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It’s that time of year when teachers start to focus on children making things – holiday and seasonal decorations and gifts to display or to...

As the children become more familiar with the process of painting on paper, I introduce different textures and experiences. When it...

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...