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The Story of eating together...
18 months ago I engaged in a dialogue in an Australian group about whether or not children should stay at the lunch table when they had...
Suzanne Axelsson
3 dec. 201912 min läsning
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The illusion of "fun"
Over the years I have engaged many times in dialogues about the fact the word "fun" being used as a key word in the...
Suzanne Axelsson
30 nov. 20194 min läsning
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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
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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
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The Competent Child - The Competent Teacher
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...
Suzanne Axelsson
7 juni 201912 min läsning
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Thoughts based on a Tragedy
This post was first written on the 17th January 2014.. I am now sharing it here on my new website, as I think it is still relevant, and...
Suzanne Axelsson
15 maj 20199 min läsning
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Malaguzzi - the Fox and the Grapes
Sergio Spaggiari shared recently a personal memory from working in preschools in Reggio Emilia together with Malaguzzi. The memory struck...
Suzanne Axelsson
11 maj 201911 min läsning
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Greg and Suzanne - a dialogue of Play, Time and Magic
Suzanne: Getting the opportunity to listen to you talk at the Play on Early Childhood Conference in Athens in mid April was a magical...
Suzanne Axelsson, Greg Botrril
3 maj 20199 min läsning
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The Story of... Time
This is one of those posts that actually I was kind of saving for my book, but due to the response I have received after my keynote in...
Suzanne Axelsson
1 maj 20199 min läsning
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Circle time... to do or not to do
I have, over the years, frequently seen discussions around whether or not young children should be engaging in circle time... and...
Suzanne Axelsson
19 apr. 201910 min läsning
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The Story of Communication, chapter 2
The first chapter of this communication story was about how we, as educators, communicate - this post will focus on how the room...
Suzanne Axelsson
31 mars 20199 min läsning
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The Story of Communication
Before we can start with the children there is a need to start with ourselves... as educators. So this post will focus on that before...
Suzanne Axelsson
20 mars 20196 min läsning
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Looking to the future
The #FridaysForFuture movement is very much a part of my home-life now. Both my daughters are engaged in their different ways, one here...
Suzanne Axelsson
17 mars 201910 min läsning
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Observations - easier said than done
One of the questions I have often been asked is - how do teachers do observations... as most teachers talk about that the teaching is...
Suzanne Axelsson
21 feb. 20196 min läsning
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Exploring Documentation Together
This post will have it's main focus for educators that do not work together at the same setting but meet up in learning circles etc... of...
Suzanne Axelsson
21 feb. 20195 min läsning
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Phronesis - an essential form of wisdom in the early years
I often see how teachers have an understanding of situations and a knowing of how to proceed that can be hard to define where this wisdom...
Suzanne Axelsson
21 feb. 20193 min läsning
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The Importance of Rest-time for Creativity
I have read about 18 things highly creative people do differently... and realised that all 18 of them I could check off... actually did...
Suzanne Axelsson
19 feb. 20193 min läsning
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Does Boredom give birth to Creativity
Five years ago I saw that this image and quote going round facebook and at the moment, my social media feed is sharing this article by...
Suzanne Axelsson
19 feb. 20196 min läsning
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Just as you are...
I was sent this image yesterday and it started a whole series of thoughts... I mean I get it... why people want to associate Greta...
Suzanne Axelsson
3 feb. 20194 min läsning
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Children need platforms not pedestals
I truly believe in the competence of children, but also understand the importance of being supportive so that we do not let them get out...
Suzanne Axelsson
27 jan. 20198 min läsning
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