Interaction Imagination

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

Just as I no longer refer to myself as Reggio Emilia inspired, but Malaguzzi inspired because of the many different ways that the...

Traditions are an important part of creating belonging... they can also contribute to exclusion, and they have a tendency in ECE settings...

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...

Responding to the children not following the children is key in Original Learning - plans are made, activities designed to provoke...

I still have memories of being interested in dinosaurs as a young child. I have certain memories of books and conversations I had about...

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...

During the Play First Summit I talked about relationships as being key... the process of listening to understand rather than listening to...

I often find articles and comments about how playgrounds and play-spaces limit children, often in connection with the promotion of...

This is the last in the series connecting to the talk for Play First Summit 2020 arranged by Teacher Tom and Sally Haughey of Fairy Dust...

I have decided to write several chapters on this topic of storytelling in more manageable bitesize reads as I realised that this too was...

For me, the atelier, or art studio, is so much more than just a place to make arty things... it is a place of discovery, recovery and...

(på svenska efter foto-bilder) In the AnjiPlay kindergartens in China, the words Love, Risk, Joy, Engagement and Reflection are their...

Over on my Instagram I have started to share photographs that I randomly choose from my photos and add reflections - what memories does...

Lego is an open ended material that can be used in a myriad of ways... in my home and work I have seen constructions being made, artwork,...

(på svenska efter bilderna) On my Facebook page Interaction Imagination I have been sharing inspiration photos from artists creating land...

As promised, and with great thanks to Mia and Federika for their time when I visited and also for answering and translating my questions...

While I was in Milan I was fascinated with the presentation of the construction materials in each classroom. There was a clear and...

Over the years I have engaged many times in dialogues about the fact the word "fun" being used as a key word in the...

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...