Playful Inquiry

Honoring Children’s Stories: Making Himbasha Together
Practice

Honoring Children’s Stories: Making Himbasha Together

Co-Creating a Caring Community
Featured
Practice

Co-Creating a Caring Community

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.
Growing Compassion
Playful Inquiry

Growing Compassion

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 10/2018 – Written by Opal School teacher researcher Kerry Salazar “Empathy is a gateway to compassion. It’s understanding how someone feels, and…Read More.
Family Explore: Texture
Playful Inquiry
Tools and Publications

Family Explore: Texture

FAMILY EXPLORE Family Explore features family resources aligned with Teaching Preschool Partner’s Invitation to Explore Curriculum resource. Family Explore can also serve as a stand…Read More.
Suggested Classroom Materials List
Environments and Materials
Tools and Publications

Suggested Classroom Materials List

We often go into schools and conduct workshops where people ask us where we get all of the interesting art materials we use. We’ve prepared…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.