Suzanne Axelsson
It takes Courage to be Free
The last few weeks have been busy - I was in Glasgow to participate and listen to speakers at the EECERA conference (European Early...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 12 juli
- 5 min.
Nature Bottles
As part of an outdoor play and learning workshop we created bottles of nature. Since I had a focus on bringing magic, imagination and...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 2 maj
- 5 min.
The Stuff of Play
I keep thinking about how much STUFF educators are buying to teach the children through play instead of permitting the play to teach them...
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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
- 1 feb. 2021
- 5 min.
The Story of... Traditions
Traditions are an important part of creating belonging... they can also contribute to exclusion, and they have a tendency in ECE settings...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 8 jan. 2021
- 4 min.
Telling stories... Truth and lies...
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 nov. 2020
- 5 min.
Responding NOT following
Responding to the children not following the children is key in Original Learning - plans are made, activities designed to provoke...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 17 nov. 2020
- 8 min.
The Story of... dinosaurs...
I still have memories of being interested in dinosaurs as a young child. I have certain memories of books and conversations I had about...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 aug. 2020
- 8 min.
Original Learning...
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 5 aug. 2020
- 7 min.
The Story of... the in-between
During the Play First Summit I talked about relationships as being key... the process of listening to understand rather than listening to...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 31 juli 2020
- 11 min.
The story of a Play-space
I often find articles and comments about how playgrounds and play-spaces limit children, often in connection with the promotion of...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 28 juli 2020
- 11 min.
The Healing Powers of Play
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 23 juli 2020
- 5 min.
The Story of Healing, chapter 2
I have decided to write several chapters on this topic of storytelling in more manageable bitesize reads as I realised that this too was...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 16 juli 2020
- 21 min.
The Art of Healing
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 13 maj 2020
- 15 min.
Engagement in the Early Years - Engagemang i Förskolan
(på svenska efter foto-bilder) In the AnjiPlay kindergartens in China, the words Love, Risk, Joy, Engagement and Reflection are their...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 12 apr. 2020
- 6 min.
Reflections... part 1
Over on my Instagram I have started to share photographs that I randomly choose from my photos and add reflections - what memories does...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 6 mars 2020
- 6 min.
Original Learning - explained with LEGO
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,...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 jan. 2020
- 4 min.
Land art...
(på svenska efter bilderna) On my Facebook page Interaction Imagination I have been sharing inspiration photos from artists creating land...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 dec. 2019
- 4 min.
Creative Construction 2
As promised, and with great thanks to Mia and Federika for their time when I visited and also for answering and translating my questions...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 18 dec. 2019
- 3 min.
Creative Construction
While I was in Milan I was fascinated with the presentation of the construction materials in each classroom. There was a clear and...
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