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.
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!
- - Support TPP

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.
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!
- - Support TPP

Provocations for Practitioners

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Playful Inquiry in the Early Years: Field Guide

Playful Inquiry

Tools and Publications

Playful Inquiry in the Early Years: Field Guide

Playful Inquiry in the Early Years A Field Guide for Creating Inclusive, Inquisitive and Collaborative School Communities that Learn Together Teaching Preschool Partners is pleased…Read More.