The Capturing Conversations with Floorbooks webinar series offers a space to explore the pedagogical thinking that sits beneath the Floorbook Approach. Each month, we slow down to explore a key idea, such as inquiry, environments, listening, questions or social justice, and consider how these ways of thinking shape our practice. Guided by Claire Warden’s stories, provocations and reflective pathways, participants are invited into real-time dialogue where ideas, wonderings and insights are captured collectively in a shared Floorbook. This interactive process makes visible the depth of thinking within the group and models the very practices we are exploring. Across the 1.5 hours, educators have the chance to reflect, speak, listen and co-construct meaning alongside others. Whether you join to deepen your pedagogical stance, enrich your team’s inquiry culture, or strengthen your connection to the EYLF, these sessions offer a lively and thoughtful entry point into the art of pedagogical conversation and the Floorbook Approach.

The environment signals our image of the child and shapes the possibilities for dialogue and inquiry. This session explores how environments can either constrain or expand thinking, and how thoughtful design supports the unfolding of a Floorbook-led Approach. 

What you will gain from this session

• Insight into how the design and provision of environments influences inquiry, relations and engagement
• Strategies to move beyond compliance driven thinking towards environments that nurture agency, collaboration and belonging
• A reflective lens to examine how space communicates the image of the child within your setting
• Practical ideas you can begin to apply immediately, whether planning a new layout or reimagining existing spaces and resources

This session may contribute to:

• National Quality Standard (NQS): QA3 Physical Environment
• Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF): Children’s sense of belonging, agency and wellbeing
• The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST): APST 4 Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments