Opal School Blog
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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Growing Independence And Collaboration
I used to picture my five-year-old son starting kindergarten as an experience that I expected would be full of nervous excitement, joy, laughter, and new…
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Playful Inquiry and Politically Charged Topics
This post comes from our colleague Ben Mardell and is also posted on the Pedagogy of Play blog. Persistent and pernicious racism and inequality. Hurricanes…
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The Future Is A Lovely Day
Tara Papandrew was asked to review The Future is a Lovely Day for the Summer 2020 issue of Innovations in Early Education: The Reggio Emilia…
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Considering Risks and Opportunities
I’m interested in the ways in which these strange days of learning about teaching during a global pandemic serve as a kind of sieve, shaking…
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Getting Started: West Coast Global Pandemic Edition
This pandemic experience is a massive experiment in collective vulnerability. We can be our worst selves when we’re afraid, or our very best, bravest selves.…
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Seeking Connections
While discussion and debate carries on about whether and how to open schools safely, we know that children’s museums will be unlikely to see visitors for…
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An ecology of listening
“What’s the thing that most people miss above all? It’s just the chance to be gregarious, to be with other people. Human beings are socially…
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What Do We Do When We Don’t Know What To Do?
“From now on things will be described in terms of the times Before and After Corona. Right now we are in neither. This is a…
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