teachers & parents excited to share hula hoop fun & games with children of all age groups

This comprehensive online toolbox is brought to you by Deanne Love (qualified primary school teacher and founder of Hooplovers.tv) & Hayley Hoopla (professional hula hooper, circus instructor and entertainer) As educators, performers and hoopers we have collected a huge abundance of resources over the past 20 years and reveal our secrets in this online course for you.

Make a Difference

Never underestimate the difference you can make when you empower a child with the gift of self expression and creative movement.

Online Training

Stream and download at any time. You have access to all content anytime you have an internet connection or open your downloaded files.

Unlimited Access

The easy to use online classroom gives you the ability to download or stream all videos and written material on to any computer or mobile device.

Learn at your own pace

You will be guided weekly through the comprehensive modules but have the ability to learn at your own pace and unlimited lifetime access to all course content.

hula hoop online training for kids on mobile devices

What's in the course?

Little Circles includes 10 jam packed modules including videos, PDFs and written material that you can stream or download. Take a look at what is included in each module below.

Essential Learning

Each module has been professionally crafted from decades of experience teaching and performing with children of all ages. The content in this training is exclusive to Little Circles and directly from the success Hayley & Deanne have had as educators.

Unique Programs

The Little Circles Training is the only training of it's kind, designed to guide you through the creation of your own unique programs, parties, classes for children. Or you can use the already-done-for-you programs included.

Full Support

You are supported the entire way. A combination of weekly guidance and video based modules that make you feel like you are working alongside Hayley & Deanne; give you the support & confidence you need.

  • Module 1
  • Module 2
  • Module 3
  • Module 4
  • Module 5
  • Module 6
  • Module 7
  • Module 8
  • Module 9
  • Module 10

Getting Started | Things you will need to know before you start teaching. 

  • Who are we? What is Little Circles?
  • Before you start teaching
  • Teacher Talk: Answering Your Questions
  • Safety: Teacher Talk
  • Age Groups & Hoop Sizes
  • Where to get jobs & gigs  

Keeping Kids Engaged | Craft entertaining and creative classes and parties that will have all the kids actively engaged and having FUN!

  • Setting the Space & Vibe
  • Setting the Space & Vibe Pt2
  • Creative Classroom Strategies
  • Power of Praise
  • Grouping Techniques

Hoop Tricks for Children |  30 child appropriate hoop tricks with individual video break down.

  • 30 Hoop Tricks for children including individual video break down for each trick.

Hoop Combos |  10 fun hoop trick combos to teach and share

  • 10 hoop dance combinations for children including video break down for each combo

Games & Activities | Perhaps the most fun module. A range of super engaging, playful hoop games and activities for all levels. A video library of hoop fun 

  • 10 Trick Intro
  • 10 Trick Game
  • Hoop Yay! Intro
  • Hoop Yay!
  • Alternative to Hooping Competition (Waist Hooping)
  • Using Props
  • Hoop Swap & Variations
  • Hoop Freeze
  • Freeze Game Ideas
  • 4 Corners: Rockstars
  • Copy Cats
  • Razzle Dazzle Olympics
  • Hoop Orbs
  • Hoopscotch
  • Hoop Rolling Ideas
  • Spinning Macareena
  • Hoop Says…
  • Tag Team Showtime
  • Thread the Needle

Hoop Cards | Your very own printable Hoop Cards plus a variety of ways to use them in your classes and parties. 

  • Games with Hoop Cards video
  • Hoop Cards Printable

Hoop Class Essentials | Including a preparation checklist, class plan examples and powerful ways to wrap up your successful hoop gig.

  • Prepration Checklist
  • Hoop Class Plan Example
  • Ideas for Wrapping Up Your Class

Stretch Your Imagination | examples of how to use creative movement journeys and class themes.

  • Creative Movement Journey with Hayley
  • Taking them on a Creative Journey: Example
  • Class Themes
  • What else could a hoop be?

Hoop Biz |  including client questions, party structures, unique offerings to get you booked and pricing strategies.

  • Questions for Clients
  • Example Party Structure
  • Ideal offerings to get you booked (specific examples)
  • Pricing your offerings

Bonus | fun playlists, lesson templates, how to make your own music and a lot more.

  • Little Circles Playlist
  • How to make your class music
  • Lesson Plan Template Example
  • Booking Confirmation Example

Little Circle Toolbox is for

  • Anyone who adores children and wants to share hoop fun and games
  • Hoopers who want to share hoop classes & parties with children
  • Teachers who want to offer new ways to move and express
  • Parents who are looking for fun hoop party and playtime ideas

What Little Circles teachers are saying...

“Deanne and Hayley, thank you so much for sharing such an inspiring, practical and supportive course. It has given me the confidence to provide children with a multifaceted creative movement program. The games are really awesome. I especially like getting a small gruop of children to create a flow, then they teach it to another group. To facilitate this kind of creative mentoring, between child and child, as a teacher is a beautiful experience. I found all the material really helpful, it is something I will revisit again and again to be inspired by. I mostly work with young children 3-5 year olds. I have used the hoop cards mostly, I love them!! The more complex games I look forward to doing with older children in the future.”

Melissa Keating Little Circle Student

Melissa Keating

“The Hoop Cards have become absolutely essential to my classes. I use them in the hoop circuits and to help the children sequence tricks and make up their own pieces. Hoop games like hoop freeze, rock and roll relay, 10 trick challenge and hoop says are the games I use over and over and are super popular! Fun tricks like kick up and hoop on head and stepping through are great tricks to liven up the classes and are a good way of linking activities. The Facebook group is a valuable source of support and further ideas or requests for help! Hoop cards, circuit style teaching of tricks, sequence ideas, advice and help being in a FB group. The same as above really. The Hoop Cards have become absolutely essential to my classes. I use them in the hoop circuits and to help the children sequence tricks and make up their own pieces. Hoop games like hoop freeze, rock and roll relay, 10 trick challenge and hoop says are the games I use over and over and are super popular! Fun tricks like kick up and hoop on head and stepping through are great tricks to liven up the classes and are a good way of linking activities. The Facebook group is a valuable source of support and further ideas or requests for help!”

Nicole Butecher Little Circle Student

Nicola Butcher

“I love the little circles toolbox - it really helped me to create my own style of hoopcourses for kids! I love the games and even learnt some new trick - like clap and catch isn't that easy as it looks ;-) I often use the vidoes of the tricks that are aproved with children and the videos of the games. It is really cool that you really show how the games work. Apart from that I loved the tutorial about how to create music for my class - this is really helpful because it makes my work in action less exhausting and I can concentrate much more on the kids. I really loved the videos about the games, especially Hoop Yaay and 10 Trick game and also the tutorial about how to create music for my class. I already used it to create Songs and it makes my work so much easier, if I do not have to watch out for the musik as it makes breaks and everything on its own.”

Kerstin Little circle training student

Kerstin Scheiber

“This course is great. I feel that I am now well prepared to teach a hula hoop dance class to kids after taking the little circles course. Lots of useful information and really helps to boost your confidence level. This class makes sure you are guided through everything from marketing yourself to designing lesson plans to successful events. You also have a community on Facebook where you can bounce ideas off of each other. I have taught my first class and the kids loved it, I have a 2nd class already scheduled. Deanne and Haley are very knowledgeable and are good teachers. Children do learn differently than adults and it is good to have advice from two teachers who have so much experience. The trick cards and game suggestions. The sample hoop class agenda was a good starting point for creating my own. I feel the Facebook group is helpful too. It’s good to connect with others who have taken the class.”

Anna Sounse Little Circle Student

Anna Sounse

Little Circles is designed to give you the skills you need to create hoop lessons, parties and programs that will enhance your student's:

  • self esteem & social interactions
  • object manipulations skills
  • spacial awareness
  • locomotor skills
  • gross & fine motor skills
  • enjoyment of physical activity, dance & modern beats
  • muscle tone, back alignment
  • left / right awareness
  • body awareness
  • fight against obesity​
  • appreciation for dynamic performing arts
  • flexibility, dexterity, agility
  • hand-eye coordination
  • balance
  • overall body strength
  • group participation & morale
  • creativity & self-expression

Who Are We?

Deanne Love

Professional hula hooper, circus instructor and entertainer

Deanne Love has launched a global revolution inside the hula hoop. Hoopers from around the world tune in to learn from Deanne’s fresh and passionately positive style of hoop dance instruction. The one time primary school teacher and creative founder of Hooplovers.tv shares high energy live and online classes, workshops and performance-based hoop education. Her mission is to inspire global beings to find their true potential through movement and self-expression via hoop dance.

Deanne Love’s desire to connect adults and children through dance, music and fun fuelled the creation of international hoop community Hooplovers. She now inspires hundreds of movement entrepreneurs around the planet to find their own path as successful hoop dance instructors via her Hoop Love Coaching program.

Hayley Hoopla

Professional hula hooper, circus instructor and entertainer

Hayley Hoopla is a professional Hula Hoopist, Circus skills instructor and renowned children’s entertainer. She’s presented on stages, in schools and performed for families Australia wide for over 15 years. Her natural ability to let her inner child shine allows her to connect with children on a level that keeps them engaged and focused in her hoop sessions. Hayley’s passionate about sharing her wealth of knowledge with hoop teachers on how to deliver fun and engaging hoop experiences that everyone will love. The hoop is a wonderful confidence building tool that’s accessible to everyone, so why not jump in and get spinning & begin to witness the self esteem of those you share your skills with sky rocket.

Our wish is for you to create new and joyous movement programs for your school, community, studio or family. Get the support you need.



Join our global circle of other teachers, movers and parents sharing hoop fun with children. Get the support and inspiration you need.

Our mission is to support you to feel confident guiding children’s hoop classes, parties & workshops

  • To gift children with all-inclusive ways to move their bodies and express their joy
  • To give teachers & parents the tools to support children to be active in creative ways
  • To offer a range of activities as alternatives to competitive sport
  • To support teachers and parents to feel confident in guiding children’s hoop classes, parties & workshops

Ideal for classroom teachers, community coaches, team leaders, parents.

Join our global circle of teachers, movers, & parents sharing hoop fun and learning with children.

Create a new and joyous movement programs for your school, community, studio or family.

FAQ

Most frequent questions and answers

10 x packed modules supporting you to become the most creative and confident you can be. Including video, PDF and written library. Module 1: Getting Started Module 2: Keeping Kids Engaged Module 3: Hoop Tricks for Children Module 4: Hoop Combos Module 5: Games & Activities Module 6: Hoop Cards Module 7: Hoop Class Essentials Module 8: Stretch Your Imagination Module 9: Hoop Biz Module 10: BONUS  10 x weekly guidance emails. You will have access to the full course immediately however you will also receive guidance emails for 10 weeks taking you through the full course week by week. Access to the private Little Circles group supported by Deanne Love & Hayley Hoopla. A space to connect with other teachers around the world.

Once you have enrolled in Little Circles online course you will receive a welcome email. This email will have all of the details to help you log in to your online classroom.  You will be able to stream or download all of the videos, PDFs and text information included while you are in an internet connection. You will have lifetime access to the Little Circle online course.

This toolbox is crafted for anyone who loves working with kids. It is also for hoop teachers wanting to specialize, and parents or teachers wanting to bring the benefits of hooping to their school, community or classroom. It is also great for parent to find new and fun ways to share with their children. It is not essential that you are an expert hooper, everything included in this toolbox is about having fun, sharing with joy and providing a range of activities and tool for children to learn to express themselves through hooping.

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In Module 1 of the course, you will find information on places to start researching. Reaching out to a variety of this places and venues with a professional offering, appropriately priced and with the required insurance/training will give you a greater opportunity of finding work as a hoop teacher.