Monthly Musings - October 2024

October 19, 2024

In response to being asked about how to go deeper with one’s practice with children, we offer these monthly musings as invitations for you. You might take the invitation up

  • as an individual or with your team.
  • at monthly staff meetings.
  • to provoke conversations when feeling stuck.

The opportunities are endless.

We will pose these musings monthly but use them as you feel moved to. You might spend more than a month with one question. Or you might revisit a question at a later time. Each time you visit or revisit a question, new possibilities emerge.

I/we are Participating (educator)

The child's right to participate implies that the educator has an important role in following children’s ideas in play. In what ways do you participate in children's play? Think about how you can be alongside them when children are leading their play.

(Flight, p. 129)

Additional Resources:

https://www.theempowerededucatoronline.com/2018/05/setting-up-invitations-to-play.html/

Setting up invitations to play

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/susie-beghin6/episodes/S01-Ep-3---Play-based-Learning-Fostering-Autonomy-and-Belonging-in-the-Classroom-e2k2nta/a-aba27j3

Play-Based Learning: Fostering Autonomy and Belonging in the Classroom