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Published research & frameworks

The research behind the Revisiting Journeys Framework.

Loose Parts Play Theory, inclusive and culturally sustaining environments, early learning theory made visible, and the Revisiting Journeys Framework itself. Every Studio session draws on this work.

Published research & frameworks

The Studio emerged from decades of published work. Here's the research it's built on.

Everything Miriam and Jessie bring to the Studio is grounded in research they've spent years writing down. If you want to go deeper on your own or bring these frameworks into your program before you join, here's where to start.

Every book pairs trust in children with real classrooms and photographs. The Studio does the same, with your classroom.

Books by Miriam & Jessie

TITLE

Revisiting Journeys

AUTHORS

Miriam Beloglovsky

& Jessica Frazier

PRICE

$39.95

TITLE

Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children

AUTHORS

Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky

PRICE

$34.95

TITLE

Loose Parts for Children with Diverse Abilities

AUTHORS

Miriam Beloglovsky

PRICE

$34.95

TITLE

Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers

AUTHORS

Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky

PRICE

$34.95

TITLE

Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments

AUTHORS

Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky

PRICE

$34.95

TITLE

Early Learning

Theories Made Visible

AUTHORS

Miriam Beloglovsky & Lisa Daly

PRICE

$42.95

TITLE

Just Play: Inspiring Adult Play in Early Childhood Education

AUTHORS

Miriam Beloglovsky

PRICE

$29.95

TITLE

Loose Parts Set

(4 Books)

Loose Parts book set, four books by Lisa Daly and Miriam Beloglovsky

AUTHORS

Miriam Beloglovsky & Lisa Daly

PRICE

$124.95

About each book

Descriptions (one per title, in order above):

  1. Introduces the Revisiting Journeys Framework, for understanding how children revisit, reimagine and redesign their own play and learning. The framework the Studio is built on.

  2. The original, award-winning book that introduced Loose Parts Play Theory to educators worldwide — hundreds of photographs and real classroom stories of open-ended materials in action.

  3. Extends the Loose Parts framework into inclusive, equitable environments — real stories of children with diverse abilities engaged in open-ended play, told with a strengths-based lens.

  4. Brings loose parts into infant and toddler environments, with safety guidance and age-appropriate material selection for the youngest learners.

  5. Guidance for building culturally sensitive, identity-affirming early childhood environments through six key design principles — aesthetic, authenticity, equity, and more.

  6. Makes the foundational theories of Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky, Dewey, and others visible and practical through real classroom vignettes and photographs.

  7. Miriam's guide to reclaiming play for adults — because educators who play more bring more playfulness back into their classrooms.

  8. All four Loose Parts books in one collection — the complete series, together, for anyone who wants the whole framework in one place.

ALL TITLES PUBLISHED BY REDLEAF PRESS · PRICES SET BY PUBLISHER AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Environments & Materials

Miriam's research doesn't stay on the page. These furniture and materials collections bring the ideas behind Loose Parts and Universal Design for Learning into real classrooms.

ITEM

Carolina Connections Furniture Collection

Designed by Miriam Beloglovsky, in collaboration with Guidecraft and Kaplan Early Learning

DESCRIPTION

A Universal Design for Learning furniture system—including adjustable discovery tables, a collaborative easel, sensory seating, and more—designed to provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression. Developed from the ideas in Loose Parts for Children with Diverse Abilities, it supports educators to create environments that anticipate learner variability rather than respond to it.

ITEM

Connections Pentagon Play System

BY

Kaplan Early Learning

DESCRIPTION

An open-ended building and sensory play system with 162 pieces—including pentagons, clips, connectors, and strings—designed to embrace learner variability by offering multiple ways to build, investigate, communicate, and create. The system supports the UDL belief that flexible materials allow every child to participate, contribute, and thrive.

ITEM

Carolina Connections Furniture Collection

Designed by Miriam Beloglovsky, in collaboration with Guidecraft and Kaplan Early Learning

DESCRIPTION

A Universal Design for Learning furniture system—including adjustable discovery tables, a collaborative easel, sensory seating, and more—designed to provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression. Developed from the ideas in Loose Parts for Children with Diverse Abilities, it supports educators to create environments that anticipate learner variability rather than respond to it.

ITEM

Connections Pentagon Play System

BY

Kaplan Early Learning

DESCRIPTION

An open-ended building and sensory play system with 162 pieces—including pentagons, clips, connectors, and strings—designed to embrace learner variability by offering multiple ways to build, investigate, communicate, and create. The system supports the UDL belief that flexible materials allow every child to participate, contribute, and thrive.

You're curious, and want to learn more.

Start with the free reflective guide.

Follow the Thinking: a short noticing workbook for early childhood educators. Free, no purchase required.

“Every time you return to your practice, you see more than you did before.”

Revisiting Journeys Studio — Miriam Beloglovsky & Jessie Frazier · Pedagogical Mentors & Studio Founders