Interaction Imagination

Just over a year ago I read the following statement about tidy and organised classrooms, and while I agree with some of it, I do not see...

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...

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...

I have been spending the afternoon thinking about play and about childhood... and thinking about myself as a child. When it struck me,...

STEM-education has been around for some time now... a focus on Science Technology Engineering and Maths in education - not long after...

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,...

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...

This post was first written in 2014 when I attended the Play Iceland Conference The 2019 conference is already fully booked, but I am...

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...

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...

During my visit to Anji County in China and the nine preschools one of the (many) ting that stuck out was the use of clay, and the scale...

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...

Over the years I have worked in places that have had dysfunctional groups as well as groups that have played well together. I have often...

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...

One of my assignments from my masters in Early Childhood Education at Sheffield University Introduction According to the pedagogical...