Early Childhood Ireland's Podcast
Early Childhood is the leading national children’s advocacy and membership organisation. We work in partnership with Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings to ensure that every child is thriving and learning. We advocate for an effective and inclusive system which values, supports and invests in childhood, children and services.
Our Vision is that every child is thriving and learning in quality Early Years and School Age Care in centre-based and Childminding settings.
Our Mission is to champion quality for children in Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings, through our work with our members and on the system.
Early Childhood Ireland's Podcast
How conceptual play worlds support children’s STEAM learning: part 1 - with Prof. Marilyn Fleer
We asked Professor Marilyn Fleer, from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia to chat with us about how conceptual play worlds support children’s STEAM learning. Marilyn was so generous with her time and the conversation with her covers a lot of ground, so we decided to break it into two episodes.
In part one, we are introduced to the idea of conceptual play worlds…using what children bring to a familiar story to explore and investigate the concepts in the story. Marilyn takes us through an example using Rosie’s Walk to explore the story and introducing props and technology to deepen children’s understanding and experiences of what happens in the story.