The children’s literature specialists of Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invite you to a conference where they offer to ponder on children’s literature as a way of learning. The conference is intended for professionals working with children and books: librarians, pedagogues, educators, etc.
The word ‘knowledge’ when talking about children’s books contains countless forms and contents, therefore it is suggested to look at it from very different perspectives. We will discuss at the conference how children’s books and their guaranteed availability develop children’s familiarity with the environment and themselves from birth and later in other phases of life. We will consider the ways in which books can be used and creatively implemented in educational processes for children at each different phase of development – from home, kindergarten, and up to school. How and in what way can books be useful in the educational process when a family faces certain developmental challenges? How can books help a child to know and express their emotions, expectations, wishes, and to talk to adults? Lastly, how can children’s literature become a starting point for getting to know other people, the world of the past, present, and future, and tell about your own world not only to children, but also to adults?
As many as ten speakers from Lithuania and abroad will speak and share their insights in all these aspects at the conference. The program includes two discussions aimed at discussing the experience of children’s literature festivals in Lithuania and abroad, and the importance of educational books, as well as five practical educational activities for adults, where professional Lithuanian and foreign authors and educators will offer creative ways of accessing books for children, which conference participants will be able to use in practical tasks with children in their daily activities.
The conference is organized by the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
The conference is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Main partner of the conference: Ministry of Education, Science, and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania
Conference partners: EDU Vilnius, Vaikų žemė PI, Lithuanian branch of IBBY
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