Playful Inquiry

We’ve curated a collection of resources from our Teaching Preschools, Opal School and other curious minds for you to explore. Use these image, stories, tools, videos and articles as sparks of inspiration! This collection is intended to invite you to to think alongside us about what happens when you put these two big ideas - play and inquiry - together within classroom communities?

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Honoring Children’s Stories: Making Himbasha Together
Practice

Honoring Children’s Stories: Making Himbasha Together

Co-Creating a Caring Community
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Co-Creating a Caring Community

Your Image of the Child
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Playful Inquiry

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.
Storytelling Superpowers at McKay Elementary
Playful Inquiry

Storytelling Superpowers at McKay Elementary

Kindergarten teachers Diane Hall and our own Emily McNeff, at McKay Elementary School in the Beaverton School District, collaborated with Teaching Preschool Partners in 2021…Read More.
Disrupting Bias
Playful Inquiry

Disrupting Bias

Disrupting Bias (excerpt from The Field Guide, Chp. 6) written by Laura Czarniecki, former Shaver Teaching Preschool teacher If you’d like to read more purchase…Read More.
Planning for Playful Inquiry
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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.
Asking Unanswerable Questions
Playful Inquiry

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…Read More.