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In this book, I share with you an alternative to the 'school' of today. A way of creating the conditions for you to go on an adventure with children. Education should not be a predetermined journey with map already drawn, with no ability to leave the path or pause. It should be a co-adventure.


This co-adventure can only take place when we take the first step into the unknown. This can feel daunting and can open us up to questions and uncertainty. However, once we do take that first step, an adventure lies ahead like no other - an adventure so magical that it can and will change everything. And the reason that this adventure is so special is that it will take you into the very soul of children and of yourself.


In these pages, I offer you an invitation. It comes from my head and heart to speak to yours. It is not didactic. It is a way to create the conditions for the magic of children to thrive.


- Greg

School and the Magic of Children

Part 1 The Essential self

Chapter 1 - head and heart

Chapter 2 - the roots of learning

Chapter 3 - control, conformity, curriculum

Chapter 4 - the illusion of learning

Chapter 5 - programming children

Chapter 6 - love and architecture

Chapter 7 - a new soul: The Essential Self

Chapter 8 - the spiral

Chapter 9 - co-researching, co-adventuring and the importance of intrigue

Chapter 10 - play: what is it in school?

Chapter 11 - the magic of children

Chapter 12 - leaving the factory

Chapter 13 - the 3Ms

Chapter 14 - the passport of planning

Chapter 15 - the golden triangle: engaging environments, quality teaching, emotional connection

Chapter 16 - the magic mirror

Part 2 - Drawing Club

Chapter 17 - clubs

Chapter 18 - the great big beauty of story

Chapter 19 - the great big beauty of drawing

Chapter 20 - language

Chapter 21 - story telling, books, time out of joint

Chapter 22 - modelling

Chapter 23 - the 3Ms and the connection to drawing

Chapter 24 - Drawing Club and the magic mirror

Chapter 25 - the possibility

Part 3 - Play Projects

Chapter 26 - why Play Projects?

Chapter 27 - the building blocks of play

Chapter 28- getting started

Chapter 29 - continuous provision

Chapter 30 - developing projects

Part 4 - Pages from the Green and Black books

Part 5 - Photographs