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Resource Library
- This resource library was created with educators in mind. It includes tools and stories from TPP collaborating classrooms and Opal School. We hope you’ll explore these resources to find inspiration, get curious, and imagine next steps for your work with children. This is for you.
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Our Approach
- Teaching Preschool Partners believes in co-creation with our partners, and that our partners are a wellspring of inspiration and wisdom. We do not subscribe to conventional ideas of the “expert.” Learn more about how we work!
- - Our Approach
  - Who we are
  - Our Board of Directors
Our Partners
- We cherish our partnerships and acknowledge the boldness of what our partners are doing. They are creating worlds for children that build on their capabilities and gifts, and upholding a vision of a transformed public education system. Get to know our partners and arrange for a visit!
- - Our Partners
Resource Library
- This resource library was created with educators in mind. It includes tools and stories from TPP collaborating classrooms and Opal School. We hope you’ll explore these resources to find inspiration, get curious, and imagine next steps for your work with children. This is for you.
- - Resource Library
  - All Resources
Support and Connect
- Support TPP financially, support classrooms by donating materials, and support us through volunteering! Click Donate to see how you can support TPP’s mission!
  
  There are many ways to connect with TPP. Contact us by email, follow us on social media, or join our email list for monthly updates. Click Connect to see how you can stay connected to TPP!
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Practice

What is the story of your child’s name?

What is the story of your child’s name?

Getting started with loose parts

Getting started with loose parts

Environments for Playful Inquiry: Where do I start?

Environments and Materials

New to Playful Inquiry?

Tools and Publications

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.

Building a Chain Filled by Love

Playful Inquiry

Building a Chain Filled by Love

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 02/2017 – Written by Opal School Teacher Researcher Lauren Adams In this story/video, the kindergartners and first-graders were exploring self in…Read More.

Storytelling Superpowers at McKay Elementary

Playful Inquiry

Storytelling Superpowers at McKay Elementary

Check out how the kindergarten teachers at McKay Elementary (one of TPP’s partnering schools in Beaverton Public Schools) are using superpowers to bring storytelling…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

New to Playful Inquiry?

Playful Inquiry

Tools and Publications

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.