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Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre (ECCRC) @eccrc-msvu.bsky.social The ECCRC engages in research to enhance early childhood well-being
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Dr Emma Pritchard-Rowe @emmapritchard95.bsky.social Research Associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
New Open Access paper on neurodiversity-affirmative autism assessment : https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330241274674
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Max Alexander @playradical.bsky.social Scotland based artist, playworker, consultant and writer 🌲👽✌🏿️ Neurodivergent play, culture and joy 🦆🌞🌱
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"The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play" out now! https://playradical.com/the-joys-and-shapes-of-autistic-play/
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Bloomsbury Education @bloomsburyed.bsky.social We publish the education books everyone’s talking about 📚✨
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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social Always curious and trying to learn.
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Charlie @sfarleycharlie.bsky.social Open Education and Playful Engagement at University of Edinburgh.
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Beverley Bunker @beverleybunker.bsky.social She/They • Educator in Surrey, BC, Canada • Franco-canadienne • Passionate about imagination, inquiry, identity & belonging • Lover of nature, tea, and libraries!
Dr. Christine Ho Younghusband 🇨🇦 @christineyh.bsky.social Assistant Professor at #UNBCed. Former #bcedchat co-moderator, high school math teacher, and school trustee. #bced
“True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.” - Brené Brown
Farm to School BC @farmtoschoolbc.bsky.social Healthy, Local Food 🍏 Hands-on Learning 🌻 School and Community Connectedness 🤝 for K-12 students in British Columbia.
#F2SBC is a program of the Public Health Association of BC.
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IslandWood @islandwood.bsky.social We believe every child should have access to the sense of wonder and discovery that comes from meaningful experiences in the natural world. 🌎 Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/41ObR9g
Woodland Park Cooperative School @woodlandparkcoop.bsky.social Multiage cooperative preschool and kindergarten in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. We make messes, we play, we create, we explore, we build community. https://woodlandparkcoop.com
Katelyn @katelynbledsoe.bsky.social M.S. Candidate in Ag Leadership, Ed, & Communications
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Environmentalist looking for a more diverse and open minded tomorrow 🌿🌈
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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social Social Studies Educator. Journal Editor. American Canadian. Antifascist.
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International Review of Education @intreved.bsky.social Hamburg-based UNESCO journal publishing research on lifelong learning policy and practice. World's oldest international journal of comparative education. Find out more: https://www.uil.unesco.org/en/journal-international-review-education
Dr Debra Kidd @debrakidd.bsky.social Teacher, doctor, author, Leader of Learning and Teaching at the British School of Brussels.
Books: Curriculum of Hope, Teaching Notes from the Frontline, Uncharted Territories and Becoming Mobius. A Pedagogy of Power currently gestating!
Connect @handle.invalid Connect is a charity and membership organisation for parent-run groups in Scottish schools and nurseries. We champion parent and family engagement in children's learning and school lives, supporting parents and carers with resources and info.
Christine Abbot @christineabbot.bsky.social EdPsych Instructor, EdD student, Graduate Research Assistant. Previously worked as a teacher, specialist teacher, VP and principal.
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Life at the Speed of Childhood @lifeatthespeedof.bsky.social The laugh side of parenting, sprinkled with occasional musings, recommendations, and reviews.
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David Pettinicchio @dnpetti.bsky.social Associate Professor/Associate Grad Chair Sociology/ Munk School @University of Toronto. Instagram @dn.petti
Fliss James @flissj.bsky.social 🌟Assistant Head Teacher Sheringham Nursery School & Children’s Centre
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Gerben Helleman @gerbenhelleman.bsky.social Posts about the connections between the Planned and the Lived City #playfriendlycities #childfriendlycities #publicspace #cities #outdoorplay #play #childhood #geographer #playspaces #childrensgeographies #urbanism #urbanplanning #citylife #citiesforpeople
Louise Hawxwell @louisehawxwell.bsky.social FTteacher educator @MorayHouse, PT PhD student. Aim to get folk enthused about primary science, outdoor learning & sustainability! Views my own. Queen of Tea. ☕
Sarah McDermott @sarah-r-mcdermott.bsky.social Development Manager, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
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Sandra Fox @fox-sanfox.bsky.social Numeracy K-7 Support Teacher | Rosenthal Prize Summer Institute | Educational Consultant | Indigenous Math Ed. Network | gardener | knitter
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Mehmet Mart @mehmetmart.bsky.social 💼 @NEUniversitesi (Doç. Dr./Assoc. Prof.)
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Juliet Harris @ulgrid.bsky.social All about children's human rights.
Director at Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) @together-sacr.bsky.social and Trustee with Families Outside.
Also love climbing, biking, mountains, snow & goats.
KT T @thepetitioner.bsky.social Early Years education & care policy & quality improvement, local government. Democracy. Anti-fascist. Bristol . Wolverhampton. Europhile.
DD @doonad.bsky.social 👩🏫 🐕🦺🐾🐟🇮🇲
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Rebekah L. Tauritz @rltauritz.bsky.social Environmental & Sustainability Education, teacher, researcher, education developer, transformative learning, uncertainty competences, nature conservation
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Sarah Lockman @sarahlockman.bsky.social Educator. Learner. UBC Faculty of Education. Curious about all things interdisciplinary, interconnected, and nature-based. 
Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social UK Educator-Mathematics.
*NEW BOOK summer 2026* 👆🏼“Playful mathematics”- award winning: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/playful-mathematics/book276080
Early Childhood Mathematics Group https://earlymaths.org/
Blogs:
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Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, ex primary teacher, ex Head, Chartered College Fellow, outdoor learning (Dandy Lions), author.
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Tim Taylor @imagineinquiry.bsky.social I work in schools and universities, teaching demo lessons and developing Mantle of the Expert. Author of 'Try This: Unlocking learning with imagination' and 'A Beginner's Guide to Mantle of the Expert'. Visit: www.mantleoftheexpert.com; www.trythisbook.org
Simon Gregg @simon-gregg.bsky.social Primary teacher at the International School of Toulouse - back in Grade 4 this year! Also, teacher with responsibility for maths at IST Primary. Often tweet & blog maths, play and Early Years
https://followinglearning.blogspot.com/
Marcella Towler @marcellatowler.bsky.social Lecturer, Early Years and Childhood Studies, UCC School of Education. Co-Researcher Nurture through Nature. Froebel,Nature STEAM,Aistear,Action Lesotho.
Pete Moorhouse @petemoorhouse.bsky.social Early years creative consultant, trainer, speaker, researcher and author. Froebel Tutor. Early Education Associate
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Siân Neil @sianneil.bsky.social Passionate about children and families and occasional rugby fan. Work at Education Scotland, all views my own. #TeamELC #BeingMe #EarlyYears #EarlyChildhoodEducation #ECEC #MonTheBish
Ollie Bray @olliebray.bsky.social When I am not riding my bike, paddling my canoe or wandering in the mountains, I'm focused on reviewing the Scottish Curriculum. Currently working at @EducationScotland
Alice Ferguson @aliceferguson.bsky.social Co-founder of Playing Out movement for children’s freedom and right to play out in the streets and spaces where they live. Bristol, UK.
#SafeStreetsNow #PlayStreets #YesBallGames #KidicalMass www.playingout.net @playingout.bsky.social
Playing Out @playingout.bsky.social We campaign for children's everyday freedom and right to play out near home. Founders of the UK-wide play street movement. www.playingout.net
Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) CIC @opal-cic.bsky.social Helping schools to strategically and sustainably improve their play opportunities. www.outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk #OPALSchools #PlanForPlay
Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social Early Childhood Academic,Author, International Speaker: Nurture, Play, Child Development & Social Mobility. Co Chair ECSDN, MNS/PVI School Governor: Views my own #EarlyYearsSky #PlayMatters #edusky
PlayGroundology @playgroundology.bsky.social PlayGroundology advocates for a wider variety of play opportunities for kids in public spaces. Since 2010, the blog has been read by parents, play enthusiasts, practitioners, and policy makers in over 200 countries - playgroundology.wordpress.com
@fruitsoftheforest.bsky.social @fruitsoftheforest.bsky.social Ruth -Forest School Leader & Public Health Specialist Schools/ EYFS/Families/ Training/Events / Therapeutic Forest Approved Practitioner/Fundraiser/ Director The Fine Collective CIC
Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social Vice Dean Education in UCL Social and Historical Sciences Faculty. SFHEA. Regular contributor to ALPS blog. Co-Director UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics. Politics of pedagogy and nature.
Carla Meyrink @carlameyrink.bsky.social Founder and director of The Community for Learning, where we are part of the grass roots revolution in education.
A passionate educator, I love reading, blogging, coaching & connecting with others.
Dr. Jill McSweeney (she/her) @jillmcsweeney.bsky.social Assistant Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; assistant Professor, Wellness & Education | Elon University
ED, FacDev, SoTL, HigherEd, dog mom, game enthusiast, reader of terrible fiction, 🇨🇦
Pat Maher, PhD @drpatmaher.bsky.social Father, husband, scholar. He/him. Full Professor of Physical and Health Education. Editor-in-Chief of the JAEOL, 3M NTF, FRCGS, TEC FI '04, ISSOTL Fellow, Grímsson Fellow, UArctic x LRF Research Fellow. Posts are my own.
Gethin Wallace @gethinwallace.bsky.social Primary teacher interested in children’s literature, reading for pleasure, outdoor learning, gardening for nature at school and at home.
Dr Lisa Reed fHEA @phdindeed.bsky.social Teacher Education and Research (Scotland): Social Networks, Capital, Agency, Morphogenesis, Resilience, Complexity, and Sustainability.
BERA ECR Convenor
WERA UK-BERA ECR Representative
Dean @theoutdoorworld.bsky.social Outdoor Education Centre Manager, Father, Friend, always learning.
Jennifer McCormack @jennifermccormack.bsky.social Co-Director of Birdwings Forest School. Artist.
Nicole Jarvis @nico1e.bsky.social Socially, environmentally & politically conscious Teacher. Prez of the BC Early Career Teachers' Association @BCECTA, M.Ed (Leadership) & lover of language
Outdoor Play Canada @outdoorplayca.bsky.social Working with advocates, leaders & organizations to promote, protect, preserve outdoor play in Canada.
📍The trad. territ. of Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island
www.outdoorplaycanada.ca
Susan Gerofsky @gerofsuesky.bsky.social Mathematics and environmental educator, musician, poet, Morris dance person, fibre arts experimenter.
Jennifer Engbrecht (She/Her) @prairiemusik.bsky.social 🎶 French Imm music teacher
🌲 Learning Outside through arts
🇨🇦 Mb, Canada
👨👩👦👦 Family
🏖️🌿Nature
♾️ Learning about my Red River Métis heritage
https://engbrecht.weebly.com/music-outside
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Outside Play Lab @outsideplayubc.bsky.social We study children's outdoor #RiskyPlay & #InjuryPrevention. We're a team of researchers, led by Dr. Mariana Brussoni (@mbrussoni.bsky.social), based at The University of British Columbia & BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. www.outsideplay.org
Helen Dodd @profhelendodd.bsky.social Professor of Child Psychology & UKRI FLF @ExeterMed. Adventurous play. Child mental Health. Psychologist and parent, passionate about children's emotional well-being.
Mariana Brussoni @mbrussoni.bsky.social Professor & Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), University of British Columbia.
Studying how to bring #riskyplay back to children’s lives.
Lab: @outsideplayubc.bsky.social
https://OutsidePlay.org
HELP: https://earlylearning.ubc.ca
Peter Kindfield @peterkindfield.bsky.social Please check out and consider pre-ordering our book, Explorations in Ecology: Playful Science-Rich Outdoor Activities for Children
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827846/explorations-in-ecology-by-peter-kindfield-phd/
Anne Paterson OBE @garvachy11.bsky.social Argyll educator passionate about rural education. EdD student Strathclyde University. Lecturer In Headship UHI. Judge National Teaching Awards. Proud wife, mother, and granny . Family matters. All views are my own.
Kathryn Solly @roddi33.bsky.social Retired MNS/CC Headteacher. Author, consultant, trainer and speaker. Proud grandmother and mother. Enjoys friends, nature, travel, pets, gardening, music, art and craft, walking and exploring. 
Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social Experienced primary teacher, school leader and author.
Feel free to DM if you are looking for professional development relating to reading or just free advice.
Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social Primary Assistant Headteacher.
SEND, inclusion support base leader, safeguarding, data and assessment.
Entitlement first. Evidence-informed, people-centred and capacity-aware.
Daddy and husband.
Suzanne Axelsson @theplayactivist.bsky.social The Original Learning Approach is a play responsive pedagogy rooted in social justice
Play activist - because if play flows the children will thrive.
Some words that feel important to me
Collective autonomy, decolonisation, wonder, curiosity, joy...
@henrymathias.bsky.social @henrymathias.bsky.social 
Dr. Shelley Moore @drshelleymoore.bsky.social The Outside Pin Consulting Team helping education change its aim 🎳
https://www.drshelleymoore.com/
Wendy Russell @wendyrussell.bsky.social She/her. Researcher, evaluator & consultant on children's play and playwork, mostly geography and philosophy. Focus on the politics of space for children. Based in Nottingham, Senior Research Fellow at Uni of Gloucestershire, UK #SpatialJustice
Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social There is always another way. Inspiring educators since 1994 - online, in print and in real life. Posts by founder Ian G 🕊️ www.independentthinking.com www.independentthinkingpress.com
Clare B @iamclareb.bsky.social Mum and wife. Scottish primary teacher since 2021.
@playinpoppies @playinpoppies.bsky.social Poppies is a rural nursery who are proud to be guiding and meeting young children’s needs using a Froebelian approach . We love the natural environment and spend long periods of time in the outdoors.
Kierna C @ciarnac.bsky.social Nursery teacher. ChurchillFellow 2018. Froebelian. Lover of all things Scandinavian. Recently discovered the joy of the gym. 'Learning for Life' on FB. 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈☕️💪
@DawnEwan5 @dawnewan5.bsky.social ADHD brain interested in the outdoors, early childhood. Rogue teacher. Education consultant and trainer. Vice chair, Upstart Scotland. Founder, Mucky Boots Education.
Jo Phillips @playinwild.bsky.social Fossil fuels wont save you, your community will. Campaigner, volunteer, slow walker, community forests climate action. Foraging, guide leader, educator, crafivist obvs! 😉 If you need someone to lead a protest ask an environmentalist.. we have good form.
Rachel Summers @curiouswilds.bsky.social Often muddy, kind, chaotic, finds the world endlessly interesting. Ordained pioneer, married to a lovely man with many hats. Mum to five awesome kids. Loves London, the forest, swimming in the sea, arguing for a kinder system for SEND kids.
Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Free Palestine! Antifa. All views my own
"A good teacher...so far"
Deidre Craig @deidrecraig.bsky.social Higher Education Instructor, Early Childhood Education. Outdoor and nature play advocate. Lifelong learner studying SoTL. Mother and adventurer celebrating everyday moments of delight, wonder, and joy.
Fiona - Play Scotland @fiplayscotland.bsky.social Play Pedagogy Lead @Play Scotland. Championing children’s right to play in Scotland, inspiring & supporting educators to embrace play-based learning in schools. MEd student, bookworm, and cake lover. ❤️ All views my own! 🙈🙉🙊
Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social Research Fellow Loughbourgh Uni
Creative Partcipatory PAR methods with Children, Youth & Communities for Climate & Flood Adaptation, Environmental Education & Storytelling
Mummy to 3 🥰
https://sites.google.com/view/dr-katie-j-parsons/home?authuser=0
Joolone @joolone.bsky.social Drawing a line from the Royal College of Art to the heart of Early Learning. It turns out there’s nothing ‘child’s play’ about child’s play.
Megan @meganwritesuk.bsky.social Independent researcher and lover of adventure 🌍
Opinions and views are my own.
Juliet Robertson @creativestar.bsky.social Retired Education Consultant: Outdoor Learning & Play. Former HT. Author: Dirty Teaching, Messy Maths. Blogger: See linktr.ee/creativestar. Churchill Fellow. D.Ed. (Hon) from @qmuniversity.bsky.social. Living with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. 🏴 
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