Interaction Imagination

This extends my thinking about loose parts play to how loose parts can be incorporated into our teaching as well. Teaching and Play are...

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...

Usually we read about life-long learning - and I am all for that - but I think what happens is school-long teaching which risks people...

Why the International Fairy Tea Party? It is a day to share the learning power of play and imagination. Through play and imagination so...

On August 1st 2013 I wrote my very first post about the International Fairy Tea Party. It all started by accident. I had seen a photo of...

Over the years I have written blogposts where the title has started with "The Story of..." this is in part because I wanted to share my...

After attending the Nobel Week Dialogues today in Stockholm - listening to various Nobel laureates talk about "The Future of Life" - I...

The last few weeks have been busy - I was in Glasgow to participate and listen to speakers at the EECERA conference (European Early...

As part of an outdoor play and learning workshop we created bottles of nature. Since I had a focus on bringing magic, imagination and...

I keep thinking about how much STUFF educators are buying to teach the children through play instead of permitting the play to teach them...

Just as I no longer refer to myself as Reggio Emilia inspired, but Malaguzzi inspired because of the many different ways that the...

Traditions are an important part of creating belonging... they can also contribute to exclusion, and they have a tendency in ECE settings...

To be honest, this is something I have struggled with my entire life... As a child and as an adult we are being constantly reminded about...

Responding to the children not following the children is key in Original Learning - plans are made, activities designed to provoke...

I still have memories of being interested in dinosaurs as a young child. I have certain memories of books and conversations I had about...

I first wrote a blog sharing my thinking about Original Learning in October 2017... And I have just returned to that post to reflect on...

During the Play First Summit I talked about relationships as being key... the process of listening to understand rather than listening to...

I often find articles and comments about how playgrounds and play-spaces limit children, often in connection with the promotion of...

This is the last in the series connecting to the talk for Play First Summit 2020 arranged by Teacher Tom and Sally Haughey of Fairy Dust...

I have decided to write several chapters on this topic of storytelling in more manageable bitesize reads as I realised that this too was...