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The story of being the same size
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...
Suzanne Axelsson
11 nov. 20212 min läsning


Malaguzzi Inspired...
Just over three years ago I was invited to Toronto, Canada to participate in the Rhythm of Learning "The Rhythm of Learning in Nature is...
Suzanne Axelsson
21 nov. 20196 min läsning


The power of a name...
One of the things I have noticed on my visit to Greece is my inability to read Greek... its a completely different alphabet... while I...
Suzanne Axelsson
18 nov. 20193 min läsning


To plan or not to plan... play-based learning
I am a huge believer in the power of play. I think it is one of the strongest languages children have to communicate with and make sense...
Suzanne Axelsson
6 nov. 20194 min läsning


The here and now educator
I feel that often as educators we are often looking into the future too much... planning the direction, needing to know where we are...
Suzanne Axelsson
21 okt. 20193 min läsning


Provokationer i kontext
(This post can be read in English here) Under de senaste två månaderna har jag deltagit i djupa och intressanta dialoger om fenomenet -...
Suzanne Axelsson
19 okt. 20196 min läsning


Provocations in context
In the course of the last two months I have found myself participating in deep and interesting dialogues about the phenomenon -...
Suzanne Axelsson
2 okt. 20197 min läsning


Original Learning
(på svenska efter bilderna) In the last few years I have been shaping and refining my idea of Original Learning... It is my reaction to...
Suzanne Axelsson
25 sep. 20196 min läsning


Outdoor Inspiration from "I Ur och Skur"
(på svenska efter alla bilder) In October 2018 I visited two "I Ur och Skur" preschools on Lidingö, just outside Stockholm City. I Ur...
Suzanne Axelsson
10 sep. 20198 min läsning


The Thinking Pause...
Over on my Instagram I use the hashtags #slowdown and #lookclosely often... usually including photos of bugs and flowers, raindrops or...
Suzanne Axelsson
12 aug. 20193 min läsning


Why "Together Art"... Varför "Tillsammans konst"
(blå text är på svenska) I have always liked collaborative art... of working together... I find that often the focus is on the...
Suzanne Axelsson
8 aug. 201922 min läsning


Ladders....
While I was in Anji, China it was very obvious that the ladder was a symbol of play and freedom... a bamboo ladder is also the actual...
Suzanne Axelsson
7 aug. 20194 min läsning


Provocation
This week over in the Facebook group - "The Reggio Emilia Approach" I posted a question "What are provocations?" This is a word I often...
Suzanne Axelsson
3 aug. 20199 min läsning


10 Rules for teachers...
I love the fact that the Swedish preschool curriculum does not have goals for the children... but goals for the teachers and the...
Suzanne Axelsson
27 juli 20198 min läsning


Collaboration between adults and children
So how comfortable are you adding to the work of others...? here is what some teachers wrote down at one of the workshops at Boulder...
Suzanne Axelsson
9 juli 201910 min läsning


What is beauty?
Aesthetics Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste. The term stems from the Greek word “aisthetikos,” meaning “of sense...
Suzanne Axelsson
28 juni 20195 min läsning


S.T.R.E.A.M
STEM-education has been around for some time now... a focus on Science Technology Engineering and Maths in education - not long after...
Suzanne Axelsson
25 juni 20193 min läsning


The Story of Light
Over the years I keep coming back to light as a tool for play, a tool for learning, a tool to explore and experiment... In a way light,...
Suzanne Axelsson
24 juni 20195 min läsning


Empty Spaces
This post was first written in 2014 when I attended the Play Iceland Conference The 2019 conference is already fully booked, but I am...
Suzanne Axelsson
8 juni 20194 min läsning


Playing with Paint
I think what really fascinated me about AnjiPlay was that in social media there is a large focus on the risky play element of the...
Suzanne Axelsson
30 maj 20194 min läsning
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