Read With Us! Inventology
Recently, we invited folks from around the world to join us in an Opal School Book Club. We shared insights from Ann Pelo and Margie…
Tag: invention
Keeping space for creativity and inventiveness in PE
If developing creativity and inventiveness is a fundamental purpose of schooling, those dispositions need to be inspired throughout the day. In Story Workshop, children might…
Unpacking Compassion
“Empathy is a gateway to compassion. It’s understanding how someone feels, and trying to imagine how that might feel for you — it’s a mode…
Inventiveness emerges through the tangles found in play
At a recent meeting Opal teachers were asked to reflect on the ways invention has emerged in their respective learning communities this year. Using a…
An Oopsidental Moment
Right now, as teachers, we are working to find ways to explore the intentions we set at the beginning of the year in a way…
Coming soon to Office Depot
At this week’s Opal School staff meeting, we continued our research into invention education (see earlier posts here and here). We decided to start considering the…
Casting a line toward invention
As Susan wrote in her recent post, Opal School staff gathered Wednesday to discuss their observations of times when children were being inventive. I was…
Looking for Invention
With generous funding from The Lemelson Foundation, Opal School is embarking on an exciting journey this fall to research Invention Education alongside our friends and…