Risk

Suzanne Axelsson

The Competent Child

Over the years this statement has been something I have returned to many times.. in blog posts, and in other writings and presentations....

Suzanne Axelsson

The Essence of Play

First of all maybe I should start with what mean with the essence of play. It's an attempt to describe play as something more than just...

Suzanne Axelsson

The Art of Listening to Understand

For over a decade I have been focusing on listening as a form of democracy - not me listening to the children, but how we all can listen...

Suzanne Axelsson

My Vision

After attending the Nobel Week Dialogues today in Stockholm - listening to various Nobel laureates talk about "The Future of Life" - I...

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...

Suzanne Axelsson

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....

Suzanne Axelsson

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...

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...

Suzanne Axelsson

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...