Fairy Dust Teaching

Recently, I was walking by a playground of children playing in Paris, France. The sounds of the play could have been happening in China, Holland, or Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Because the fact is, all ch...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2021/06/how-play-develops-a-childs-physical-emotional-and-mental-growth/

Phew! It's finally time to say goodbye to 2020. It brought so many curve balls. It was exhausting and yet, there were gifts as well. It was amazing to see the incredible passion and inspiration f...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2020/12/lets-say-goodbye-2020-and-create-2021/

Social distancing is just wrong in early childhood. You know it. I know it. But what if you are mandated to do it? Recently, I was on a Zoom call, and an educator told us about her colleagues who...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2020/09/how-to-social-distance-without-giving-up-wonder/

In July 2019,  I had the incredible honor of presenting a seminar in Manila.  Mia Villavicencio, who is in my Wonder Tribe membership, was there and invited me to visit her center.  It was suc...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2020/09/a-wonder-filled-school-in-the-philippines/

Do you feel you do not have the space in your classroom for an atelier?   All it takes is one shelf.  You could call it a mini-atelier. The word “Atelier” comes from the French word meanin...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2019/11/how-to-save-space-with-a-one-shelf-atelier/

In my Waldorf training, the young child's development of the fine motor skills was viewed as more important than teaching rote skills(such as recognizing the sounds of the letters).  The hand ca...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2019/04/fine-motor-bottle-activity-with-loose-parts/

Art making is an ever-evolving process that involves research, invention, and risk-taking.  At the heart of process art is experimentation.  It is important to offer art experiences that childr...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2019/03/creative-monoprinting-with-loose-parts/

I could not talk about messy play without mentioning mortars and pestles.   This has to be one of my favorite messy tools for indoor play. Children love pounding and mashing.   This harnesses t...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2018/05/smash-crash-destroy-mortar-pestle-sensory-play/

Have you considered putting a mud kitchen on your playground? If so, I would like to share my two cents worth.  Consider a movable mud kitchen. A simple movable mud kitchen provides children wit...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2018/05/mud-play-set-up-simple-movable-mud-kitchen/

I had to share this fabulous provocation from Rosa Parks Early Childhood Center! Whoever thought of showcasing light onto the table? Genius right? A few years ago, Fairy Dust Teaching gifted pock...

https://fairydustteaching.com/2018/04/magic-light-projection-provocation/