The Blank Slate: The Curiosity Spot

12/06/2020

Childhood is such an important time. Let them explore and take in the world, so that later they can problem solvers and innovators.

In the last thirty years there's been a revolution in scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that's also transformed understandi...

11/12/2019

A snow day, an opportunity to organize Loose parts/Creativity Station - ready for the next Loose Parts Saturday.

07/20/2019

Loose parts
Packed away.
Come back
Another Saturday. 😁

07/20/2019

So this happened today.

02/12/2019

I watched a little girl stack two giant Duplo blocks on top of each other and then stand on top of them. She started to wobble, looked panicked and then she stabilized herself, put her arms up and smiled. She had just accomplished something. She just learned something about balance, about her body and about her capabilities. We so often take away children’s opportunities to learn to manage risk.

Children need to be exposed to risky play. For ‘helicopter parents’, this might be difficult - but kids need to learn to manage danger themselves

04/07/2018

What a wonderful resource to print and display from The Simplicity of Learning.

06/24/2017

The only instructions given: "you can use any of these things in any way you choose."

05/06/2017

Loose parts inspire creativity

04/25/2016

Children discover so much through open-ended materials

In a Reggio environment materials are carefully selected for their potential to enhance learning and discovery.

09/20/2015

Creativity abounds at Circle on the Circle on the Square: Holistic Life Center

09/19/2015

Some beauty made by child artists today