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We Believe in the Brilliance of Every Child:
Every

We Believe in the Brilliance of Every Child:
Every child holds innate capability and genius. When adults begin with curiosity, children reveal their strengths and possibilities. They become true partners in their learning.

#MissionVisionValues


Play belongs in school.

Last week, Governor Tina
Play belongs in school.

Last week, Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 1596! The measure allows play-based learning approaches to be considered
instructional time in K-5 schools! When classrooms make space for play children build language, test ideas, and develop the habits of mind that support lifelong learning.

A meaningful step toward joyful, developmentally aligned learning across Oregon.

#PlayBasedLearning #OregonEducation


Materials aren’t just something children use. They
Materials aren’t just something children use. They’re something children think with. When hands are engaged, language grows. When materials are paired with reflection and inquiry, ideas deepen.

Former Opal School Teacher and TPP collaborator Hannah Chandler shares guidance and resources for using materials as tools for thinking.

🔗 Full post at the link in our bio.

#learningthroughplay #VisibleThinking


At Russell Elementary, literacy isn’t a subject: i
At Russell Elementary, literacy isn’t a subject: it’s a way of being together.
Through buddy partnerships with second graders, dramatic play and story workshop time, children are using reading and writing as tools to share their ideas and build confidence.
From adding pages to class books to creating real-world signs for their grocery store play, children are discovering that literacy lives in their voices and everyday experiences.
 #PlayfulLearning #EarlyLearning #StudentVoice


Children have ideas worth listening to.
Our work b

Children have ideas worth listening to.
Our work begins by making space for their voices.

Thank you to the voices from Opal School children and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation for preserving their work!

#StudentVoice
#ChildCentered


Looking closely changes what we see.

In Beaverton
Looking closely changes what we see.

In Beaverton, we explored Project Zero’s Parts, Purposes, Complexities Thinking Routine with the CEI Cohort. A simple routine that creates powerful shifts in thinking. We designed the session with two intentions: to examine the new curriculum we are co-creating together, and to offer a routine teachers can use with their students. After practicing with everyday objects, we turned the same lens toward the curriculum. Without explicit directions, educators developed their own systems for organizing their thinking, surpassing what we envisioned, just as students often do in inquiry spaces.

We are grateful for the CEI Cohort’s risk-taking and reflection.

🔗 Find the Project Zero routine guide in our link in bio.

#BeavertonSchoolDistrict #projectzero #thinkingroutines


A winter walk.
An adopted tree.
A closer look.

Ki
A winter walk.
An adopted tree.
A closer look.

Kindergarteners in North Clackamas noticed that winter isn’t just gray. It’s layered with white, brown, red, yellow, green, and blue. Back in the classroom, those observations turned into experimentation. Droppers filled. Colors shifted. Recipes were tested and revised.

#EarlyLearning #PlayfulInquiry #ColorMixing

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“I call it Double Color.”

This is what happens when children are given time to observe closely and experiment freely. Science, art, and language intertwine. Children name what they notice. A tree becomes a teacher. Children become researchers of their own ideas.


Identity is revealed in the small, everyday moment
Identity is revealed in the small, everyday moments of classroom life through materials children choose, stories they tell, and the way adults listen. Invitations like these don’t do the work on their own, but they help create space for children to explore who they are, feel pride in themselves, and experience belonging in community.

This month, we’re sharing classroom invitations connected to the four goals of Anti-Bias Education, beginning with Identity. These examples reflect small, intentional moments that support children’s growing sense of self as part of a larger, ongoing practice.

#AntiBiasEducation #EarlyLearning #PlayfulInquiry



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