Learning Stories can be experiences, materials that propel the process of learning, part of the Cycle of Inquiry.

Imagine a child’s first experience with scissors, for example. Imagine reading this Learning Story as a provocation with the child! Imagine reflecting with the child about her first try with the scissors: her skills, her curiosity, her frustration, her perseverance.

Imagine planning her next attempt with the scissors: how to hold them, what materials she needs, what plan (if any) for a specific creation.

Imagine writing a second Learning Story about her next experience with the scissors and using this new one as another provocation to propel her forward in her work.

Learning Story after Learning Story expands the child’s agency in her own learning.

Note, Zach's perspective is Reggio inspired, but the active use of Learning Stories as "agents of agency" is an idea that can be applied universally.