Early STEM
professional development

Engaging play-based STEM workshops and webinars for teachers and educators

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Little Scientists Early STEM Award

Would you like recognition for your service’s work with inquiry-based STEM?
Submit your early STEM project for a chance to be recognised as a leader in early STEM education.
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Workshops & webinars

Accredited, pedagogy-based face-to-face workshops in Water, Air, Engineering, Optics, Acoustics, Mathematics, Human Body, Computer Science, Chemical Reactions and Design and Technologies as well as online STEM professional development webinars and workshops.

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Materials

Comprehensive topic booklets and  discovery cards help you implement inquiry-based practices.

Pedagogy

Each workshop explores a specific STEM subject as well as a pedagogical topic.

Affordable

Learn how to use low-cost, everyday, recycled materials to implement play-based STEM learning in your service.

See the STEM in the everyday - Early childhood STEM professional development
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Why choose us?

Our early-STEM professional development program offers affordable, face-to-face and online workshops for early childhood educators and teachers.

The program is designed to promote confidence in facilitating STEM* learning and empower those working with children aged 3-6 years to implement playful, inquiry-based experiences in educational programs.

Our engaging play-based workshops are designed with you, the teacher, in mind and previous STEM knowledge is not required.

The workshops will provide you with a solid understanding and confidence in planning and implementing STEM learning in your service.

* STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NESA and TQI

Completing our face-to-face workshops may contribute 5 hours of NESA Elective Professional Development hours.
Little Scientists Optics, Acoustics and Air workshops provide TQI Registered Professional Development for teachers. Each workshop counts as 5 hours of PD.

Alignment to EYLF, NQF and APSTs

Our professional development workshop program provides teachers and educators with a variety of tools and educational concepts to meet a range of requirements of the National Quality Framework (NQF). The Little Scientists program links to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) and aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).

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What educators say...

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7000+ educators trained
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We got hands-on experience of STEM and built on effective ways to provide experiences, and documenting using the inquiry cycle and ELYF.
★★★★★ 5/5
Western Australia
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Wonderful and interesting topic, guided well by our trainer. Exceeded my initial expectations and created a sense of excitement and wonder that I will be sure to use in my room.
★★★★★ 5/5
Baccus Marsh
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Workshop was very hands on and interactive, great ideas, and better understanding of engineering we encounter in everyday life. Jessica was wonderful. Very clear and inclusive.
★★★★★ 5/5
Melbourne
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The session was extremely well-organised and presented. Due to it being very hands-on it was very enjoyable and engaging. The PD also explained a range of question techniques that I believe will assist in the level of comprehension of my students.
Western Australia
★★★★★ 5/5
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