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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Starting with Loose Parts

Starting with Loose Parts

Loose Parts: Images for Inspiration

Loose Parts: Images for Inspiration

Going to Materials

Going to Materials

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 01/2017 – Written by Opal School teacher researcher Hannah Chandler One day recently, 4-year old Eliza…Read More.