Suzanne Axelsson
Putting the Adventure back into Play
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 5 maj
- 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
- 20 feb.
- 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
- 16 jan.
- 2 min.
The Story of the Toddling Teacher
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...
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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
- 11 nov. 2021
- 4 min.
Play Observation 2
Continuing my sharing of my play observations where I chose not to just observe children in preschools and play-spaces but to also...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 4 nov. 2021
- 3 min.
Play Observation
I am always noticing... especially play. And as I come to the close of my playwork training I have decided to share some of the...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 21 okt. 2020
- 7 min.
The Story of the Observer Child
This week some of my words from my interview with Sally at the Play First conference were quoted, and I noticed that there was a lot of...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 29 juli 2020
- 5 min.
The Story of Circles
Over the years I have used a lot of circles as ways to explain my thinking. And while I like circles I still find them a little too neat...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 21 okt. 2019
- 3 min.
The here and now educator
I feel that often as educators we are often looking into the future too much... planning the direction, needing to know where we are...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 3 aug. 2019
- 9 min.
Provocation
This week over in the Facebook group - "The Reggio Emilia Approach" I posted a question "What are provocations?" This is a word I often...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 7 juni 2019
- 12 min.
The Competent Child - The Competent Teacher
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 4 juni 2019
- 5 min.
Observation - The Sherlock Holmes Approach!
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 maj 2019
- 6 min.
like butterflies...
As I look back and reflect on my experience in Anji County, China and visiting the AnjiPlay kindergartens/preschools I wonder about my...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 18 maj 2019
- 3 min.
The Child at the Centre
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...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 6 maj 2019
- 2 min.
The Story of ... being invisible
being visibly invisible This is something I strive to be... The idea is that I want to be visible in the sense that the children know...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 apr. 2019
- 4 min.
Harnessing the Power of Play
I am a big believer in play. for me it is an essential ingredient in life. And for those of you getting to know more about my idea of...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 mars 2019
- 5 min.
A Beginner's Guide to Pedagogical Documentation (part 3)
This is the third in a four part series on Pedagogical documentation. part one can be seen - here and part two can be found - here In...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 10 mars 2019
- 7 min.
A Beginner's Guide to Pedagogical Documentation
This is a guide... it is not a step by step manual. So please read, let it fill you with ideas and with questions... and the courage to...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 21 feb. 2019
- 6 min.
Observations - easier said than done
One of the questions I have often been asked is - how do teachers do observations... as most teachers talk about that the teaching is...
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