# Heather Jackson

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How We Reggio with Jeff Turner, Cassandra Keller and Megan James of Tree Top Academy

In this episode of Actions of Play, Heather Jackson is joined by Jeff Turner, Cassandra Keller and Megan James of Tree Top Academy and How We Reggio in Jupiter, Florida. Together, they explore what it looks like to move beyond trying to replicate Reggio Emilia and instead build a practice that ref‮…

#254: Building a Legacy with Heather Jackson

Heather Jackson has spent years in early childhood education asking questions, following curiosity, researching practice, and deeply respecting the thinking of children. In this episode of The Everything ECE Podcast, Carla sits down with Heather, founder of The Sunflower School and host of the Act‮…

Planning with Research Questions in a Reggio-Inspired School

In this solo episode of Actions of Play, Heather Jackson explores how research questions can transform the way educators observe, document and plan alongside children. Rather than deciding in advance where learning should go, Heather invites educators to slow down, pay attention to the ideas alrea‮…

Understanding Play Schemas

Why does a child keep dumping toys out of a basket? Carrying objects from one side of the playground to the other? Throwing things across the room? Wrapping, spinning, lining up or taking things apart again and again? What can look messy, repetitive, or even challenging may actually be telling us ‮…

Licensing Is the Floor, Pedagogy Is the Ceiling: Heather Jackson on Reggio-Inspired Practice in a Licensed Setting

In this episode, I sit down with Heather Jackson, founder of Sunflower Studio and The Sunflower School, to talk about her 40-year journey in early childhood education and what it really means to bring Reggio-inspired practice into a licensed setting. Heather shares how she discovered Reggio Emilia‮…

Meet the Mammoths; Devon Yanko!

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The Teacher as Researcher

In this episode of Actions of Play, Heather Jackson explores the role of the teacher as researcher in Reggio-inspired practice. She looks at how observation, documentation, relationships, and reflection can help educators move beyond simply planning what comes next and instead pay closer attention‮…

An 11-Year-Old's Viral Half Marathon, Vinny Mauri's 2:05 Debut, Steiner vs. Puma & the Brand Quietly Crushing Running

Michael and Jessy are back after covering Boston and London, and this week's five stories cover everything from a polarizing youth running debate to one of the most shocking marathon debuts in American history. An 11-year-old from Indiana, Ben Dick, ran 1:20:14 at the IU Health 500 Festival mini m‮…

Image of the Child

In this episode of Actions of Play, Heather Jackson explores the image of the child through a Reggio Emilia lens and what that belief looks like in everyday practice. Heather shares why children are not empty vessels waiting for adults to fill them with knowledge, but creative meaning-makers who l‮…

Kona race week, Paula is calm and the boys are not, washboard gravel roads, backing out on a race with a friend, and more!

Just the boys this week. We're recording live from Kona, a couple of days before Paula toes the line at the Ironman World Championship. Eric and Nick recap the week so far, including the TTL Donut Run, which brought out some familiar faces including Flora Duffy, Heather Jackson, and Jodie Stimpson‮…