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Invitation to Explore

Invitation to Explore

Setting the Table: Cardboard

Setting the Table: Cardboard

Using Potter’s Clay with Young Children

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

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.
Playful Inquiry in the Early Years: Field Guide

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.
Introducing Partner Explore

Introducing Partner Explore

Introducing Partner Explore (excerpt from the Field Guide Chp.5) Partner Explore is a workshop approach that focuses directly on creating a community of learners by…Read More.
The Principles of Playful Inquiry

The Principles of Playful Inquiry

FROM THE OPAL ARCHIVE: 09/2012 – Written by Opal School teacher researcher and pedagogical director Susan Harris MacKay To learn more or connect with Susan…Read More.