Planned Serendipity, A Discussion About "Child-led Curriculum"
Humans have been using story to enliven their play for a very, very long time so this is nothing new.This is what “planned serendipity” is – we imagine and re-imagine possible story lines and collect materials that enrich them and enjoy the play that unfolds.
Feature Story @Natural Start Alliance (From Us!)
An environment is co-created and sustained by everyone who will interact with it during every season—from falling leaves, to caterpillars and hatching eggs, to buzzing mosquitoes, and then on through the mud and snow.
Sharing Play Histories Begins the Conversation for a New Day of Play
So often our own memories influence how we view and build our children's experiences. What we hope to do by formally checking in with each other is to blend best practices -- introducing the kind of early childhood play that builds those key social emotional bits and pieces and physical development...