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Sticks! More stick play in this world.

Sticks! More stick play in this world.

Sticks! Small ones. Long ones. Thick or thin sticks. Smooth sticks. Bumpy sticks. Sticks bundled together, stacked, or sorted. How do you play with sticks? Does a stick become something...

Sticks! More stick play in this world.

Sticks! Small ones. Long ones. Thick or thin sticks. Smooth sticks. Bumpy sticks. Sticks bundled together, stacked, or sorted. How do you play with sticks? Does a stick become something...

Squiggle Play and the Joy of Wonder

Squiggle Play and the Joy of Wonder

When do we lose our sense of child like wonder? Is it ever really lost or just buried under the weight of responsibilities, carpool, meal prep, and adulting? Does our...

Squiggle Play and the Joy of Wonder

When do we lose our sense of child like wonder? Is it ever really lost or just buried under the weight of responsibilities, carpool, meal prep, and adulting? Does our...

Water Park Play

Water Park Play

Water play naturally invites an abundance of learning opportunities. Our multi age explorers played, discovered, investigated, wondered, and questioned with our “water park.”

Water Park Play

Water play naturally invites an abundance of learning opportunities. Our multi age explorers played, discovered, investigated, wondered, and questioned with our “water park.”

Love and play…

Love and play…

“It’s love and play that form the foundation of a good education. Without that, the rest is worse than useless, it's meaningless.” - Teacher Tom  

Love and play…

“It’s love and play that form the foundation of a good education. Without that, the rest is worse than useless, it's meaningless.” - Teacher Tom  

Class community and learning through play

Class community and learning through play

As I was making each name stone, I thought about each learner. Some of whom I know from last year and some I have yet to meet. I wondered about...

Class community and learning through play

As I was making each name stone, I thought about each learner. Some of whom I know from last year and some I have yet to meet. I wondered about...

Step back. Observe. Guide when they invite you.

Step back. Observe. Guide when they invite you.

An invitation to play can spark curiosity. There’s no need for elaborate set ups. Simply a few materials for open ended play allows children to take the learning where they...

Step back. Observe. Guide when they invite you.

An invitation to play can spark curiosity. There’s no need for elaborate set ups. Simply a few materials for open ended play allows children to take the learning where they...