Teacher Books
👩🏫 Practical Guides
for Teachers
Support emotional, play-based, child-led learning, classroom calm and teacher well being.
Essential tools to help educators and parents support a smooth, play-based transition from preschool to early grade school.
Resources for early educators to teach with heart and balance.
✅ Emotional learning through stories.
✅ Stress management for teachers.
✅ Teaching play-based reading and writing support.
✅ Play-Based Learning Meets Academics: Discover the 6 step technique that transforms play into learning opportunities, building both foundational academic and life skills.
✅ Whole-Child Development: Activities that nurture social-emotional growth, creativity, and problem-solving by engaging both sides of the brain.
✅ Balanced Learning for Teachers: 6 Practical strategies to balance curriculum demands with nurturing emotional intelligence, independence, and a love of learning.
✅ Smooth Transitions from Preschool to Grade School: Tools and tips for ensuring every child feels confident, supported, and ready for their next step.
✅ Helping Children Realize Their Full Potential: A comprehensive guide for parents and educators to awaken and nurture each child’s innate abilities from ages 2 to 8.
The Grandparent Legacy Story Series
📚 The Grandparent Legacy
Story Series
Heartwarming books for grandparents to read with their grandchildren.
Gentle, meaningful stories that foster connection, teach values like kindness and love, and help grandparents pass on their life experience to grandchildren.
✅ Ideal for shared reading moments.
✅ Includes gestures, emotions, and family themes.
✅ Print and Kindle editions available.
Online Courses
🎓 Online Training for
Teachers and Parents
Practical training in play-based learning, stress relief strategies, and teaching children to read with ease.
A guided, step-by-step approach that transforms how we teach and support young children.
If you’re passionate about nurturing play-based, child-led learning, these courses will not only teach you a 6-Step Framework but also provide you with the support, structure, and tools needed to apply it successfully.
Step-by-step online courses designed for ease and success.
✅ Teach preschoolers how to read through coloring letter sounds.
✅ Manage stress in the classroom and at home.
✅ Guide children through emotional and social growth.
✅ Watch at your own pace with printable tools.
Courses Include:
The Learning Bridge Course.
Teach My Preschooler How to Read.
Teach Reading: Vowels, Sight Words & Diagraphs.
Stress Management for Kids.
Stress Management for Teachers.
Ready to create a heart-centered, child-led learning environment?
👉 Check out our Courses Today 🚀
Stress-Free Preschool Bookstore
🎓 Explore all of Paul Mackie's books in one easy-to-browse section.
Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or grandparent, you’ll find storybooks, activity guides, and educational resources that bring love, learning, and connection into children’s lives.
Your One-Stop Shop for Meaningful Children’s Books
✅ Print and Kindle editions available.
✅ Organized by category: Grandparent Stories, Teacher Guides, Emotional Learning, Reading & Writing.
Ready to create a heart-centered, child-led learning environment?
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The New Approach to Early Childhood Education
The New Approach to Early Childhood Education
Coming Soon
A practical, child-led approach to learning that begins with children’s interests, play, and everyday experiences.
What Makes This Approach Different
The New Approach to Early Childhood Education is a growing book series designed for educators, parents, and caregivers who want to create learning environments that respect how young children naturally learn through exploration, play, and meaningful engagement.
Rather than focusing on lessons, outcomes, or rigid activities, this approach supports adults in observing children, preparing responsive environments, and allowing learning to emerge over time.
✅ Learning follows the child’s interests, not a preset curriculum.
✅ Environments are intentionally prepared using simple, everyday materials.
✅ Observation and reflection guide next steps — not assessment or pressure.
✅ Children are supported in developing independence, focus, and confidence.
👉This approach works in homes, classrooms, and community-based settings and adapts easily to different ages and group sizes. 🚀
The Book Series
Each book in The New Approach to Early Childhood Education series explores a specific aspect of child-led, play-based learning.
📘 A New Approach to Early Childhood Education
A foundational guide that introduces the philosophy, principles, and mindset behind child-led learning in homes and local communities.
📗 A Practical Play-Based Guide for Supporting Children’s Interests
Explores how adults can notice children’s interests and respond through thoughtful materials, environment setup, and open-ended play invitations.
📙 Creating Play Spaces That Support a Child’s Exploration, Focus, and Independence
A practical guide to designing play environments that invite exploration, reduce unnecessary distraction, and support sustained engagement.
📙 Story Time Made Simple
This companion book complements the series by showing how storytelling can support child-led learning through: Oral storytelling, Story tables, loose parts, Picture books, Puppets, and Finger plays.
Author Bio & Contact Us
Paul Mackie
Early Childhood Educator | Speaker | Coach | Author
Helping Teachers and Grandparents Support Young Children with Calm, Connection, and Confidence.
✅ Empowering teachers to manage in-the-moment classroom stress.
✅ Guiding children to learn through connection and play.
✅ Teaching values like love, empathy & compassion through stories.
✅ Helping grandparents create memories & pass on a legacy of love.
✅ Offering tools for children who struggle in traditional school systems.
✅ Supporting a child's transition from preschool to grade school.
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