Inspired by the wonderful e-course, Playful Learning Spaces by Playful Learning, I’m slowly creating playful learning spaces throughout our home with the goal of having special nooks in each room where things are readily available and attractive for our children to independently work, rest and play.

This first playful learning area is our writing centre and atelier.

Given our small home, creating a space to accommodate four desks and chairs required some lateral thinking.

Principal 1: Keep things readily available.

Principal 2: The art of display.

Here is the plan;

Create it and they will come.

An Update:

Some almost two years after first publishing this post, we are still using this writing space. We’ve made a few changes here and there. Come and see what it looks like now.

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