Rather than asking "How do we teach children?" \, the Original Learning Approach asks a diffe rent question: "How do we create the conditions in which children can flourish?" Drawing on p laywork\, pedagogy\, philosophy\, and children's r ights\, this approach challenges traditional assum ptions about teaching and learning\, inviting part icipants to become more responsive\, reflective\, and play-literate practitioners.
\n \nParticipants will leave with new perspectives\, practical ideas \, and philosophical questions while offering a co herent framework for creating environments where p lay\, curiosity\, creativity\, belonging\, and lea rning can naturally emerge.\n \n
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< b>About the Presenter
\n \nSuzanne Axelsson lives an d works in Stockholm\, Sweden\, and has over 30 ye ars of experience in early childhood education. Or iginally from the UK\, she holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Sheffield Unive rsity\, specialising in the Reggio Emilia approach \, language and communication\, and documentation as a tool for deep learning. She has worked across a wide range of early years settings - including Reggio-inspired\, Montessori\, and multilingual pr eschools - and also trained as a playworker to bet ter understand play beyond a pedagogical lens.
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Through her blog Interaction Imagination\, university teaching \, and international workshops\, Suzanne shares re flective practices that value play\, curiosity\, a nd connection. She is also the creator of the Play arista Training\, a global initiative helping educ ators develop sustainable play ecosystems within t heir schools and communities.
\n \nDESCRIPTION:Rather than asking "How do we teach children?"\, t he Original Learning Approach asks a different que stion: "How do we create the conditions in which c hildren can flourish?" Drawing on playwork\, pedag ogy\, philosophy\, and children's rights\, this ap proach challenges traditional assumptions about te aching and learning\, inviting participants to bec ome more responsive\, reflective\, and play-litera te practitioners.\n \n \n \n Together we will expl ore:\n \n \n \n \n Play as a fundamental human ne ed and right\, not simply a tool for learning.\n Play-responsive educators – learning to recognise\ , interpret\, and respond thoughtfully to children 's play without diminishing their agency.\n Risky play as an essential part of children's developme nt\, confidence\, autonomy\, and wellbeing.\n Non -normative play\, embracing children's diverse way s of playing\, expressing themselves\, and making sense of the world.\n The three roles of the educ ator – playworker\, facilitator\, and teacher – an d how knowing when to move between these roles cre ates richer opportunities for play\, learning\, an d flourishing.\n Professional literacies\, includ ing Play Literacy\, Arting Literacy\, Learning Lit eracy\, and Teaching Literacy as ways of learning to read and respond to children's experiences.\n \ n \n Participants will leave with new perspectives \, practical ideas\, and philosophical questions w hile offering a coherent framework for creating en vironments where play\, curiosity\, creativity\, b elonging\, and learning can naturally emerge.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Presenter \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Suzanne Axelsson lives and works in Stockholm\, Sweden\, and has over 30 years of expe rience in early childhood education. Originally fr om the UK\, she holds a Master’s degree in Early C hildhood Education from Sheffield University\, spe cialising in the Reggio Emilia approach\, language and communication\, and documentation as a tool f or deep learning. She has worked across a wide ran ge of early years settings - including Reggio-insp ired\, Montessori\, and multilingual preschools - and also trained as a playworker to better underst and play beyond a pedagogical lens.\n \n \n \n Suz anne is the author of The Original Learning Approa ch: Weaving together playing\, learning and teachi ng in early childhood (2023) and Risky Play and Te aching (2023\, Swedish). Her work focuses on democ ratic learning and teaching\, listening as an incl usive act\, and play as resistance and a pedagogy of hope.\n \n \n \n Through her blog Interaction I magination\, university teaching\, and internation al workshops\, Suzanne shares reflective practices that value play\, curiosity\, and connection. She is also the creator of the Playarista Training\, a global initiative helping educators develop sust ainable play ecosystems within their schools and c ommunities.\n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Seminar CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261112T183000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261112T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261112T204500 LOCATION:TBA\n Australia\n URL:https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=627 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR