Literacy Association of Ireland in Partnership with Clare Education Centre, The Education Centre Tralee, Navan Education Centre and Monaghan Education Centre.  Clara Maria Fiorentini Creating rich literacy experiences for Junior Infants to First class. 

Distance Learning with Picturebooks

This webinar series is designed to support primary school teachers in exploiting picturebooks in the distance learning environment.  What does research tell us about what is important for children’s literacy development? How can picturebooks help us to provide rich, engaging and enjoyable learning experiences for the children in our classrooms in this new context? Whether you are using email, Aladdin, SeeSaw or Zoom this one-hour session will help you to explore what is possible for your context through picturebooks.

Clara Maria Fiorentini

Clara Maria Fiorentini is an executive committee member of the Literacy Association of Ireland. Clara is a lecturer in education at Marino Institute of Education specialising in English Methods and Early Childhood Education . Prior to joining MIE, Clara taught for ten years in Dominican Primary School, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin throughout which time she developed a keen interest in holistic oral language development and playful pedagogy. Clara completed a Masters in Children’s Literature (DCU) and is currently a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin researching oral language development and transitions to formal literacy learning. Clara runs the popular Irish teaching blog www.littlemissteacher.com and is an active member on her social media platforms. Clara is a co-author of Ireland’s first multisensory phonics programme, Sounds Like Phonics (CJ Fallon, 2019).