Teacher Tom

Teaching and learning from preschoolers

Thursday, December 04, 2025

Creating a Learning Environment for Creative Thinking and New Ideas

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Jean Piaget in his office The conventional wisdom is that an uncluttered classroom is best for young learners. I regularly s...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Classroom Management that Accommodates Our Natural Need to Move

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Neuroscientist Patrick House asserts that "the entire purpose of the brain is to make efficient movement from experienc...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

There is Never a Reason to Arrest a Child

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Six-year-old Kaia was arrested because she got in a power struggle with a teacher over wearing sunglasses inside . Eight-yea...
Monday, December 01, 2025

Play-Based Classroom Management is Based on Love, Not Power

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"You need power only when you want to do something harmful, otherwise love is enough to get everything done." ~Cha...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Play is a Lily We are Too Ready to Gild

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In his classic book  A Sand County Almanac , Aldo Leopold, the man sometimes credited as the father of modern wildlife ecolo...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

This, Of All Days, Is One to Be Human

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Starlings are sometimes called "the mynah birds of the north" for their ability to mimic not just other bird songs...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

What Does "Classroom Management" Mean in a Play-Based Setting?

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The boy had shed his jacket onto the floor, leaving it in a heap right in the middle of the room. Under normal circumstances...
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Teacher Tom
Seattle, Washington, United States
I am a preschool teacher, blogger, speaker, artist and the author of Teacher Tom's First Book. After nearly 20 years as the preschool teacher at the Woodland Park Cooperative School teaching children from 2-5, I'm now working with businesses and other institutions to help make high-quality, play-based preschool education a possibility for children everywhere.
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