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Listening differently: Children's language beyond the alphabet NEW!

Education

Lecturer: Oscar Björk, PhD, senior lecturer in Swedish language at Mälardalen University, Academy of Education, Culture and Communication, Department of Language and Literature.

We often say that we want to listen to children. But what does listening actually mean – and what are we at risk of not hearing? In this lecture, Oscar Björk, senior lecturer in Swedish language, challenges the obvious images of language, communication, and children's expressions. Based on ...

Working with language development in preschool | February 3, 2026 NEW!

Education

Lecturer: Caroline Husu Nilsson, certified preschool teacher at Förskolan Trollet in Kalmar

The water guardian's journey from the ditch to the book Join us on a journey where four-year-olds' exciting discoveries in a ditch turn into a language development book project. Caroline Husu Nilsson from the Trollet preschool in Kalmar talks about how they have worked with language development in relation to aesthetic learning tools ...

Children's right to participation and influence in preschool documentation and reflection work | December 11, 2025

Education

Lecturers: Anne Wahlgren, preschool teacher, and Birgitta Kennedy, educationalist at Trollet preschool, Kalmar.

Digital lecture Educational documentation becoming a common meeting place for children and educators—where storytelling, revisiting, reflection, and 100-language communication are natural ingredients—is a prerequisite for a democratic and participatory preschool. Two children photograph a growing ...

The youngest children in preschool in a Reggio Emilia-inspired practice | December 3, 2025

Education

Lecturer: Sofia Hedin, educationalist in Linköping and vice-chair of the Reggio Emilia Institute's economic association.

Digital lecture A lecture on how research with children, through a process-oriented approach, works and is intertwined with the preschool curriculum and systematic quality matrices. The lecture will move between positions on education and views on children together...

Textiles in preschool – Experiment, embroider, and design

Education

Skillingaryd

Lecturer: Karin Furness, art teacher and textile sculpture artist, and author of the book Formulera.

A two-day workshop with practical work in various textile techniques for all age groups in preschool.

He who has no trousers must walk around bare-bottomed | November 17, 2025

Education

Lecturer: Emma Lewis: studio artist and preschool teacher in Helsingborg; lecturer and author.

Digital lecture A language development project in which the children in the Grodan department chose to turn to older people to find answers to their questions about Hasse Alfredson. How their newfound knowledge led to an animated documentary film. Lecturer: Emma Lewis, preschool teacher and studio artist at ...

Active mathematics in motion | November 7, 2025

Education

Speakers: Gunilla Essén, educationalist in Sigtuna/Märsta, and Leicy Olsborn Björby, studio artist in Västerås. Two of the authors of the book Pedagogisk dokumentation Utvecklas och lära tillsammans (Educational Documentation: Developing and Learning Together) (Natur och Kultur publishers).

Capturing, following, and challenging children's mathematical thinking through educational documentation The lecture takes a broader perspective that goes beyond traditional ways of thinking about mathematics: numbers, shapes, sharing fruit, and so on. In the lecture, we highlight mathematics as a natural part of children's...

Children who challenge | October 20, 2025

Education

Lecturer: Azarina Kander Birgersson, supervising special educator, pedagogista, and atelierista at Vinslöv preschools. Marte Meo Licensed Supervisor.

– Hur förstår jag barnet bättre och hur kan jag ge bättre stöd? Alla har vi barn som utmanar oss på olika sätt. Föreläsningen fokuserar på att skapa större förståelse för det enskilda barnet. "Learn to read the message behind the problem behaviour" det vill säga lägg inte fokus vid att barnet spark…