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Story Driven Block Play with the Kodo Playscape Platforms

Imaginative social play occurs in many places within the classroom. We love to encourage social play everywhere both indoors and out!
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One of My Favorite Things About Being an Educator

I attended my first National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 2004. My first year attending, I was able to go with a group of college friends that all had different aspirations...
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Mother Nature’s Most Interesting Forces

Read along as we explore Kodo's Wind Tunnel. Customer submitted their ideas, and we connect the learning to the standards.
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Constructing with Color- What You Need to Know About the Light Laboratory

At Kodo, everything starts with "WHY?" If there's not a good "WHY", then we don't do it. Period. Chris Hume, Founder of Kodo and Inventor of the Light Lab, tells us the WHY behind the...

Kodo's Summer Virtual Book Club

Summer's here! Time to unwind but expand our practice. Please join us for this summer book club- virtual style!
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Reflections from The Kodo Classroom

At the end of our parking lot here at Kodo headquarters, there’s a little yellow sign. It reads, 'Sidewalk Ends'.  I drive past it daily and without fail, I smile as I recall a poem,...
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Introducing Simple Machines: Low-Tech Tools

When we think of technology, tools, and machines, we often think in terms of computers and electric or gas powered machines. Many tools we use in everyday life are low-tech tools called simple machines. Humans...
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Color as Communication: Lightness and Darkness

Winter weather is in full effect here in Colorado. We have days of heavy snow, followed by milder days where the skies are clear, sunny, and blue. Thinking back to teaching Pre-K, it was always...
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Ramps: Unconventional Measurement

Unconventional Measurement Before using conventional units of measure such as inches or feet, children use unconventional units of measure to organize the world around them. There are many ways to support this in the classroom...