This is the fifth post in the Playful Thinking series, exploring Harvard Project Zero’s Visual Thinking Routines and how they can make learning more purposeful, more playful, and more powerful for every learner. That One Time The Oceans Changed Color We were at the end of our solar system unit in science. Students had just […]
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*This is the fourth post in the **Playful Thinking** series, exploring Harvard Project Zero’s Visible Thinking Routines and how they can make learning more purposeful, more playful, and more powerful for every learner.* The Student Who Learned Nothing We had just finished our solar system unit. The one where we watched a film crew drive
This is the third post in the Playful Thinking series, exploring Harvard Project Zero’s Visual Thinking Routines and how they can make learning more purposeful, more playful, and more powerful for every learner. That One Time the Solar System Wouldn’t Fit in the Classroom We had just finished watching a series of videos about the
Playful Thinking Series — Post 2 This is the second post in the Playful Thinking series, exploring Harvard Project Zero’s Visual Thinking Routines and how they can make learning more purposeful, more playful, and more powerful for every learner. That One Time My learners Thought a Catapult Was a Ladle We were in the middle
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Making Thinking Visible and Learning Playful: An Introduction to Visual Thinking Routines This is the first post in a new series: Playful Thinking — exploring Harvard Project Zero’s Visual Thinking Routines (VTRs) and how they can make learning more purposeful, more playful, and more powerful for every learner. The Day a Student Asked If
Teacher colleagues stop me all the time to admire this tool belt — because all my classroom tools are right at my fingertips. It gives me total mobility, so I have the freedom teach from anywhere with everything I need. Meet the Teaching Toolbelt: A Small Change with a Big Classroom Impact As a traveling
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Hello and welcome back to Playful Pedagogy! I recently saw an Instagram post from Dr. Liam Printer (The Motivated Classroom), where he was introducing something really fun – an advent calendar where he will share a short Motivated Classroom Teaching Tip – one quote per day from a person he’s interviewed on his podcast, one
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Introduction In my previous video, I shared the foundations of Playful Pedagogy—the beliefs that first led me here: Motivating students so learning matters to them Comprehensible input so learning is accessible, not overwhelming Visual thinking routines so learners can see, process, and connect ideas Those foundations shaped my thinking as an educator. Over time, they
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By Maureen — Founder of Playful Pedagogy Welcome to Playful Pedagogy, a space built on the belief that learning becomes deeper and more joyful when it is playful, human-centered, and story-rich. I’m Maureen—an educator committed to designing classroom experiences that feel safe, engaging, and fun. In short: PLAYFUL! This blog brings together the three foundations
