Little Learners Love Literacy Professional Learning Workshops

Little Learners Love Literacy offers professional learning workshops that equip early years and primary educators with the knowledge and practical skills to teach reading, spelling, phonemic awareness, and writing using evidence-based approaches grounded in the science of reading. In an Australian education landscape that is increasingly aligning with structured literacy principles, Little Learners Love Literacy provides one of the most comprehensive professional learning pathways for teachers making this transition. Their workshops explore the key theoretical foundations — including the science of reading, cognitive load theory, and explicit teaching — and then connect these directly to classroom practice through their carefully sequenced literacy resources. Professional learning is considered essential to implementing the Little Learners Love Literacy programme with fidelity, ensuring that teachers understand not just the what of each resource but the why behind its design. Workshop formats include intensive two-day sessions (available both in-person at their Melbourne hub and online) as well as a six-session morning series for educators who prefer a more distributed learning format. What distinguishes this professional learning is its integration of theory and materials: participants don't just learn about evidence-based literacy instruction in the abstract but practise implementing it with the specific resources they will use in their classrooms. For Foundation to Year 2 teachers and primary educators seeking to strengthen their literacy instruction through approaches validated by decades of reading science research, these workshops provide both the professional knowledge and the practical tools.