Interaction Imagination

(på svenska efter bilderna) A long time ago I was told that I would never be able to have children... after failed IVFs and years of...

(This post How is your Third Teacher Teaching? can be read in English here) Under åren har jag haft den stora privilegium att besöka...

Over on my Instagram I use the hashtags #slowdown and #lookclosely often... usually including photos of bugs and flowers, raindrops or...

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

Unlike many other pedagogies, the Reggio Emilia Approach does not have specific models or written methods and thus makes it more tricky...

I love the fact that the Swedish preschool curriculum does not have goals for the children... but goals for the teachers and the...

I often write that preschool/school is an institution - with its walls around - and how we need to be jumping up to see over the wall......

Aesthetics Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste. The term stems from the Greek word “aisthetikos,” meaning “of sense...

To help or not to help. This is a post I first wrote in 2013, but I still find it is relevant to share again... We strive to support...

Those of you who have followed me for many years will know that I have been working with children using philosophy with children... not a...

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...

Here are some images that I have found, images that I have taken... images I thought might inspire you one way or another... Chalk board...

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...

It was a few years ago when I was first drawn to AnjiPlay, I don't remember exactly how many, but I do remember feeling a connection to...

Sergio Spaggiari shared recently a personal memory from working in preschools in Reggio Emilia together with Malaguzzi. The memory struck...

I often see posts and discussion about open-ended toys and materials... loose-parts and sometimes wonder how "open-ended" is being...

Listen with your ears, eyes, heart and mind. This is how I start a philosophy session with my preschoolers. A simple reminder that there...

I really love all resources that allow us to see the diversity of life and nature - and so this post is sharing a poster I have come...

The first chapter of this communication story was about how we, as educators, communicate - this post will focus on how the room...

What looks like chaos to you might be a source of creativity to young learners, so don't be so quick to clear things away... Most often...