Interaction Imagination

I am researching, writing and observing about all things risky play at the moment and it is really making me aware of just how controlled...

There are times we meet a child that cries and cries when they start their life as a member of an early year's group. No matter how much...

Discombobulated means being confused or being uncomfortable or not feeling together. I think it is a state many of us experience from...

I keep thinking about how much STUFF educators are buying to teach the children through play instead of permitting the play to teach them...

The Unique Child - first written in 2017 I love social media, I love the fact that we can share ideas online no matter where we are in...

A toddler is a descriptive name of a period in our lives when we are very young.. to toddle basically means - to move with short and...

For me, being respectful of other people, their feelings, their needs etc is essential. It is a core element of Original Learning. Being...

How does it look where you eat? If you work at a setting do you eat lunch in the classroom/department rooms or in a dining room? What are...

Taking the time to reflect... it should be one of the simplest things to do, and yet often it feels impossible... as where do we get that...

Over the weekend I held two presentations for educators in Turkey (the marvels of digital connections) and as I talked something struck...

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...

Here are some ideas for math activities I have created to mix learning into children's play. These ARE an activities and technically not...

Water is many things... for a start it comes in many forms... liquid, gas and solid... A flexibility to meet the needs of the...

Risk is one of the essential threads of Original Learning. During the last few weeks I have been immensely fortunate to listen and...

The Emergent Curriculum is about being responsive to the children. That the curriculum, the teaching emerges from the child's needs and...

To be honest, this is something I have struggled with my entire life... As a child and as an adult we are being constantly reminded about...

Many years ago now I started a project called "Together on the Square". The aim was to "teach" empathy by exposing the children to...

Rough and tumble play. It really is an arena of great learning - but as the responsible adult it is also a period of 100% focus. The...

"Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person's life revolves, not only as an infant or a toddler or a...

I first wrote a blog sharing my thinking about Original Learning in October 2017... And I have just returned to that post to reflect on...