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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
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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
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Berättelsen om... Destruktiv Lek
En liten påminnelse jag använder "Berättelsen om..." som blogginlägg rubriker eftersom jag tycker att det är viktigt att tänka på att...
Suzanne Axelsson
23 sep. 202310 min läsning
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The Story of... Destructive Play
As a little reminder, I use “The story of…” as blog post titles because I think it is important to consider that my opinion is just one...
Suzanne Axelsson
23 sep. 202311 min läsning
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The Problem with Play
Often I find play is being interpreted too normatively. The play that is described is mostly the doing of play, which relies on adults...
Suzanne Axelsson
18 sep. 20237 min läsning
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Playarista
I feel there is a need for the education system to become more aware of how play is a part of learning - I think play is more obvious in...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 sep. 20235 min läsning
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Life-long Playing
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...
Suzanne Axelsson
14 aug. 20237 min läsning
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Teaching to Understand
(finns på svenska efter bilderna) The more I explore what Original Learning has to offer my reflective process, the more I see that I...
Suzanne Axelsson
6 maj 20237 min läsning
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The Competent Child
Over the years this statement has been something I have returned to many times.. in blog posts, and in other writings and presentations....
Suzanne Axelsson
13 mars 202312 min läsning
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The Unhurried Child
For over a decade now I have been advocating for slowing down. And it is so validating to read more and more about others also advocating...
Suzanne Axelsson
7 mars 20236 min läsning
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The Ten Principles of Original Learning
I keep thinking about what would be the underlying principles of the Original Learning Approach... my book is sharing the complexity and...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 mars 20234 min läsning
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The Essence of Play
First of all maybe I should start with what mean with the essence of play. It's an attempt to describe play as something more than just...
Suzanne Axelsson
1 mars 20237 min läsning
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The Story of... Care. Berättelsen om... Omsorg
(The English version of this can be found after the Swedish) Språk fascinerar mig alltid - på engelska finns det bara ett ord för "care"...
Suzanne Axelsson
14 feb. 202310 min läsning
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The Story of... quotes
This quote is very similar to one made by Maya Angelou - often misquoted as "When we know better we do better". As I was writing my book...
Suzanne Axelsson
5 feb. 20237 min läsning
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We are stories
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...
Suzanne Axelsson
12 jan. 20234 min läsning
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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
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Bonus!!
I am so excited. Not only has my book on Original Learning been released, I have also teamed up with Sally Haughey and her Wunderled team...
Suzanne Axelsson
8 jan. 20232 min läsning
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Being Slow in a Speed-up Society
I thought I would start off the year with a simple message to slow down. My usual New Year wish to everyone is to make glorious mistakes...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 jan. 20234 min läsning
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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
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The Art of Listening to Understand
For over a decade I have been focusing on listening as a form of democracy - not me listening to the children, but how we all can listen...
Suzanne Axelsson
12 dec. 20225 min läsning
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