Words, Wonder & Numbers: Creating Language and Numeracy-Rich Environments in the Early Years”
Words, Wonder & Numbers: Creating Language and Numeracy-Rich Environments in the Early Years
Support Group - Monday 8th September 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania)
6:30pm - 8:30pm South Australia, Northern Territory
6:00pm - 8:00pm Western Australia
Individual - $119 - Team - $499
Tax Deductible, Certificate received for Professional Development
Linked to: EYLF v2.0 | NQF | Developmental Theory
Overview:
A rich language and numeracy environment isn’t built with worksheets — it’s built with storytelling, play, exploration, and intentional conversations.
In this course, educators will discover how to embed early literacy and numeracy learning into everyday experiences, learning areas, routines, and outdoor play — in ways that are joyful, meaningful, and developmentally appropriate.
Linked with the EYLF v2.0, NQF, and grounded in developmental theory, we’ll explore how to build environments where language and mathematical thinking grow naturally — through rhythm, repetition, problem-solving, patternmaking, storytelling, singing, movement, and real-world exploration.
You’ll leave with a toolbox of simple, powerful strategies to create a truly language and numeracy-rich classroom — indoors and outdoors.
What Early Childhood Educators Will Learn:
Words, Wonder & Numbers is designed to inspire and equip early childhood educators to create rich, intentional environments that support both early language and emergent numeracy — not through worksheets, but through storytelling, play, exploration, movement, and meaningful conversations.
Educators will discover how to embed literacy and numeracy across all areas of the program, from book corners and home play to outdoor adventures and daily routines. Drawing from the EYLF v2.0, National Quality Framework, and key developmental theorists, this session explores how children build foundational skills through rhythm, repetition, pattern-making, problem-solving, and joyful real-world experiences.
Whether you’re supporting infants, toddlers, or preschoolers, you’ll leave with a powerful toolkit of age-appropriate strategies to make your learning environment come alive with words, wonder, and numbers — indoors and out.
Topics;:
1. Why Language & Numeracy Matter in the Early Years
Explore the foundational role of oral language, vocabulary, storytelling, number sense, pattern recognition, and real-world problem solving in long-term learning and school readiness.
2. Theorists & Foundations of Literacy/Numeracy Learning
Vygotsky: Language as a social tool; scaffolding thought through conversation
Piaget: Early mathematical thinking through sensory and physical exploration
Gardner: Linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences
Montessori: Hands-on numeracy and phonetic awareness
Bronfenbrenner: Influence of environment and home-literacy practices
Reggio Emilia: Environments as language- and symbol-rich spaces
3. What a Language & Numeracy-Rich Environment Looks Like
Practical examples across the setting:
Book Corner: Dual-language texts, vocabulary walls, word baskets
Home Corner: Menus, money, recipe cards, phone numbers
Block Play: Measurement tools, shape sorters, construction plans
Outdoor Play: Counting leaves, rhythm games, positional language
Group Time: Rhyme, rhythm, storytelling, clapping patterns, counting songs
Art & Craft: Pattern making, letter formation, visual sequencing
4. Embedding Language & Numeracy in Routines & Rituals
Morning greetings with name recognition
Daily counting (children, weather, days of the week)
Calendar discussions, tallying votes, packing away with counting
Transition games that build vocabulary or rhythm
5 Supporting Language & Numeracy Outdoors
Mark-making stations and chalk letters
Nature numbers, treasure hunts, obstacle course directions
Sensory counting (e.g., “can you find five smooth stones?”)
Storytelling mats, puppets, and natural props under the trees
Water play with volume vocab (full, empty, half, overflowing)
6. Age-Appropriate Strategies & Provocations
Tailored for:
0–12 months: Labeling actions, sound play, rhythm and rhyme
12–24 months: Simple counting in play, name recognition
2–3 years: Picture books with repetition, finger play, size & sorting
3–5 years: Story retells, pattern play, meaningful mark-making
5–8 years: Letter sounds, measuring, sequencing, journaling and numeracy in real-life tasks
7. Linking to EYLF v2.0 & NQF
Outcome 1: Children develop strong identities through expression
Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners (problem-solving, inquiry)
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators (language, literacy, numeracy)
NQF Quality Areas: QA1 (Educational Program), QA3 (Physical Environment), QA5 (Relationships), QA6 (Collaborative Partnerships)
Reflection Prompts for Educators:
10 Reflection Questions to Support Language and 10 Reflection Questions to support Numeracy within the early learning program and curriculum
Support Group - Monday 8th September 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania)
6:30pm - 8:30pm South Australia, Northern Territory
6:00pm - 8:00pm Western Australia
Individual - $119 - Team - $499
Tax Deductible, Certificate received for Professional Development
Linked to: EYLF v2.0 | NQF | Developmental Theory
Overview:
A rich language and numeracy environment isn’t built with worksheets — it’s built with storytelling, play, exploration, and intentional conversations.
In this course, educators will discover how to embed early literacy and numeracy learning into everyday experiences, learning areas, routines, and outdoor play — in ways that are joyful, meaningful, and developmentally appropriate.
Linked with the EYLF v2.0, NQF, and grounded in developmental theory, we’ll explore how to build environments where language and mathematical thinking grow naturally — through rhythm, repetition, problem-solving, patternmaking, storytelling, singing, movement, and real-world exploration.
You’ll leave with a toolbox of simple, powerful strategies to create a truly language and numeracy-rich classroom — indoors and outdoors.
What Early Childhood Educators Will Learn:
Words, Wonder & Numbers is designed to inspire and equip early childhood educators to create rich, intentional environments that support both early language and emergent numeracy — not through worksheets, but through storytelling, play, exploration, movement, and meaningful conversations.
Educators will discover how to embed literacy and numeracy across all areas of the program, from book corners and home play to outdoor adventures and daily routines. Drawing from the EYLF v2.0, National Quality Framework, and key developmental theorists, this session explores how children build foundational skills through rhythm, repetition, pattern-making, problem-solving, and joyful real-world experiences.
Whether you’re supporting infants, toddlers, or preschoolers, you’ll leave with a powerful toolkit of age-appropriate strategies to make your learning environment come alive with words, wonder, and numbers — indoors and out.
Topics;:
1. Why Language & Numeracy Matter in the Early Years
Explore the foundational role of oral language, vocabulary, storytelling, number sense, pattern recognition, and real-world problem solving in long-term learning and school readiness.
2. Theorists & Foundations of Literacy/Numeracy Learning
Vygotsky: Language as a social tool; scaffolding thought through conversation
Piaget: Early mathematical thinking through sensory and physical exploration
Gardner: Linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences
Montessori: Hands-on numeracy and phonetic awareness
Bronfenbrenner: Influence of environment and home-literacy practices
Reggio Emilia: Environments as language- and symbol-rich spaces
3. What a Language & Numeracy-Rich Environment Looks Like
Practical examples across the setting:
Book Corner: Dual-language texts, vocabulary walls, word baskets
Home Corner: Menus, money, recipe cards, phone numbers
Block Play: Measurement tools, shape sorters, construction plans
Outdoor Play: Counting leaves, rhythm games, positional language
Group Time: Rhyme, rhythm, storytelling, clapping patterns, counting songs
Art & Craft: Pattern making, letter formation, visual sequencing
4. Embedding Language & Numeracy in Routines & Rituals
Morning greetings with name recognition
Daily counting (children, weather, days of the week)
Calendar discussions, tallying votes, packing away with counting
Transition games that build vocabulary or rhythm
5 Supporting Language & Numeracy Outdoors
Mark-making stations and chalk letters
Nature numbers, treasure hunts, obstacle course directions
Sensory counting (e.g., “can you find five smooth stones?”)
Storytelling mats, puppets, and natural props under the trees
Water play with volume vocab (full, empty, half, overflowing)
6. Age-Appropriate Strategies & Provocations
Tailored for:
0–12 months: Labeling actions, sound play, rhythm and rhyme
12–24 months: Simple counting in play, name recognition
2–3 years: Picture books with repetition, finger play, size & sorting
3–5 years: Story retells, pattern play, meaningful mark-making
5–8 years: Letter sounds, measuring, sequencing, journaling and numeracy in real-life tasks
7. Linking to EYLF v2.0 & NQF
Outcome 1: Children develop strong identities through expression
Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners (problem-solving, inquiry)
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators (language, literacy, numeracy)
NQF Quality Areas: QA1 (Educational Program), QA3 (Physical Environment), QA5 (Relationships), QA6 (Collaborative Partnerships)
Reflection Prompts for Educators:
10 Reflection Questions to Support Language and 10 Reflection Questions to support Numeracy within the early learning program and curriculum