INSPIRING CURIOUS MINDS
belonging, being, becoming
OUR VISION
At Playful Learning Collective, we support teachers and humans in whole-child playful, joyful teaching in what feels like a messy, challenging time in education.
We believe children are capable, curious, and also growing in a world and a context that is different. Different from our experiences as children, and maybe different from the world of children we have taught in the past. It creates new and interesting challenges for teachers and caregivers, especially in a school system that changes at the speed of … well, never.
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We also believe that growth and learning happens best in an ecosystem that nurtures children’s unique strengths, joys, and challenges, and we know that this ecosystem is fragile, and often interrupted by factors beyond our control.
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We feel an imperative to puzzle alongside you what it means to hold these beliefs within a system that often values data over dignity, product over process, compliance over innovation. What does it mean to be kids first in an outcomes first system?
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Christine & Kristi co-author the substack Taproots.
Their newsletter features:
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Deep dives into the environment, playful learning and explorations, and documentation.
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A focus on creating emergent curriculum through playful learning.
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Practical strategies for integrating play and joy into your day
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Ample connections to the research and thinking that drives the work
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Interviews with teachers and the chance to follow along with what’s happening in their classrooms. (including the frustrating, challenging, cry-at-the end- of -the-day stuff)
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Ask us anything, questions and responses.
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Book lists, materials recommendations, and links to favorite pens.
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