Blooming Curious
Looking to effect change and embrace authentic early childhood values and learning?Tune in to Blooming Curious for weekly inspiration and actionable strategies for early childhood classroom and home based educators who want to nurture curious, confident, lifelong learners. Visit www.bloomingcurious.com for resources and strategies that put the love back into teaching and learning.Sign up for your weekly dose of inspiration with Get Curious.
Episodes
January 20, 2025 • 13 mins
Rather than teaching subjects in silos, which can lead to teacher burnout and hinder students' ability to make connections, use the science or humanities curriculum as a starting point. Edwina shares how to plan integrated lesson plans that teach the necessary English skills linked to science or humanities topics. The episode also highlights the benefits of using hands-on activities, non-fiction texts, and outdoor experiences to en...
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January 13, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode I talk to Daniel Burton, a nature educator specialising in outdoor classrooms and the co-founder of Educated by Nature. We discuss the program's mission to boost the mental, emotional, and physical health of children through connections with nature. Daniel shares the origin story of Educated by Nature, inspired by his experience teaching outdoors at Bold Park Community School. He explains the benefits observed in ne...
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January 6, 2025 • 12 mins
Planning for Back to School: Essential Tips for TeachersIn this episode, teachers are encouraged to resist the urge to spend money on classroom decorations and instead focus on strategies to engage students. We look at the strategies and organisation tips essential for back to school and setting up an engaging classroom.Listen to previous episodes that focus on getting set up and organised for a new teaching year focusing mos...
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December 30, 2024 • 9 mins
Goal Setting for Teachers in 2025: Reflect and InnovateIn this episode of Blooming Curious, we kick off 2025 by talking about setting actionable goals instead of traditional New Year's resolutions. Edwina shares insights on the importance of reflection in teaching and the benefits of goal setting to keep students engaged and promote personal growth. We emphasise the pitfalls of reusing old lesson plans without adaptation and guide ...
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November 25, 2024 • 16 mins
In this final episode of Blooming Curious for 2024, inspired by Jonathan Haidt's book, 'The Anxious Generation,' Edwina unpacks the impact of technology on children's development. The episode discusses the negative effects of excessive screen time on children's emotional and mental health and provides practical strategies for parents and educators to promote healthier alternatives. Edwina encourages parents and teachers to start sm...
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November 18, 2024 • 9 mins
These days just about anyone who wants to get ahead and bring the best out of themselves has a coach.Why should teachers be any different?In today's episode Edwina explores why every teacher should consider getting a coach and why and how to integrate lessons that bring excitement back into the classroom and tick multiple curriculum outcomes.Edwina also announces her new introductory coaching offer for teachers who want to get the ...
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November 11, 2024 • 6 mins
Most of us spend way to much on gifts. Unfortunately, despite our best intentions, most of those gifts end up in landfill.Isn't it time to rethink gift giving?Our gift giving in our families also sets a precedent. What precedent do you want to leave for your children?In today's episode Edwina explores how quality outlives quantity and curates the ultimate list of gifts for the lifelong learner, both adult and child.Educators need t...
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November 4, 2024 • 12 mins
Exploring the ten High Impact Teaching Strategies proved to be the most popular episode since beginning Blooming Curious in late November 2024.In this episode Edwina looks at the 6 most popular episodes in the past year. What was more surprising than what was popular, was what was not popular. Get links to all the popular episodes and links mentioned in this episode on the website page.To sign up to Get Curious, the newsletter that...
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October 28, 2024 • 13 mins
When it comes to teaching children how to read, there is only one proven method, and that's through explicit direct instruction.In this episode Edwina unpacks the basic fundamentals of explicit instruction when it comes to the teaching of phonics and phonemic awareness.If we want to give children the gift of knowledge and imagination, we must give them the gift of reading. But for too long, too many people have failed children, and...
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October 21, 2024 • 15 mins
What are the predicted trends in Education for 2025 and beyond? Scouring the internet I found many, so in this episode I curate the top 5 that I think will probably stick and some of the negative impacts that these trends will have on our children.Visit the episode page HERE for all the links mentioned in the episode.To sign up to Get Curious, the weekly newsletter with actionable strategies for keeping children and adults curious,...
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October 14, 2024 • 37 mins
Hands-on learning makes learning and understanding concrete for children. This is never more true than when it comes to learning about history.In this episode I talk to the founder of Play in the Past, Nicola Hoad, who brings hands-on incursions to children in schools where they can experience history in their hands.Play in the Past brings historical artefacts into schools for children to experience change and continuity over time ...
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October 7, 2024 • 17 mins
It's term 4 and teachers and students are in the home stretch! We're ticking off the days until the Christmas holidays and students know that most of the learning is done.So how do we keep them engaged until year end and still teach them something useful AND tick off some of our learning outcomes?Term 4 is the ideal term to hook students into learning with hands-on textile crafts. It's also a great time to have a go at some new tea...
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September 30, 2024 • 11 mins
This episode follows on from the previous episode where we unpacked the key insights into classroom engagement by a recent study conducted by Lego Education.In this episode I explore the strategies that will motivate students to take ownership for their own learning, which of course has the ripple effect of better overall engagement not just for our students but for ourselves too.Have you noticed that students have become passive r...
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September 23, 2024 • 19 mins
How do we better engage our students?What leads to better engagement in classrooms?In today's episode Edwina unpacks the 4 key findings that Lego Education found in their study of over 6000 administrators, teachers, parents and students into classroom engagement. Student engagement has far reaching effects beyond the classroom, including teacher retention. This report from Lego Education brings home the importance of focusing ...
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September 16, 2024 • 7 mins
At the free event The Inquiry Educator's Summit Kath Murdoch spoke about the qualities of inquiry educators. How educators shouldn't just accept things as they are but be open to question, change, and make adjustments to better meet the learning needs of our students.In this episode I unpack my own take aways from the episode, the most profound being, "Don't be seduced into the shallow waters." This is what I unpack in this episode...
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September 9, 2024 • 12 mins
One of the speakers at the 2024 Inquiry Educators Summit 2024 was Trevor MacKenzie, teacher, Education Consultant, speaker and author.Trevor focused on how we as educators plan for curiosity. How we get children to ask questions and how we use our students' questions as formative evidence to plan the next steps in our students' learning.It all starts with knowing our curriculum and then using our provocations to ignite curiosity an...
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September 2, 2024 • 19 mins
If you've ever had an opinion or just wondered about inquiry based learning then this is the episode for you.In this episode, Edwina debunks the comments and misconceptions made by educators about inquiry-based learning on line.Edwina cuts through all the misconceptions and offers practical, honest and straight forward facts around inquiry based learning.If you found this episode interesting or just thought provoking, then please c...
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August 26, 2024 • 59 mins
Victoria Crossan is a wealth of practical knowledge when it comes to using inquiry as a teaching strategy to nurture children's curiosity.In this episode we upack how inquiry benefits children's learning, the difference between an invitation and a provocation and how to use what you have to set up provocations.Victoria walks us through how to use provocations to spark children's interests and gives useful advice to educators who ar...
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August 19, 2024 • 18 mins
It's back to school time and teachers are preparing classrooms and lesson plans in anticipation for that first day and all the days that follow.Of course, ensuring that the learning space is welcoming and sparks curiosity and interest is at the forefront of every teacher's mind, but the greatest challenge for any teacher is how to get kids to be interested in learning, to spark their curiosity and encourage a love for learnin...
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August 12, 2024 • 14 mins
It's back to school time, and with that comes classroom set up. We teachers love decorating our classrooms, and of course we want our rooms to be attractive and welcoming for students.In this episode I ask the question why. Why are educators spending a fortune of their own hard earned cash to decorate rooms? Is this really necessary and what are the alternatives?Show notes and more on the episode website☕️ If you like my work and w...
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