New to Playful Inquiry?

What is Playful Inquiry?  Why does it matter?  It describes an approach that transforms the way children and adults work together. Playful Inquiry refers  to the ways in which learning and exploration come to life based on the thinking and decision making of both teachers and children. This smaller collection of key Playful Inquiry resources is not offering ready answers of how to "do" playful inquiry, these resources are designed as a place to hear from the experiences of educators, like you, who wondered about what it looks like when children and adults are co-researchers of learning. Dive in and wonder with them and start your own Playful Inquiry exploration 

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Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?

Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?

What Can This Material Do?

What Can This Material Do?

Your Image of the Child

Your Image of the Child

When thinking about creating a collection of ideas, images, stories from the field and foundational documents to help unearth the ideas behind playful inquiry this…Read More.
Planning for Playful Inquiry

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…Read More.
Designing a new preschool classroom

Designing a new preschool classroom

A STORY FROM THE FIELD By Melinda Hayward, Prescott Teaching Preschool Designing a new preschool classroom (excerpt from the Field Guide Chp. 3) “These are…Read More.