Planning for Playful Inquiry
This tool was developed in collaboration with preschool teachers new to playful inquiry asking where do I start? How do I organize and plan using…
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Asking Unanswerable Questions
FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: This tool comes from the Inspiring Inventiveness collection of Principles, Practices, and Tools developed by Opal School teacher researchers in collaboration…
Growing Compassion
FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 10/2018 – Written by Opal School teacher researcher Kerry Salazar “Empathy is a gateway to compassion. It’s understanding how someone feels, and…
Family Explore: Texture
FAMILY EXPLORE Family Explore features family resources aligned with Teaching Preschool Partner’s Invitation to Explore Curriculum resource. Family Explore can also serve as a stand…
First Experience with Tempera Paint
First Experience with Tempera Paint (excerpt from The Field Guide, Chp. 3) written by Melinda Hayward, former Prescott Teaching Preschool teacher and Carolyn Potts, Studio…
Suggested Classroom Materials List
We often go into schools and conduct workshops where people ask us where we get all of the interesting art materials we use. We’ve prepared…
Using Potter’s Clay with Young Children
For young children the sensory world is a source of satisfaction, and imagination is the source of exploratory delight. And, it is these inclinations…
Oil Based Clay
Preparing an invitation to explore a new material is like setting a table- a table of possibilities. Taking the time to make the organization of…
The Wonder of Intelligent Materials
FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: This video shares images from Opal School classrooms of children working with a variety of different materials.
Playful Inquiry in the Early Years: Field Guide
Playful Inquiry in the Early Years A Field Guide for Creating Inclusive, Inquisitive and Collaborative School Communities that Learn Together Teaching Preschool Partners is pleased…