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
- 5 aug.
- 4 min.
The Story of sharing
Now this is not about what you might think... it's not at about how to get preschoolers to share, or the dialogue about if they should be...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 31 juli
- 8 min.
The story of speed.
Yesterday I started to write about my week of exploring playgrounds in the Stockholm area with a focus on the 8 categories of risky play....
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 30 juli
- 9 min.
The Story Of Playgrounds
During the last week I have been going round a variety of play-spaces in Stockholm together with my 18 year old son to evaluate them,...
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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
- 28 juni
- 8 min.
The Complexity of Risky Play
On my social media I recently shared this image... with these words... "As I write about risk, play and teaching I keep thinking of ways...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 maj
- 7 min.
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
- 2 maj
- 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
- 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
- 18 apr.
- 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
- 28 mars
- 6 min.
The Story of Change
(In Swedish after the image) On Friday I spoke at a conference about creating early years environments for success, I was one of four...
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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
- 23 jan.
- 1 min.
Original Learning Approach in 1 minute
Original Learning is a reflective approach to view the roles of play, learning, teaching and understanding, and how adults can become...
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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
- 12 jan.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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