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The Wisdom of Play from Community Playthings: A gift to the early childhood world

Leave it to Community Playthings to convince me to break my rule against corporate sponsored teaching resources. Their new professional development guide The Wisdom of Play: Why Children at Play Are Their Own Best Teachers is outstanding. Their guide is free to anyone who asks. When school budgets are tight (as they are these days), [...]

"We Need More Sticks and Rocks! We Need More Beauty"

You are invited to check out my new article, “We Need More Sticks and Rocks! We Need More Beauty!” in the latest edition of Collage, the E-newsletter published by Community Playthings. Read about some of my classroom experiences bringing nature and imaginative play into the school day. Click here to see the entire newsletter. You’ll [...]

Thank You, Community Playthings!

Today I had the extraordinary privilege of spending a morning at Community Playthings. There, I met a fantastic group of people who are working hard on behalf of children everywhere. This is truly a company that understands what is good for children and has kept faithful to that ideal for decades. Their high quality maple [...]