My journey over the last few years has been about weaving all I know about play, playful/artful teaching and explicit instruction following the science of learning in literacy and maths. I absolutely do not claim to be an expert and acknowledge that this is an ongoing (and I suspect always will be) journey for me. One thing I have become very clear about is that it is not a this or that. It is not play vs explicit teaching, it is not learning through the arts or learning in a structured way. It is not about having high academic expectations vs wanting children to be happy. What is very clear is that this is about the science of learning, understanding how children learn, how the brain works, how children develop and building our approach to fit in with what research is showing us. What I am also very clear about is that acceleration (hate that word) of learning is not possible without strong foundations and building those foundations is crucially impo...
I am passionate about play and structured explicit learning, finding the best of both worlds.