Kempsey Early Intervention Programme

Thanks to funding from Ageing Disability and Home Care (ADHC), your team have the opportunity to participate in the Hanen Teacher Talk training. An evidence-based approach to promoting children’s language, literacy and social skills in early childhood education settings.

Presenters: Caryn Maher and Shelly Thamm (Hanen trained facilitators) - Early Childhood Intervention Program -Coffs Harbour

Play and daily routines provide opportunities to create enriched, interactive language-learning environments that include all children. This training will discuss how to foster language development through daily interactions.

A series of three (3) workshops

Over three workshops you will learn how to:

Encouraging Language Development in Early Childhood Settings (Workshop 1 – this is a prerequisite to the other 2 workshops)

•identify the children’s conversational styles and the roles teachers play

•let the child lead in individual and group interactions

•help children become better conversational partners

Encourage interaction in group situations

Let Language Lead the Way to Literacy (Workshop 2)

Develop positive attitudes towards the use of print

Make book reading a time for interaction and conversation

Adjust your language during book reading to match the children’s stage of language development

Encourage higher level abstract thinking during book reading

Increase print awareness

Fostering Peer Interactions in Early Childhood Settings (Workshop 3)

Make the best use of space in the classroom

Encourage a variety of groupings for interaction

Provide materials and activities that promote peer interaction

Support children’s interactions with peers.

This directly links to the Early Years Learning Framework:

Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world

Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners

Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators