Suzanne Axelsson
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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Suzanne Axelsson
- 11 nov. 2021
- 2 min.
The story of being the same size
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...
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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
- 20 okt. 2021
- 4 min.
The Original Learning Approach to Traditions
Holidays are not something I teach or teach about… they are, instead, an opportunity to discover our multiplicity - after all, each...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 6 okt. 2021
- 7 min.
Math Baskets
Here are some ideas for math activities I have created to mix learning into children's play. These ARE an activities and technically not...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 23 sep. 2021
- 7 min.
The Soothing Nature of Scribbles
written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧🇸🇪 available in this blogpost Italian translation Roberta Pucci 🇮🇹 Hebrew translation Nona Orbach...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 24 aug. 2021
- 4 min.
The Flow and Play-frame of Drawing
Written by Suzanne Axelsson 🇬🇧 Found here Swedish translation Suzanne Axelsson 🇸🇪 Finns tillgänglig här Hebrew translation Nona...
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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
- 24 juni 2021
- 4 min.
The teacher as water
Water is many things... for a start it comes in many forms... liquid, gas and solid... A flexibility to meet the needs of the...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 juni 2021
- 7 min.
The Story of Play and Listening
Play and listening... it keeps coming back to these two things for me. If I was to boil it down to two important words it would be Play...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 20 maj 2021
- 4 min.
Facilitator or Content Provider? What kind of teacher are you?
In my FB group The Original Learning Approach I shared the below quote and it stimulated some really interesting dialogues... not least...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 27 mars 2021
- 5 min.
The Characteristics of Play
I have started training as a playworker Each Friday I meet with a group of others also wanting to train as a playworker and we actively...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 8 mars 2021
- 4 min.
The story of... Risky Play and Indigeneity
Risk is one of the essential threads of Original Learning. During the last few weeks I have been immensely fortunate to listen and...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 19 feb. 2021
- 4 min.
The Story of ... Emergence
The Emergent Curriculum is about being responsive to the children. That the curriculum, the teaching emerges from the child's needs and...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 1 dec. 2020
- 2 min.
Connecting
Today is the first day of the last month of 2020. A very different year than we all were expecting, that has required some creative...
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Suzanne Axelsson
- 23 nov. 2020
- 7 min.
Together on the Square
Many years ago now I started a project called "Together on the Square". The aim was to "teach" empathy by exposing the children to...
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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
- 4 nov. 2020
- 5 min.
The Story of Rough and Tumble Play
Rough and tumble play. It really is an arena of great learning - but as the responsible adult it is also a period of 100% focus. The...
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