Author: Daniel Burton
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#04 – Whittling and tool use
Episode 4 – Daniel and Trudi spend a ‘whittle’ bit of time exploring the reasons why a simple potato peeler is such a common tool at every Educated by Nature… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#03 – Sensory Risk Taking – Celebrating International Mud Day
Sensory Risk Taking, a term coined by Daniel Burton and Trudi Bennett when discussing the experiences we provide children that challenge their senses, is generally missing from everyday childhood in… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#02 – Permission to Play (in the rain)
Episode 2 – Trudi and Daniel chat about sensory risk taking while playing outside in the rain at Educated by Nature’s KIN Village School Holiday and Mud Pies Nature Playgroup… Read more
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Mentoring Kids In Nature
Over the last year we (Trudi and Daniel) have been refining how we can best provide nature connection opportunities for families in Perth. Through Educated by Nature we have set up… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Episode #01
Join Daniel and Trudi around the campfire for their first episode of ‘Campfire Conversations’ as they delve into the world of Nature Connection. In 2014, when we told our upper… Read more
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A New Clay Experience
We’ve had clay at our Mud Pies Nature Playgroup in Perth for a while now. It’s been a fantastic sensory experience. It’s slippery, sloshy and squelchy sometimes and other times… Read more
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Taking a ‘Whittle’ Time to Connect with Nature
One cold winter’s morning, on the banks of the Swan River a simple stick lay lifeless on the ground. Now this was not just any stick. Over the previous few… Read more
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A Day at KIN Village
A mum asked me today how she could describe what the kids would be doing at KIN Village, to her son. This is a really tricky one as we never… Read more
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Nature Ignites Imagination
Nature Ignites Imagination. Being with children in natural spaces is like reading the ultimate choose your own adventure story – there are expected pathways and the usual ‘narrative’ of adventure… Read more
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Connecting with Heritage to Recognise Our Own Power
This year Educated by Nature are a part of the Perth National Trust Heritage Festival. We’ll be looking at ways to explore and celebrate our links to the past. In children’s… Read more