Introduction to Bookmaking

with 4-8 Year Olds

2 Day Mini Course

Facilitated by Lisa Burman

We are very happy to be able to offer both days in person in MELBOURNE in 2023. Many thanks to Our Lady of the Rosary Parish School, Kyneton for hosting us.

REGISTRATIONS MUST CLOSE FRIDAY 17th MARCH

Early Childhood Educators understand that young children bring with them a wealth of literacy understandings and competencies as they begin school The Bookmaking 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 Bookmaking Approach not only sees children from this competent lens, it empowers children to see themselves as competent writers. This way of working with young writers 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 16 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.

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

Thursday 27th April 2023 - 9:00am - 3:00pm

Friday 19 May - 9:00am - 3:00pm

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.