Imagine two classrooms. First grade, January. In one classroom, children are sitting quietly at desks, following in a workbook as a teacher leads a lesson in science. The children are (supposed to be) answering a question right now about how bees...
Kristine Mraz
Kristine Mraz is a former teacher with decades of experience in schools. She is coauthor—with Christine Hertz—of Kids First from Day One, which provides a practical blueprint for increasing the child-centeredness of your teaching practice. She and Christine previously teamed up for the bestselling A Mindset for Learning, which provides practical and powerful strategies for cultivating optimism, flexibility, and empathy alongside traditional academic skills. Their popular Substack, Taproots, keeps teachers in touch with ongoing and relevant classroom issues and ways to center play. Kristi is a resident of southern California, where she will be writing and consulting until the classroom calls again. You can follow all of her adventures at playfullearningcollective.com or kristimraz.com.