| Type | Price |
|---|---|
For Members Standard Price Subsidy/Grant Applied Reduced Member Price |
$295.00 -$200.00 $95.00 |
| Non-Members | $445.00 |
Description
Join us for a full day, hands-on workshop focused on engaging children in rich oral language activities that are aligned with the Kindy Curriculum Guidelines, the EYLF V.2 and NQS frameworks. This session explores the richness of everyday practices in the pre-kindy and Kindy classroom context and aims to enhance ways of engaging children in language and literacy activities in the early years.
This full day T.A.L.K. Workshop: Enhancing Oral Language and Pre-Literacy Skills will involve:
T - Tuning-in: Tuning-in to children's specific language needs in the early childhood classroom. Harnessing children's emerging interests and abilities to curate rich and meaningful experiences for language acquisition. We will also be sharing observational methods to help identify children's language needs in the context of the EC classroom.
A - Advancing: Advancing our application of effective strategies to support children's oral language and pre-literacy development. We will be exploring the power of music and movement in the development of speech sounds, creating highly engaging mat sessions with interactive games and activities to engage all language learners. We will be demonstrating dialogic storytelling with props and puppets to enhance children's vocabulary, knowledge, and executive functioning.
L - Learning Environments: Creating inclusive learning environments that foster rich language and literacy experiences EVERYWHERE. Building on socio-cultural theory, we will be examining how to use our learning centres such as role play to enhance educator and peer interactions and sustained shared conversations.
K - Knowledge and Skills: Building strong partnerships with families in the promotion of early oral language and literacy skills. Experimenting with various Literacy Backpacks to use in our own settings and building resources to share with families.
PL Highlights:
- Enhancing three key areas of practice - everyday routines and rituals that enhance oral language and literacy skills, creating physical environments for rich language learning and dialogic storytelling with young children.
- All participants will receive an Oral Language Resource Kit to try in their own classroom context.
- Ways to engage families in their children’s oral language and literacy journey.
The day will include lots of opportunity for shared reflection through high-quality play experiences and take-home resources to share in your school.
Extension session: all participants will be invited to a follow-up session at AISWA on 11 August 2025, where we will discuss the effectiveness of the Oral Language Resource Kit in practice and meet with a registered Speech Pathologist who will share tips, insights, and resources to further support practice.
***Subsidy provided from Preschool Reform Agreement (PRAG)
Outcomes
- Enhanced Understanding of Oral Language Development. Educators will gain a deeper understanding of the stages of oral language development and how to support children at each stage.
- Practical Strategies for Daily Integration. Educators will learn and practice strategies to integrate oral language activities into daily routines, rituals and play-based learning environments.
- Development of Pre-Literacy Skills. Educators will explore the development of pre-literacy skills, laying the foundation for later reading and writing.
- Alignment with the EYLF. Educators will explore Outcome 5 ensuring that children are effective communicators through social construction of oral language. This PL will explore high-quality interactions with educators, sustained shared thinking (SST) as well as adding new rhymes, music and movement dance and dialogic storytelling.
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Segments
T.A.L.K. Workshop: Enhancing Oral Language and Pre-Literacy Skills
Date / Time
19 Mar 2025 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
AISWA
Address41 Walters Drive
Osborne Park WA 6017
Australia
PL Hours : 6.50
Learning Area
- Early Childhood
School Area
- Preschool (PK-K)
- Early Childhood (PK - 2)
- Education Assistants
- Pre-Primary
- Kindergarten