Sally’s Journal

The Play-Activated Learning™ model is made up of five different phases: Foundation, Environment, Observation, Prompting, and Validation.  This framework was […]

There’s so much research linking early exposure to STEM skills and vocabulary with academic success later down the road, that […]

I want to share some writings from a 25-year-old coffee-stained journal, where I first wrote down the wisdom of years […]

The first public school was opened over a hundred and fifty years ago. The model was simple: group children together […]

When I was a kindergarten teacher, I had a list of academic skills that my school system declared essential before […]

Yesterday I was walking by a playground of children playing in Paris, France. The sounds of the play could have […]

Imagine you could turn on a “light switch for learning” in a child’s brain – so they would be ready […]

Over the years, so many people have asked to learn more about the theorists and scientists I have studied. So […]

In this how-to guide, you’ll discover a process for designing and creating highly effective play invitations that includes: The true […]

In this in-depth guide to getting started with loose parts, you’ll learn what loose parts are, and why they are […]