About Us
- 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 Team
  - Our Approach
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Programs & 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!
Classroom Resources
- 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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About Us
- 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 Team
  - Our Approach
  - Our Board of Directors
Programs & 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!
Classroom Resources
- 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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Practice

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?

Publications and Tools

Black line Drawing: Where do I start?

Family School Connection Vital to Belonging

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.