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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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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Provocations for Practitioners

A Conversation with Katie Statman-Weil

Provocations for Practitioners

A Conversation with Katie Statman-Weil

A Conversation with John Nimmo

Provocations for Practitioners

A Conversation with John Nimmo

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.

Getting the Lights Right for Dancing

Playful Inquiry

Getting the Lights Right for Dancing

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 02/2017 – Written by Matt Karlsen, Director of Opal School’s Center for Learning To learn more or connect with Matt directly,…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.

Administrative Observation Tool

Tools and Publications

Administrative Observation Tool

ADMINISTRATIVE OBSERVATION TOOL Many elementary school principals are just beginning to develop their understanding of playful learning and appropriate practices in early childhood. They often are…Read More.