Step into a dynamic early‑years webinar that brings the Irish Primary Curriculum to life through the power of story. Stories That Connect invites participants on a rich learning journey, exploring how picturebooks, oral storytelling and poetry can spark meaningful, connected learning across all areas of the curriculum.

Teachers will discover how core literacy skills—oral language, emergent reading, emergent writing and comprehension—can be intentionally nurtured through integrated, playful experiences in Junior and Senior Infants. Using high‑quality texts as stimuli, participants will see how literacy naturally threads through SESE, Maths, the Arts and Aistear‑led inquiry, strengthening understanding and deepening engagement.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will be able to identify how picturebooks, oral storytelling and poetry can be used as stimuli to develop core literacy skills across all areas of the Junior and Senior Infant curriculum.

• Participants will be able to analyse examples of connected learning and explain how integrated, text‑rich experiences strengthen oral language, emergent reading and emergent writing.

• Participants will be able to apply a clear, adaptable planning framework to design their own cross‑curricular learning experiences using texts and topics of their choice.