The Thinking Pause...
Over on my Instagram I use the hashtags #slowdown and #lookclosely often... usually including photos of bugs and flowers, raindrops or...
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- 8 aug. 2019
- 22 min.
Why "Together Art"... Varför "Tillsammans konst"
(blå text är på svenska) I have always liked collaborative art... of working together... I find that often the focus is on the...
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- 7 aug. 2019
- 4 min.
Ladders....
While I was in Anji, China it was very obvious that the ladder was a symbol of play and freedom... a bamboo ladder is also the actual...
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- 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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- 30 juli 2019
- 6 min.
The Reggio Emilia Approach - the short version!
Unlike many other pedagogies, the Reggio Emilia Approach does not have specific models or written methods and thus makes it more tricky...
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- 27 juli 2019
- 8 min.
10 Rules for teachers...
I love the fact that the Swedish preschool curriculum does not have goals for the children... but goals for the teachers and the...
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- 9 juli 2019
- 10 min.
Collaboration between adults and children
So how comfortable are you adding to the work of others...? here is what some teachers wrote down at one of the workshops at Boulder...
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- 4 juli 2019
- 8 min.
The Story of... "excellent sheep"
I often write that preschool/school is an institution - with its walls around - and how we need to be jumping up to see over the wall......
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- 26 juni 2019
- 2 min.
Never a Child
I have been spending the afternoon thinking about play and about childhood... and thinking about myself as a child. When it struck me,...
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- 25 juni 2019
- 3 min.
S.T.R.E.A.M
STEM-education has been around for some time now... a focus on Science Technology Engineering and Maths in education - not long after...
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- 24 juni 2019
- 5 min.
The Story of Light
Over the years I keep coming back to light as a tool for play, a tool for learning, a tool to explore and experiment... In a way light,...
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- 12 juni 2019
- 5 min.
Skills for philosophy with children: 1
Those of you who have followed me for many years will know that I have been working with children using philosophy with children... not a...
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- 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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- 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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- 30 maj 2019
- 4 min.
Playing with Paint
I think what really fascinated me about AnjiPlay was that in social media there is a large focus on the risky play element of the...
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- 21 maj 2019
- 4 min.
A PLAY & LEARNING REVOLUTION
It was a few years ago when I was first drawn to AnjiPlay, I don't remember exactly how many, but I do remember feeling a connection to...
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- 20 maj 2019
- 7 min.
Structure for Freedom
Over the years I have worked in places that have had dysfunctional groups as well as groups that have played well together. I have often...
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- 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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- 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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- 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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