Early Years Literacy and Numeracy
UndergraduateLTU-EDU3ELM2025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Price from
- $578
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Early Years Literacy and Numeracy
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe a range of research informed literacy and mathematics learning processes for young children from birth to 5 years.
- Demonstrate an understanding of relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts in literacy and mathematics teaching for children from birth to 5 years of age.
- Research and develop appropriate and effective learning experiences, teaching strategies, including play based and intentional teaching, to shape literacy and mathematics curriculum for children from birth to 5 years of age, in response to relevant curriculum documents.
- Develop and collate a range of appropriate ideas and resources to support young children’s learning in areas of literacy and mathematics, including relevant ICT resources.
- Theoretical Perspectives
- Literacy Concept Development for Young Children
- Mathematical Concept Development for Young Children
- The Role of Nature Play in Facilitating Literacy and Mathematical Thinking
- The Role of Music in Facilitating Literacy and Mathematical Thinking
- The Power of Creativity and Imagination
- Technology and Multimodal Communication
- Contextualising Learning Through Assessment
In this subject pre-service teachers explore the fundamentals of literacy development and mathematical thinking for teaching and learning for children from birth to 5 years. Pre-service teachers are presented with the theories of early learning alongside the practicalities of shaping appropriate learning experiences for early learners. The notion of curriculum for young children is addressed using the Early Years Learning Framework and the Victorian Early Years Learning & Development Framework. Pre-service teachers will examine early mathematical concepts and processes; such as one to one correspondence, matching and sorting, memory, spatial reasoning and problem solving; and early literacy concepts and processes, including repetition, imitation, text exploration, reading and a range of texts. Representational processes such as drawing, painting and writing, including left/right orientation will be considered. Music, rhythm, beat and movement will be incorporated as tools of creativity which enhance the development of language, literacy and mathematics.
- Diagnostic assessment task (400 words) Completed within the first two weeks of term (10%)
- Informing teaching practice (1600 words) (40%)
- Teaching resource (2000 words) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed EDU2ELM (Early Years Literacy & Numeracy) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLAT-ECE-DEG