Today, I am wrapping up my four part series on Structured Learning Strategies. I wanted to write this post weeks ago, but life got in the way, as it often does! What is Visual Structure? Visual structure adds a physical or visual component to tasks to assist students in understanding HOW an activity should be completed. Because students with ASD are less likely to be successful with only verbal directions, visual structure adds a tangible component to an activity to increase meaning and…

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Image 10 of 21 from gallery of Parkhill Greens / PLAT Studio. Photograph by ACF Photography, Holi Photography

Yuri Suzuki is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician. He explores the realms of sound through exquisitely designed pieces that examine the relationship between people and sound questioning how both music and sound effect the mind. Yuri Suzuki has exhibited his installations and sound artworks around the world.

Building Functional Pretend Play Centers in an Pre-K Classroom

Rainbow Machine is an immersive experience of natural light through interactive play. The design allows children and adults to create rainbows by harnessing natural light. The installation creates its own spatial experience, connecting design, art, science, engineering and innovation to create an ephemeral moment in saturated colour within urban environments.

Discover ➜ the playful furniture Kile by Taran Johanne Neckelmann from Norway. Find out more in the interview with the designer here...

Olenka Steciw Villarreal and Jill Hoffspiegel Asher, the forces behind Magical Bridge, see "all-abilities" playgrounds not as islands, but as clarion calls in a movement for valuing all members of a community equally.