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Teachers on Fire Magazine

The Children are Not Fine: None of Us are Fine

Children are certainly resilient, but we make a mistake when we point to their play as evidence that they are “fine.”

3 min readMay 28, 2020

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The Children are Not Fine: None of Us are Fine

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The Having of Wonderful Ideas: Beyond Right and Wrong Answers

Wonderful ideas may turn out, in the end, to be poppycock, but that’s beside the point. It’s the wonderfulness that matters.

4 min readMay 20, 2020

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The Having of Wonderful Ideas: Beyond Right and Wrong Answers

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Age of Awareness

“I Changed My Own Mind”: The Only Way Any Mind Has Ever Been Changed

It was cold out, but Maya didn’t want to put on her coat. An adult tried to compel her, bringing her the puffy pink parka she had worn to…

3 min readMay 18, 2020

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“I Changed My Own Mind”: The Only Way Any Mind Has Ever Been Changed

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Any Solution That Does not Include Our Collective Voice Will be Dangerous and Flawed

We need to have discussions about the decisions ahead, and teachers must have a seat at the table.

5 min readMay 13, 2020

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Any Solution That Does not Include Our Collective Voice Will be Dangerous and Flawed

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Birds of a Feather Will Flock Together

I learned the song “When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall” from Bev Bos, Michael Leeman, and Tom Hunter. You can find their version with…

4 min readMay 8, 2020

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Birds of a Feather Will Flock Together

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Nagging, Drilling, and Coaxing: What Children Have Today Instead of Play

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fail.” — Confucius

6 min readMay 5, 2020

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Nagging, Drilling, and Coaxing: What Children Have Today Instead of Play

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Age of Awareness

Play, “Playishness,” and STEM Learning in Preschool

I receive a fair number of newly published early childhood/teaching books, often unsolicited, with the idea that I’ll write a review or…

4 min readMay 3, 2020

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Play, “Playishness,” and STEM Learning in Preschool

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Teachers on Fire Magazine

We Could Not Pick a Better Time to Draw Up Our List of Demands

If we had the collective will, we could use this unique moment to insist upon change.

4 min readApr 29, 2020

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We Could Not Pick a Better Time to Draw Up Our List of Demands

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Why Children Must Bicker as They Play

This is the gold standard of a play-based curriculum: creative, cooperative play.

6 min readApr 26, 2020

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Why Children Must Bicker as They Play

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Age of Awareness

We Know the Answer to the Meaning of Life . . . Now What?

In Douglas Adams’ novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a computer is built specifically to answer the question, “What is the…

3 min readApr 22, 2020

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We Know the Answer to the Meaning of Life . . . Now What?

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Teacher Tom

Teacher Tom

Tom “Teacher Tom” Hobson is an early childhood educator, international speaker, education consultant, teacher of teachers, parent educator, and author.

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