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Early Childhood: Intentional Picture Book Use to Boost Children's Maths, Vocabulary, and Play
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Date(s): 23rd Jul 2026
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM AEST
Venue: Virtual Learning Session Details and invitation to join the meeting will be provided closer to the date of the event. Online session delivered by MAV
Costs: Member: Free Non-Member: $30.00 Members, login now to receive your best price
Description: Early Childhood Webinar Series We’re excited to announce that the Early Childhood Webinar Series will continue in 2026. With a focus on mathematics in early childhood education, these sessions are designed to support your professional learning and explore how maths can be thoughtfully embedded in play-based and emergent curricula. Bringing together current research and practitioner expertise, each webinar will spotlight a key aspect of early childhood mathematics, offering practical strategies, fresh insights, and inspiring examples to help you notice, nurture, and extend mathematical thinking through everyday play. Webinar Five: Intentional Picture Book Use to Boost Children’s Maths, Vocabulary, and Play This practical workshop explores how picture books can be used intentionally to build children’s mathematical thinking, strengthen vocabulary, and support rich, play-based learning experiences. During the session, participants will: Deepen their understanding of how narrative and illustration can make mathematical concepts meaningful for young learners Explore a range of mathematically rich picture books that support number, pattern, measurement, spatial reasoning and data concepts Engage in hands-on planning activities to design book-based mathematical provocations Strengthen their capacity to recognise and document mathematical thinking within everyday practice Consider how to extend maths experiences through environments, family partnerships, and curriculum alignment Dr. Helen Schiele (Co-Chair) Helen has worked in all levels of education from early learning to tertiary institutions. She has spent some 15 years in dedicated community based early childhood settings in northern metropolitan Melbourne and now represents some 140 early learning services within the independent school's sector. Over several years Helen has been able to develop strong collaborative networks within State and Commonwealth departments. Seeing her as a keen advocate for early childhood services and the professionalism of the field. She currently sits on several key working parties at a state level in supporting the Best Start – Best Life state government initiative. Registrations close 23rd July 2026
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