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Nature Connection Series: Connection to Space
“[they] take a moment to stop and look around us” Teacher Many of our Nature Connection series programs are held in bush/natural spaces very close to the student’s school. For… Read more
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Nature Connection Series: Respect for Self
“Being in nature feels like I’m being back in my culture” Student The modern world sends us so many messages about who we are, who we should be, and how… Read more
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Nature Connection Series: Respect for Others
“That respect and trust has gone both ways’ Teacher Many teachers tell us that they see their students in a different light during our Nature Connection Series. Outside, students can… Read more
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Nature Connection Series: Empathy
“[they’re] learning to respect the bush rather than just run through and trample everything” Aboriginal and Islander Education Officer We play a lot of games in our Nature Connection series.… Read more
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Nature Connection Series: Resilience
“Students who in the class environment haven’t had good resilience are able to grow in confidence in the outdoor environment” Teacher Resilience is our ability to bounce back from difficulty.… Read more
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Nature Connection Series: Respect for Nature
“…helps me to realise what we’ve got, what nature has.” – Student One of Educated by Nature’s core values is respect for the environment. When we help children and adults… Read more
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Raft of Fun: Exploring, Building, and Sailing at KIN Homeschool
This term at KIN Homeschool, we’ve been on an epic voyage – not on a ship, but on rafts! What started as a seemingly simple concept turned into a fantastic… Read more
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Perspectives of Play: National Play, Playing and Playwork Conference 2024
Our society and culture are changing all the time. We are continually learning from each other, learning to listen, learning more about different perspectives and hopefully working on our collective… Read more
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Establishing the learning culture at Alam Atelier
In January 2024, Trudi was invited to Jakarta, Indonesia, to train a new group of educators for a brand-new early learning school, Alam Atelier, part of the iSmile network. Being… Read more
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Children, Communities, Consultation, Events, Families, Health, Play, Professionals in the Field, SchoolsMoerlina’s Bush School
We are living in the age of Nature Deficit Disorder. This term, coined by Richard Louv in Last Child in the Woods (2007), brings focus to the increased disconnection between… Read more