Controlled Chaos

Teacher Tom’s Guide to Play-Based Classroom Management

A brand-new 3-week course to radically reduce the daily pressure of being a pre-k or kindergarten teacher. Designed for early childhood educators, directors, and childcare owners.
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Partnering with Parents

Making allies of the parents of the children you teach

A brand new version of Teacher Tom’s engaging and popular course for educators, enabling you to become more confident and successful because the parents in your school respect you, are on the same page about play-based learning, and are fully supportive.
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Creating a Natural Habitat for Learning

Teacher Tom's guide to full capacity learning for young children

In this 6-week course, you will learn how to transform your preschool (or your home) environment into a true “co-teacher” and ally, and stop feeling trapped and frustrated by its limitations.
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The Technology of Speaking With Children So They Can Think

Creating space for learning to happen

An engaging 6-part course for both early childhood educators and parents of young children based on Teacher Tom's popular methodology. Discover how to fundamentally shift how you speak with young children so they can think for themselves.
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Teacher Tom's Risky Play

A course designed to help early childhood educators, child care providers, parents, and grand parents create authentic risky play learning opportunities that are safe, educational, and joyful.
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Teacher Tom's
Play-Based Learning

A new foundational course on Teacher Tom's popular play-based learning pedagogy, designed for early childhood educators, childcare providers, parents and grandparents.
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