| Type | Price |
|---|---|
For Members Standard Price Subsidy/Grant Applied Reduced Member Price |
$1,900.00 -$1,900.00 $0.00 |
Description
Join internationally respected educator and author Lisa Burman for an inspiring two-day workshop that reimagines literacy in early childhood settings. Grounded in the belief that every child is a powerful communicator, this session explores how bookmaking, story tables, and rich literacy experiences can transform your classroom into a vibrant community of storytellers and meaning-makers. Through hands-on provocations, collaborative inquiry, and reflective dialogue, educators will learn how to nurture children’s identities as readers and writers while aligning practice with the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0, Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines, and the WA Curriculum.
Outcomes
- Explore bookmaking as a literacy-rich practice that supports children’s authorship, narrative development, and identity formation.
- Design and implement story tables that invite oral language, imaginative play, and collaborative storytelling.
- Strengthen literacy planning by embedding authentic, child-led experiences that align with EYLF V2.0 learning outcomes—especially Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators.
- Connect literacy provocations to the Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines, supporting inquiry-based learning, multi-modal expression, and cultural responsiveness.
- Develop strategies to foster a literacy environment that values children's ideas, supports diverse learners, and encourages deep engagement with texts.
- Reflect on the educator’s role in co-constructing literacy experiences that are inclusive, intentional, and grounded in relationships.
Presenters
Lynne McCarney (AISWA Staff)
Consultant | Early Childhood
Lynne is an experienced educator, leader, and consultant whose career spans early childhood, school settings, and adult education. She has worked with children and adults across mainstream contexts and complex learning and trauma-impacted environments, strengthening her expertise in relational pedagogy, oral language development, and responsive, research-aligned practice. A lifelong learner, Lynne views children as capable, competent learners and advocates for education systems and policy holders to uphold education approaches that honour everyone’s wellbeing, creativity and development. Her high-energy, hands-on workshops deliver practical, meaningful strategies that empower educators and leaders to adapt their practice, embrace contemporary early childhood science, and rediscover or maintain the joy in teaching and learning.
Lisa Burman
Lisa Burman sees herself firstly as a teacher, which means she is as a constant learner, fascinated with childhood and the power and joy of learning. She is the Director and Principal Consultant for Lisa Burman Consultants, based in Adelaide, South Australia. Lisa is the author of “Are You Listening? Fostering Conversations that Help Young Children Learn” and A Culture of Agency: Fostering Engagement, Empowerment, Identity and Belonging in the Early Years. Her pedagogical consultancy specialises in early childhood education and literacy learning, and she is particularly passionate about pedagogies that are playful and build children’s identities as readers and writers.
Terms & Conditions
Please click here to view our general terms and conditions
Segments
Deepening Literacy Opportunities Through Bookmaking and Story Tables with Lisa Burman (EOI)
Date / Time
23 Jun 2026 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
AISWA
Address41 Walters Drive
Osborne Park WA 6017
Australia
PL Hours : 6.50
Deepening Literacy Opportunities Through Bookmaking and Story Tables with Lisa Burman (EOI)
Date / Time
24 Jun 2026 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person
AISWA
Address41 Walters Drive
Osborne Park WA 6017
Australia