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...

I am researching, writing and observing about all things risky play at the moment and it is really making me aware of just how controlled...

There are times we meet a child that cries and cries when they start their life as a member of an early year's group. No matter how much...

The more I learn about play the more I feel that the whole truth about play is not being shared. Recently, I have been enjoying looking...

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...

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

Continuing my sharing of my play observations where I chose not to just observe children in preschools and play-spaces but to also...

I am always noticing... especially play. And as I come to the close of my playwork training I have decided to share some of the...

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...

Over the years I have used a lot of circles as ways to explain my thinking. And while I like circles I still find them a little too neat...

I feel that often as educators we are often looking into the future too much... planning the direction, needing to know where we are...

This week over in the Facebook group - "The Reggio Emilia Approach" I posted a question "What are provocations?" This is a word I often...

Over the years I found that I swing from having great faith in educators to suddenly feeling overwhelmed and that we are never going to...

Sometimes something catches your eye and you just have to read it... my two 14 year old daughters love Sherlock Holmes, so when I saw the...

As I look back and reflect on my experience in Anji County, China and visiting the AnjiPlay kindergartens/preschools I wonder about my...

This is the first in a series about my visit to China to learn about AnjiPlay... This and coming posts will be my process of sorting my...

being visibly invisible This is something I strive to be... The idea is that I want to be visible in the sense that the children know...

I am a big believer in play. for me it is an essential ingredient in life. And for those of you getting to know more about my idea of...

This is the third in a four part series on Pedagogical documentation. part one can be seen - here and part two can be found - here In...