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It’s sometimes hard to know when to talk to a child who is deeply engaged in an activity, and it’s hard to know what to say. We’ve been tr...

I was thinking about the frequent questions I see from teachers asking what loose parts they could use for one theme or another. My percep...

I see lots of posts on education discussion groups asking “Where do you keep your loose parts?” Or “What does your loose parts area ...

I spend a lot of time on online early childhood sites, reading blogs, commenting and discussing topics on Facebook groups, and scrolling t...

I’ve had a lot of discussions with teachers who are enthused about introducing loose parts to their classroom, but then become frustr...

I first introduced loose parts play into my three-year-old classroom five years ago. There were already loose parts in my classroom, but no...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about ways to introduce loose parts in the classroom  with the idea that intentional planning ...