Join bestselling author Miriam Beloglovsky and coauthor Jessie Frazier on a wonder-filled journey to understand children’s play and learning. Through the revisiting journey, children make sense of and give meaning to what they are learning. This journey is not linear or circular as children play and explore, then stop, then come back later and explore again in a different way. When we look closely, these complex journeys tell the story of each child’s learning. This book introduces a revisiting journeys framework to help educators understand these ways that children make sense of their learning and guide children in the next steps of their journeys. At the same time, it supports educators to create ecosystems that support messy revisiting journeys and to walk side by side with the children as they co-create their own journeys.
"Revisiting Journeys is not just a book—it’s a beacon. It dares us to rethink childhood as fierce, messy, and full of brilliance. With deep honesty and practical insight, it invites educators across roles and systems to slow down, listen closely, and reimagine learning as a liberatory act. This book doesn’t just transform your practice . . . it transforms you." —Mike Browne, educator, consultant, and cohost of the podcast Napcast
"Children deserve access to play and support for their learning. Too often adults are thrown into disequilibrium by systems that seem to pit the two against each other—do we prioritize play or learning? In Revisiting Journeys, Miriam Beloglovsky and Jessica Frazier remind us that we can trust and support children’s play in ways that honor their capacity as constructors of their own knowledge as well as our capacity as early educators." —Heather Bernt-Santy, That Early Childhood Nerd
"Revisiting Journeys is an invitation for educators of young children to revisit the how and why of their practices. The authors adeptly include the philosophies of play and inquiry-based practices for young children, alongside parallel practices for their educators who are encouraged to observe, reflect, map, and respond. This book is packed with real-life classroom examples of how inquiry plays out for the children, together with what was happening at the same time for their teachers in terms of reflection, wondering, and making decisions in response to children’s thinking. A useful and provocative book for those who are interested in taking a deep dive into their inquiry-based practices!" —Susan Stacey, author, Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings and Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood