About this Session
- Review when worksheets support learning and when they restrict it.
- Replace repetitive paper tasks with meaningful experiences.
- Strengthen learning through talk, movement, manipulation and exploration.
- Create evidence of learning without over-relying on written work.
Key Learning Areas
- Purposeful use of worksheets
- Hands-on alternatives for literacy and numeracy
- Learning through games, stories and real objects
- Observation-based assessment
- Documentation of children's learning
- Balancing school expectations with developmentally appropriate practice
Professional Outcomes
- Identify worksheet tasks that need redesign
- Create experiential alternatives to routine seatwork
- Assess learning through observation and performance
- Improve engagement without compromising learning goals
- Build a balanced early-years activity plan
Take-back to Practice
Worksheet-to-Experience Makeover: convert one commonly used worksheet into a hands-on, play-based learning experience.
Programme Schedule
Saturday, 21 Nov 20269:15 AM
Invocation & Welcome
Opening, orientation and programme briefing
9:30 AM
Session 1
Understand: Purposeful use of worksheets
11:00 AM
Morning Break
Refreshment break
11:15 AM
Session 2
Practise: Hands-on alternatives for literacy and numeracy & Learning through games, stories and real objects
12:45 PM
Lunch
Lunch break
1:30 PM
Session 3
Apply: Observation-based assessment
3:00 PM
Afternoon Break
Refreshment break
3:15 PM
Session 4
Create & Implement: Documentation of children's learning
4:45 PM
Reflection & Closure
Reflection, key takeaways and commitment to application
