Teacher Tom

Teaching and learning from preschoolers

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

What Is The Purpose Of Learning?

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What if we consider that learning has no purpose? Of course, from an evolutionary standpoint, our ability to learn makes sur...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Raising People To Think For Themselves

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I recognized them as the nice family from our building, their son, who looks to be approaching 4, was straddling one of thos...
Monday, May 23, 2022

None Of Us Wants To Be Told What To Do

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My wife and I have had four dogs over the course of our three and a half decades together. Whenever I have made the mistake ...
Friday, May 20, 2022

When We Speak With Children As People

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People often ask me if there is a particular curriculum to which I ascribe. More often than not, when I answer that it is up...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

"Together We're A Genius"

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"Together we're a genius." ~dialog from Six Feet Under When neuroscientists or philosophers talk about "s...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Leaving A Space In Which Children Can Think

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I remember my first exposure to the "technology" of  treating children like fully formed human beings  -- and I of...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

"I Do It!"

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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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