Blue Leaf School

Blue Leaf School of Thought is a RIE® inspired, child-led, play based theory incorporating the best parts of Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf, and over two decades of experience with children in an educational and care taking environment.

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Enormous thank you to Kyle, owner of at for coming and wrapping all our trees for the winter! And helping to get two more in the ground before the cold snap came!

Thank you, Ella Jenkins: We'll Sing a Song Together for all that you did and will continue to do for children!

Ella passed away peacefully at her home in Chicago on Saturday evening. Friends and fans can celebrate her by sharing her songs with one another. Ella often encouraged us to “keep it going!” We will, Ella. Thank you. We love you. ❤

5 tricky times in boyhood that every parent needs to understand - Maggie Dent So often, as parents we find ourselves asking: What’s happening with my boy? Over my many years of working with parents and educators of boys I’ve noticed that there are ...

It’s baaaack! 🎉

After more than a year, I’m so excited to let you know that my 5-week online course, Cool Head, Warm Heart is open again for enrollment.

I built this course for you—to give you a way to learn the effective, connection-based parenting tools I share with parents in coaching sessions in the easiest way possible.

In addition to the short, easy-to-digest video lessons, the course comes with 5 weeks of live group coaching, plus two wonderful bonuses.

You’ll receive:

🌟 Six hours of video lessons to teach you the best tools connection-based parenting has to offer, broken down into bite-sized chunks that you can do while you fold laundry

🌟 Five, one-hour group coaching sessions (1 per week) in a small-group setting where you can get your questions addressed

🌟 A community of like-hearted parents to learn from and share support with

🌟 Bonus live workshop on strengthening your communication with your partner, with Alejandra Siroka of

Best of all, this course is the most affordable way to work with me directly and get real support for your parenting. 🥰

Check out https://learn.fertilegroundparenting.com/join to learn more.

The 🍎🍏BOOKS FOR APPLES🍏🍎 arrived! Thank you all again for your donations!

Our little apple pickers would love to know how your family used the bag of apples! Do you have a favorite apple recipe?? Please share with us in the comments!

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So many apples! Enormous thank you to all of you who have donated towards new books for a bag of apples!

The children loved picking and counting the apples, making cider, apple sauce and so much more! And with the help of our amazing community, they'll see a return for all of their hard work!

What is quality time with your baby?

"Quality time is what everyone really wants: a gift of time and attention." – Magda Ge**er.

Carve out moments to be fully present with your child, even if it's just for 10 minutes. Set aside devices and sit on the floor near them, allowing them to lead the interaction. Enjoy these moments of observation and connection, as they build a deep sense of trust and understanding between you and your child.

For more insights, visit https://rie.org/rie-practice-wants-nothing-time/.

I’ve posted about this previously, but at the start of a new year it’s worth revisiting.

‘How Not To Cheat Children’ is the seminal 1972 essay by the architect Simon Nicholson who developed the loose parts theory, and if you’ve never read it, then definitely make it your quest to do so 🙏🏻

Because when you do, you’ll unearth the fact that loose parts isn’t just about play or ‘what we do in Early Years’, it’s a deeply political statement about elitism and how children are cheated by a system that very quickly negates who they are.

Now and again, people feel the need to come into my DMs and tell me ‘not to be political’ or ‘I only want to hear about play and ideas’. I’ll say it again for those at the back: play’s ability to even exist is connected to politics and its negation is the direct product of political choices - capitalism, neoliberalism, colonialism, market forces, profit before people - so I absolutely will be political against all these things even if that means sharing about the wider world.

All is connected, and every day when we step into our settings, we are at the whim of a political agenda - in the same way we are when we step out of it.

Yet play - that beautiful, joyous miracle from the soul - is where democracy and solidarity truly live, where children are who they really are, and I, just like you, am going to continue to strive to make that happen for them.

Let’s go…

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