Suzanne Axelsson
We are stories
Over the years I have written blogposts where the title has started with "The Story of..." this is in part because I wanted to share my...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 12 dec. 2022
- 5 min.
The Art of Listening to Understand
For over a decade I have been focusing on listening as a form of democracy - not me listening to the children, but how we all can listen...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 9 dec. 2022
- 6 min.
My Vision
After attending the Nobel Week Dialogues today in Stockholm - listening to various Nobel laureates talk about "The Future of Life" - I...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 5 maj 2022
- 8 min.
The Story of the Crying Child
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 2 maj 2022
- 3 min.
The Gentle Art of Recombobulating
Discombobulated means being confused or being uncomfortable or not feeling together. I think it is a state many of us experience from...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 18 apr. 2022
- 14 min.
The Future of Play
On Sunday 17th April I was featured in Kathimerini national newspaper in Greece, interviewed by Lina Giannarou who then wrote an article...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 23 feb. 2022
- 10 min.
The story of the unique child
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 feb. 2022
- 7 min.
The Truth About Play
The more I learn about play the more I feel that the whole truth about play is not being shared. Recently, I have been enjoying looking...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 12 jan. 2022
- 10 min.
The Story of a Dining Room Table
I once read a social media thread about the use of tablecloths in early years settings... one educator having seen them being used on...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 jan. 2022
- 4 min.
The story of the shopping mall preschool
As many of you might already know, during the last 18 months I have been listening to the forest to see what I can learn. It has been...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 jan. 2022
- 6 min.
Room to Eat
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 13 dec. 2021
- 3 min.
The Story of Friction
Over the weekend I held two presentations for educators in Turkey (the marvels of digital connections) and as I talked something struck...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 dec. 2021
- 18 min.
Drawing as an Act of Democracy - part 2
This post is a part of the #GrammarOfDrawing project together with Nona Orbach and Roberta Pucci. In this blogpost you will find the...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 30 nov. 2021
- 6 min.
The Story of Pockets
Pockets... I love them... as do my two daughters... but seldom do we get decent pockets in our clothes, compared with the pockets of my...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 11 nov. 2021
- 2 min.
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 26 okt. 2021
- 8 min.
Drawing as an Act of Democracy
Scribbling by Suzanne Axelsson "Everyone should have the permission to be able to scribble. There is a freedom in scribbling that allows...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 okt. 2021
- 4 min.
The Original Learning Approach to Traditions
Holidays are not something I teach or teach about… they are, instead, an opportunity to discover our multiplicity - after all, each...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 6 okt. 2021
- 7 min.
Math Baskets
Here are some ideas for math activities I have created to mix learning into children's play. These ARE an activities and technically not...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 2 juli 2021
- 6 min.
The Story of being Play-responsive
Just as I no longer refer to myself as Reggio Emilia inspired, but Malaguzzi inspired because of the many different ways that the...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 juni 2021
- 7 min.
The Story of Play and Listening
Play and listening... it keeps coming back to these two things for me. If I was to boil it down to two important words it would be Play...
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