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Principles for Loose Parts TEACHING - young children
This extends my thinking about loose parts play to how loose parts can be incorporated into our teaching as well. Teaching and Play are...
Suzanne Axelsson
27 sep. 202311 min läsning


Principles for Loose Parts PLAY - young children
The reason why I specify young children for this principles for Loose Parts Play is that I think it differs from how older children will...
Suzanne Axelsson
27 sep. 20237 min läsning


10th International Fairy Tea Party part 2
Why the International Fairy Tea Party? It is a day to share the learning power of play and imagination. Through play and imagination so...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 juli 20237 min läsning


Explore v Show
One of the topics that arose during our open house Grammar of Drawing meeting was the idea of do we show children how things work or do...
Suzanne Axelsson
10 jan. 20234 min läsning


A Play-responsive Space
In my book The Original Learning Approach; Weaving playing, learning and teaching together in early childhood I write not only about the...
Suzanne Axelsson
14 dec. 20224 min läsning


Every Colour-seed Can Blossom. - Varje färg-frö kan blomma
A #GrammarOfDrawing project together with Roberta Pucci and Nona Orbach. This post is written by Roberta - it can be found in Swedish and...
Suzanne Axelsson
4 juli 20224 min läsning


Markers' Explorations - Tuschpennans utforskningar
This post was written by Roberta Pucci as a part of the #GrammarofDrawing project together with Nona Orbach and myself. A Swedish...
Suzanne Axelsson
22 apr. 20225 min läsning


The Story of Friction
Over the weekend I held two presentations for educators in Turkey (the marvels of digital connections) and as I talked something struck...
Suzanne Axelsson
13 dec. 20213 min läsning


Drawing as an Act of Democracy - part 2
This post is a part of the #GrammarOfDrawing project together with Nona Orbach and Roberta Pucci. In this blogpost you will find the...
Suzanne Axelsson
10 dec. 202118 min läsning


A Flower Provocation - En Blomprovokation
The post is available in here in English, Swedish ( Suzanne) and Portuguese (Adriana Hollenbeck) Text by Suzanne Axelsson and Roberta...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 nov. 20214 min läsning


The Original Learning Approach to Traditions
Holidays are not something I teach or teach about… they are, instead, an opportunity to discover our multiplicity - after all, each...
Suzanne Axelsson
20 okt. 20214 min läsning


Why Do Kindergarten Children Stop Scribbling?
written by Nona Orbach as a part of the Grammar of Drawing Project. In this blog you can find the English, Swedish and Portuguese...
Suzanne Axelsson
6 okt. 20216 min läsning


The Water Cycle: told by Hillel, 5 years old
By Nona Orbach All children go through the same stages in the development of graphic language, from the first accidentally left marks, to...
Suzanne Axelsson
30 sep. 20213 min läsning


The Soothing Nature of Scribbles
written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧🇸🇪 available in this blogpost Italian translation Roberta Pucci 🇮🇹 Hebrew translation Nona Orbach...
Suzanne Axelsson
23 sep. 20217 min läsning


The Hand-eye Play of Scribbles - Hand-öga lek av klotter
written by Roberta Pucci In this blogpost - available in English and Swedish (translation by Suzanne Axelsson) Italian Translation by...
Suzanne Axelsson
13 sep. 20215 min läsning


The Genesis of a Line
Nona Orbach - author/Hebrew translation 🇬🇧🇮🇱 Suzanne Axelsson - English editor/Swedish translation 🇬🇧🇸🇪 Roberta Pucci - Italian...
Suzanne Axelsson
31 aug. 20212 min läsning


The Flow and Play-frame of Drawing
Written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧 Found here Swedish translation Suzanne Axelsson 🇸🇪 Finns tillgänglig här Hebrew translation Nona...
Suzanne Axelsson
24 aug. 20214 min läsning


Together on the Square
Many years ago now I started a project called "Together on the Square". The aim was to "teach" empathy by exposing the children to...
Suzanne Axelsson
23 nov. 20207 min läsning


The Story of... dinosaurs...
I still have memories of being interested in dinosaurs as a young child. I have certain memories of books and conversations I had about...
Suzanne Axelsson
17 nov. 20208 min läsning


The Art of Healing
For me, the atelier, or art studio, is so much more than just a place to make arty things... it is a place of discovery, recovery and...
Suzanne Axelsson
16 juli 202021 min läsning
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