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This week, I gave a talk about introducing “risky play” in early childhood classrooms. I talked about the situations and reasons that first...

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

Teachers talk a lot about the value of “heavy work”. Usually those conversations are about helping children with sensory needs or ADHD, or ...

As a new school year starts, I'm reposting one of my favorites, that is at the core of my teaching philosophy. It's not what the ma...

I teach not far from where I grew up: a city neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. When I read curriculum ideas and blogs about o...

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 ...