Practice

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?
Practice
Publications and Tools

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?

Family School Connection Vital to Belonging
Practice

Family School Connection Vital to Belonging

First Experience with Tempera Paint
Environments and Materials

First Experience with Tempera Paint

First Experience with Tempera Paint (excerpt from The Field Guide, Chp. 3) written by Melinda Hayward, former Prescott Teaching Preschool teacher and Carolyn Potts, Studio…Read More.
Using Potter’s Clay with Young Children
Environments and Materials

Using Potter’s Clay with Young Children

  For young children the sensory world is a source of satisfaction, and imagination is the source of exploratory delight. And, it is these inclinations…Read More.
Oil Based Clay
Environments and Materials
Tools and Publications

Oil Based Clay

Preparing an invitation to explore a new material is like setting a table- a table of possibilities.  Taking the time to make the organization of…Read More.
Is it Playful Inquiry?
Playful Inquiry

Is it Playful Inquiry?

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 12/2016 – Written by Opal School teacher researcher and pedagogical director Susan Harris MacKay To learn more or connect with Susan…Read More.
Designing a new preschool classroom
Environments and Materials
New to Playful Inquiry?

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.