Description:
Early Childhood Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the launch of a webinar series focused on mathematics in early childhood education. Designed to support your professional growth, this series explores how mathematics can be meaningfully embedded within play-based and emergent curricula. Drawing on both academic research and practitioner expertise, each session will highlight key areas of early childhood mathematics by offering practical strategies, fresh insights, and inspiring examples to help you recognise and extend mathematical thinking through everyday play.
Webinar Six: Mathematical Explorations to Become Numerate
This interactive workshop draws on the work of Nicola Yelland to explore the pedagogical repertoires early childhood educators can use to embed rich numeracy experiences in their practice. Through collaborative dialogue and practical examples, educators will engage in pedagogical conversations that inspire meaningful mathematical learning. Participants will leave with ideas and strategies that can be integrated into everyday routines, play, and inquiry, supporting young children to become confident and capable mathematical thinkers.
Nicola Yelland is the Professor of Early Childhood Studies in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her teaching and research interests are related to transformative pedagogies and the use of new technologies in school and community contexts. She has worked in East Asia and examined the culture and curriculum of school settings. Nicola's work engages with educational issues with regard to varying social, economic and political conditions and thus requires multidisciplinary perspectives. Nicola effectively links research with practice so that her audience are able to critically explore the nexus of theory and practice. | 
