What does holding a strong image of the child mean in a complicated world?
At the end of September, Matt Karlsen and I spoke to several groups in the Vancouver area about conditions that support playful inquiry. Over the…
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Sharing what matters
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In observance of the Martin Luther King,…
The Culture of the Atelier – Connecting minds, hands, rationality and emotions
In my last blog post, I talked about the Hundred Languages, the many ways of knowing and expressing that belong to children. The schools of…
Leaning into Literacy Studio
Sparks connect together like a vine but the big pink flower is the idea that goes through the picture. The flowers grew together in my…
In a Beautiful Place
In a beautiful place such as “Colorland” teachers have noticed, for many years now, that children’s imaginations take an especially lofty flight. At Opal School,…
Science Talk – Decomposing Pumpkins
Halloween came and went, as it always does, and with it so did the lovely pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns that help define and symbolize this exciting…
Inspiration
With all of our talk with Opal 2 students in this first month of school about intentions, some questions have come up about the process of being…