Introduction to Bookmaking

with 3-8 Year Olds

2 Day Mini Course

Facilitated by Katie Ashmead and Mimi Hayward

This Mini Course has a specific focus on working with 3 - 8 year old writers in

Kindergarten and Early Years of School.

This Mini Course books our VERY quickly, so don't hesitate too long.

We are unable to extend the number of participants due to COVID restrictions on the size of the venue.

Registrations close Monday 8 February, unless booked out earlier

Early Childhood Educators understand that young children bring with them a wealth of literacy understandings and competencies as they begin Kindergarten and Reception. The Book-making approach to literacy values and honours children’s prior learning, their cultural competence and their dispositions for learning. It uses these to drive learning deeper and to create a culture of thinking, talking and noticing about books. It values the intellectual quality of mark-making as an essential component of being a writer.

A book-making approach not only sees children from this competent lens, it empowers children to see themselves as competent writers. The approach challenges pedagogical practices that see children as empty learners; who are needy because they know so little.

We have facilitated workshops about the Pedagogy of Bookmaking for over 12 years - throughout South Australia, in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, USA, Canada and Shanghai! This rich pedagogy engages children in language and literacy, motivates them to become deeply involved in their learning and also excites educators when they see children learning to their potential.

BYO Lunch

Light Morning Tea provided

Please note: registration for this mini course is for 2 sessions:

Saturday 13 February 2021 - 9:30am - 3:00pm

Saturday 13 March 2021 - 9:30am - 3:00pm

Please email Melissa if you are a full time student who wishes to participate in this mini course.

Discount is offered for teams of 5 or more from the same site. Please email Melissa with the names of those who will be registereing to access your discount code.

Please note: registration is via Humanitix and payment is strictly by credit card only. Manual registration and invoicing is not available. You are automatically sent a tax invoice when registering on Humanitix.

Part of your booking fee will be donated to support Indigenous Education Scholarships.