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More-than-human literacies in early childhood
Join us for the next in our popular series of Magic Webinars: More-than-human literacies in early childhood with Professor Abi Hackett Tuesday 21 October 2025,…
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Watch. Wait. Wonder: What children teach us through sound
Dr Clare Seymour of diversitybuds
Written by Dr Clare Seymour of diversitybuds I recently had the joy of attending a presentation by Dr Jessica Pitt at the MEHEM (Music…
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Becoming Creative Researcher at Magic Acorns
Dr Jessica Pitt
Written by Dr Jessica Pitt, Creative Researcher and Co-Director at Magic Acorns This photo was taken in early spring this year as I sat in…
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The Thesis What I Wrote – ‘More-than-Words: reconceptualising two-year-old children’s onto-epistemologies through Improvisation and the Temporal Arts’
Dr Charlotte Arculus
I will unpick the title of my PhD thesis a little. Onto-epistemology is a hyphenation of epistemology meaning a system of knowing or way of…
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Emergent Life – Bronwyn Davies
Sophie Fox
Join us for this rare opportunity to listen and discuss with independent scholar Bronwyn Davies at our next online webinar on 26th November. ” The…
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Let’s embrace the word gap
Barbara Cavanagh
At the start of any research project you have to think about your research question/s and what it is you are trying to find out.…
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Looking Beyond
Barbara Cavanagh
Over the past few weeks I have been watching and rewatching videos of Magic Acorns’ projects. It has got me thinking about two things in…
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Unexpected Meanderings
Barbara Cavanagh
Since my last blog, I have been expanding my reading to look more deeply not only into Froebel and his philosophy but also at play…
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Upside down, Inside Out, and Round and Round
Barbara Cavanagh
At the time I found out that I was going to be working on the Inside Out project, Diana Ross was in the headlines following…
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