diff --git a/flax/nnx/__init__.py b/flax/nnx/__init__.py
index ac0fd2391..9af38941e 100644
--- a/flax/nnx/__init__.py
+++ b/flax/nnx/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 from .module import view as view
 from .module import view_info as view_info
 from .module import with_attributes as with_attributes
-from .module import iter_children as iter_children, iter_modules as iter_modules
+from .module import iter_children as iter_children, iter_modules as iter_modules, iter_module_children as iter_module_children
 from .graphlib import merge as merge
 from .graphlib import UpdateContext as UpdateContext
 from .graphlib import update_context as update_context
diff --git a/flax/nnx/graphlib.py b/flax/nnx/graphlib.py
index ed1095dbb..15e0ecc8a 100644
--- a/flax/nnx/graphlib.py
+++ b/flax/nnx/graphlib.py
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ def is_node_type(x: type[tp.Any]) -> bool:
   return x in GRAPH_REGISTRY or x in PYTREE_REGISTRY or x is GenericPytree
 
 
+def is_node_module(x: tp.Any) -> bool:
+  return type(x) in GRAPH_REGISTRY
+
+
 def get_node_impl(x: Node) -> NodeImpl[Node, tp.Any, tp.Any] | None:
   if isinstance(x, Variable):
     return None
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ def get_node_impl_for_type(
   else:
     return None
 
+
 # use type-aware sorting to support int keys
 def _type_aware_sort(item: tuple[tp.Any, tp.Any]) -> tuple[int, tp.Any]:
   key, _ = item
@@ -594,6 +599,7 @@ class NodeAttr:
 
 NODE_ATTR = NodeAttr()
 
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class LeafAttr:
   pass
@@ -858,6 +864,7 @@ def flatten(  # type: ignore[invalid-annotation]
   else:
     return graphdef, leaves
 
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class DataElem:
   value: tp.Any
@@ -867,6 +874,7 @@ class DataElem:
 class StaticElem:
   value: tp.Any
 
+
 def _graph_flatten(
   node: Node,
   node_impl: NodeImpl[Node, Leaf, AuxData] | None,
@@ -3128,6 +3136,63 @@ def iter_children(
         yield key, child
 
 
+def iter_module_children(
+  node: tp.Any, /, *, graph: bool | None = None,
+) -> tp.Iterator[tuple[Key, tp.Any]]:
+  """Iterates over all module children of a given node. This function is similar
+  to :func:`iter_children`, except it only iterates over the module children
+  only.
+
+  Example::
+
+    >>> from flax import nnx
+    ...
+    >>> model = nnx.Linear(2, 5, rngs=nnx.Rngs(0))
+    >>> for path, module in nnx.iter_module_children(model):
+    ...  print(path, type(module).__name__)
+    ...
+    >>> for path, module in nnx.iter_children(model):
+    ...  print(path, type(module).__name__)
+    ...
+    bias Param
+    kernel Param
+
+  Args:
+    node: A graph node object.
+    graph: If ``True`` (default), uses graph-mode which supports the full
+      NNX feature set including shared references. If ``False``, uses
+      tree-mode which treats Modules as regular JAX pytrees, avoiding
+      the overhead of the graph protocol.
+  """
+  if graph is None:
+    graph = set_graph_mode.current_value()
+  if graph:
+    node_impl = get_node_impl(node)
+    if node_impl is None:
+      raise ValueError(
+        f'Expected a graph node, got {type(node).__name__}. '
+        'If this is a regular pytree, use graph=False.'
+      )
+    node_dict = node_impl.node_dict(node)
+    for key, value in node_dict.items():
+      if is_node_module(value):
+        yield key, value
+  else:
+    _check_valid_pytree(node, 'iter_children')
+    if not is_pytree_node(node, check_graph_registry=False):
+      raise ValueError(
+        f'Expected a pytree node, got {type(node).__name__}. '
+        'If this is a graph node, use graph=True.'
+      )
+    children, _ = jax.tree_util.tree_flatten_with_path(
+      node, is_leaf=lambda x: x is not node
+    )
+    for jax_key_path, child in children:
+      if is_node_module(child):
+        key = _key_path_to_key(jax_key_path[0])
+        yield key, child
+
+
 def recursive_map(
   f: tp.Callable[[PathParts, tp.Any], tp.Any],
   node: tp.Any,
diff --git a/flax/nnx/module.py b/flax/nnx/module.py
index a0eeb857c..a9af10c10 100644
--- a/flax/nnx/module.py
+++ b/flax/nnx/module.py
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ def iter_modules(
       yield path, value
 
 iter_children = graphlib.iter_children
+iter_module_children = graphlib.iter_module_children
 
 P = tp.ParamSpec("P")
 R = tp.TypeVar("R")