Environments and Materials

We’ve curated a collection of resources from our Teaching Preschools, Opal School and other curious minds for you to explore. Use these images, stories, tools, videos and articles as a spark — we hope you’ll find inspiration. This collection is intended to invite you to think alongside us about what happens when materials are used for tools for thinking within classroom environments.

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Exploring Color

Exploring Color

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?

What is possible at the light table?

What is possible at the light table?

Below is a video made by Teaching Preschool Partners to highlight possibilities for storytelling, light and color exploration, collaboration and creative problem solving that can…Read More.
Tempera Paint: Images for Inspiration

Tempera Paint: Images for Inspiration

Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?

Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?

Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?   Is a guide that originated in response to questions TPP received from teachers new to playful learning…Read More.
What Can This Material Do?

What Can This Material Do?

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 with Ben…Read More.
Clay: Images for Inspiration

Clay: Images for Inspiration