Picture books are a springboard for creative and critical teaching where students can make strong mathematical connections between concepts and language. Picture books contain both imagery and dialogue that can ignite curiosity and in which teachers can create purposeful and innovative learning tasks. In this workshop, we will investigate how quality picture books can lead to tasks that develop deep mathematical understandings for our students. In addition, we will look at a range of tasks that utilise the mathematical proficiencies, effective pedagogies and assessment opportunities. We will discuss thoughtful choices of picture books, considering students' academic and personal requirements and the lifelong students can make on our world.

Key takeaways:
1. Linking mathematics to literacy.
2. Highlighting how picture story book can be used to engage students into mathematical concepts.
3. Explore tasks linked to picture story books utilising the proficiencies