Interaction Imagination

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...

During the last week I have been going round a variety of play-spaces in Stockholm together with my 18 year old son to evaluate them,...

On my social media I recently shared this image... with these words... "As I write about risk, play and teaching I keep thinking of ways...

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

A toddler is a descriptive name of a period in our lives when we are very young.. to toddle basically means - to move with short and...

As many of you might already know, during the last 18 months I have been listening to the forest to see what I can learn. It has been...

Over the weekend I held two presentations for educators in Turkey (the marvels of digital connections) and as I talked something struck...

The surprise when we paused and looked at our shadows… Child: woah! You are taller than me…!!! I am not sure who was the most surprised...

The post is available in here in English, Swedish ( Suzanne) and Portuguese (Adriana Hollenbeck) Text by Suzanne Axelsson and Roberta...

Holidays are not something I teach or teach about… they are, instead, an opportunity to discover our multiplicity - after all, each...

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

In my FB group The Original Learning Approach I shared the below quote and it stimulated some really interesting dialogues... not least...

The Emergent Curriculum is about being responsive to the children. That the curriculum, the teaching emerges from the child's needs and...

Language and communication is essential to reflect on... how it shapes, includes, excludes and forms bias.. Moving to Sweden from the UK...

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...

This is a massive story to tell, and I know I will not have time to tell it all now... but just some parts of it... In this part I strive...

This week some of my words from my interview with Sally at the Play First conference were quoted, and I noticed that there was a lot of...

"Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person's life revolves, not only as an infant or a toddler or a...

What is the essential childhood experience of play? This question was asked of me over on Instagram. And to try and get a wider...

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...