COMMUNITY NEWS
Event Details
https://www.earlystartdiscoveryspace.edu.au/whats-on/events/
The learner-friendly house Speaker Series, a Q&A with UOW Early Start researchers.
Consisting of four presentations to discuss the learner friendly household and how to maximise your child’s abilities.
Wed Aug 4 6.00pm Week One – The importance of food and movement for learning and cognition
You will learn:
- The dietary, physical activity and sleep factors that are associated with improved learning and cognition
- How to ensure that your child is getting a well-balanced dietary intake, and enough physical activity and sleep
Wed Aug 11 6.00pm Week Two – How to see math in the home and the environment
You will learn:
- The importance of mathematics learning in the early years for future success.
- How to see maths in the home and the environment, and bring it to life in our every day.
- How to use the vehicle of play and everyday materials in the home, to engage with mathematical concepts of patterning, symmetry, measurement and number learning.
- The language of maths and how to use simple questions and mathematical terminology to extend the learning.
Wed Aug 18 6.00pm Week Three – The importance of play for development: A focus on literacy
we will:
- Explore possibilities for literacy learning through play.
- Consider the materials, time, and spaces for play, and the interactions children have with peers and adults.
- Examine what play might offer for all children.
Wed Aug 25 6.00pm Week Four – Responding to Challenging Behaviours – The Important Role of Children’s Self-Regulation
You will learn:
Together we will explore the way adults and our environments shape children’s self-regulation,
and examine specific play-based activities that can be used to support young children across a range of contexts.
Matt Ball
Community & Volunteer Coordinator
Early Start Discovery Space | Building 21. 101
University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
T +61 2 4221 3245