Teaching and Learning
Ode to Opal School by Louise Cadwell
Longtime Opal School friend and colleague, Louise Cadwell, wrote a post on her Cadwell Collaborative blog: https://www.cadwellcollaborative.com/blog/2021/8/19/ode-to-opal-school
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Thank you Opal School by Ben Mardell
Longtime Opal School friend and colleague, Ben Mardell, wrote a post over at the Pedagogy of Play blog: https://www.popatplay.org/post/thank-you-opal-school
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Sharing Our Stories: Reflecting together on teaching and learning in a pandemic
The current health pandemic has brought about feelings of incredible uncertainty, fear, and vulnerability for teachers, families, and students across the world. Here at Opal…
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What face am I making?
Stepping into this school year, opening in November after many weeks of percolating and gestating, I felt a great deal of concern over how we…
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Phantom Limbs and Shooting Stars
One of the hard things about this COVID time is a licensing rule that prohibits preschool families from entering the building. Saying goodbye to families…
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What’s a parent to do?
I wrote earlier this year about my desire to step in as a parent when my child is at home doing online learning and my…
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Staying Close
Through Opal School’s courses, I’ve been in conversations with teachers whose learning communities are impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic in the full range of…
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Announcing Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers
It is with great excitement that we share the cover of our forthcoming book — Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers— available for pre-order…
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Story Workshop: A confluence of meaning-making, play, and the arts
We hope you enjoy this presentation, offered as part of The Early Childhood Assembly‘s Virtual Day of Early Childhood. We’re honored to be a part…
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The election, politics, and young children
In this election season, many of us are energized to deepen both our political advocacy and our pedagogy. I believe that we all need to…
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