On today’s episode Priyanka will be speaking with Tom Hobson, also known as “Teacher Tom”.

Teacher Tom is an early childhood educator, education consultant and author. He’s best known for his blog called “Teacher Tom’s Blog” where he has posted daily for over 13 years about his experiences teaching young children. 

Tom is a passionate proponent of play based pedagogy and he’s written two books on the subject. The first book is called “Teacher Tom’s First Book” and we'll let you guess the name of his second book. 

In this discussion Tom and Priyanka talk about many subjects: from play based learning to cooperative schools to building a community for your child. 

They talk about risky play and why it just might be more risky to avoid it. 

Tom talks about his way of dealing with kids who are bickering. Very helpful.

Tom explains why there are only 3 things that adults do better than children.

There’s a lot to learn in this episode. Alan couldn’t be there in person to talk with Tom because of schedules, and Priyanka was flying solo on this one.

Here's more info about Teacher Tom:

• Teacher Tom's Website

• Teacher Tom's Blog

• Upcoming Courses

• Teacher Tom's Books on Amazon (you can also buy them directly from him on his site)