Author: Trudi Bennett
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More than a cubby – Cubby Building
Why is cubby building such an important childhood experience? Looking through a collection of sepia photographs picturing bush huts and tents, plus stick furniture from the pioneering days of Australia,… Read more
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Nature-based Incursion – Muddy Gully
Daniel and I are intentional about incorporating sensory risk taking in our programs. Particularly when it comes to exploring sticky clay on our bodies and oozing through our toes. My… Read more
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The Importance of Sanctuary
I’ve been building treehouses for a while now. I’ve been climbing trees for as long as I can remember. When I was five years old, my family planted a lemon-scented… Read more
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Weaving Growth in Children
At our Mud Pies Nature Playgroups this term we have been exploring child development through the art of weaving. Weaving, threading and sewing requires strong finger muscles and good coordination. In… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#13 – Wilderness Awareness School – Survival and Nature Connection in a Modern Age
Join Trudi Bennett as she speaks with Dan Corcoran, Samuel Bowman and Rachael Witt from the Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, Washington. The facilitators of the weekend Survival Basics Course… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#8 – Nature Pedagogy
In August 2016, Daniel Burton and Trudi Bennett (Co-Founders of Educated by Nature) embarked upon a 5 week study tour of the USA to learn from some of the… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#07 – Wilderness Nature Connection – Anna Killgrew
In Episode 7 of Campfire Conversations Trudi Bennett introduces her nature connection mentor, Anna Killgrew from Koora Retreat Centre, in the Western Woodlands east of Perth. Anna discusses how… Read more
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Playground vs Playspaces
When deciding on new locations for our Mud Pies Nature Playgroups we search for simple nature spaces in local neighbourhoods. The ideal location is somewhere close to where families live so… Read more
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Adult Nature Connection
Feeling at Home in Nature What does nature connection mean to you? For me it means feeling ‘at home’ outdoors. Feeling comfortable, feeling safe, that I belong. Comfortable to sit… Read more
