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Campfire Conversations – Ep#11 – NatureBridge – Jen Kidder and Inquiry Based Learning
In Episode 11 of Campfire Conversations Trudi Bennett meets Jen Kidder, Educcation Director of NatureBridge in Olympic National Park, Washington. Jen shares the value of Inquiry Based Learning and… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#10 – IslandWood – Ben Klasky and Outdoor Classrooms
Join Daniel Burton as he meets with Ben Klasky, CEO of IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, Seattle. They discuss nature as the ‘first teacher’ and how when we use the… 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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Campfire Conversations – Ep#06 – Wilderness Awareness Games – Nature Connection Mentoring
“To the people you serve, it may seem like nothing but running through woods, playing games, and listening to stories. An underlying intention they never realise lies beneath this… Read more
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Campfire Conversations – Ep#05 – Stillness – Gillian McAuliffe
In Episode 5 of Campfire Conversations – Trudi Bennett and Daniel Burton chat to their mentor Gillian McAuliffe, founder of Bold Park Community School and Director of Practical Wisdom,… Read more
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‘Knot’ your average literacy activity
Building a cubby seems like a simple activity, regularly labelled as ‘just play’. We believe in the power of a cubby and are not fooled by this guise. Children are… Read more
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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