Interaction Imagination

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...

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...

Discombobulated means being confused or being uncomfortable or not feeling together. I think it is a state many of us experience from...

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

On Sunday 17th April I was featured in Kathimerini national newspaper in Greece, interviewed by Lina Giannarou who then wrote an article...

(In Swedish after the image) On Friday I spoke at a conference about creating early years environments for success, I was one of four...

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...

Original Learning is a reflective approach to view the roles of play, learning, teaching and understanding, and how adults can become...

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...

I once read a social media thread about the use of tablecloths in early years settings... one educator having seen them being used on...

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...

Over the weekend I held two presentations for educators in Turkey (the marvels of digital connections) and as I talked something struck...

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...

Continuing my sharing of my play observations where I chose not to just observe children in preschools and play-spaces but to also...

The surprise when we paused and looked at our shadows… Child: woah! You are taller than me…!!! I am not sure who was the most surprised...

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...

Holidays are not something I teach or teach about… they are, instead, an opportunity to discover our multiplicity - after all, each...

Here are some ideas for math activities I have created to mix learning into children's play. These ARE an activities and technically not...

written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧🇸🇪 available in this blogpost Italian translation Roberta Pucci 🇮🇹 Hebrew translation Nona Orbach...

Written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧 Found here Swedish translation Suzanne Axelsson 🇸🇪 Finns tillgänglig här Hebrew translation Nona...