Building links between the classroom and home to benefit children's learning

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS TO ASSIST WITH A MULITMODAL APPROACH IN THE CLASSROOM



OBJECTIVE: assist in being able to confidently induct multiliteracy texts to their programming and link learning experiences with children's wider communitites.







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