Programming for Babies: Understanding Schemas & Infant Play

Babies are powerful thinkers long before they can speak. Their repeated actions: filling, dropping, connecting, climbing, lining up, are not random. They are schemas, patterns of thinking that reveal how infants explore and understand their world.

This workshop introduces educators to schematic pedagogy and shows how to observe, interpret, and plan for babies through a lens that values their agency, curiosity, and deep capacity for learning.

You’ll discover how to design environments, interactions, and experiences that genuinely align with babies’ developmental needs: moving beyond “age-based activities” to responsive, purposeful programming.

What You’ll Learn:
• Identify schemas commonly seen in infants’ play
• Understand what schemas reveal about thinking and development
• Plan experiences that support and extend schematic learning
• Recognise patterns in babies’ movement, gesture, and exploration
• Strengthen documentation through schema-informed observations
• Communicate babies’ learning to families in meaningful language
• Build environments that support agency, independence, and curiosity

What’s Included:
• 90-minute live workshop
• Schema identification guide
• Infant programming templates
• Practical observation examples
• Certificate of Participation

Join us to elevate your infant pedagogy and see babies’ learning in a whole new light.