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Resilience Through Connection: The Space to Try Again
A child moves slowly along a fallen log above the creek. Their arms stretch wide as they feel for balance, placing one foot carefully in front of the other. The… Read more
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Attune, Align, Attend: A Relational Cycle for Learning, Play and Community
To truly see someone, we ourselves need to be fully present with all our senses. For another to feel truly seen by us, they need to know we understand and… Read more
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The Children Who Carry the Culture: From KIN Villager to Playworker
At the end of each KIN Village session, after all the children have departed, the team of Playworkers gather to debrief the day. We discuss the highlights, the challenges and anything we… Read more
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Play is Not an Extra: Why Children’s Rights Matter More Than Ever
I recently attended the Australian Play Summit in Canberra. At the Summit, I had the privilege hearing Dr Naomi Lott’s presentation on Article 31 in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 31 states… Read more
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Play Support – The Importance of Language
There are moments in education where something small catches your attention, and the more you sit with it, the more you realise it isn’t small at all. I recently came… Read more
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Reflections from Kuala Lumpur: What the World is Telling Us About Early Childhood Education
There is something deeply grounding about gathering with educators from around the world and realising that, despite our different contexts, cultures, climates, and systems, many of us are carrying remarkably… Read more
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Place and Pedagogy: Reflections from the 2026 Outdoor Learning Conference in Banff
There are some conferences where you leave with a notebook full of strategies, ideas, and resources that eventually find their way onto shelves or into folders on your computer. And… Read more
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The Aesthetic of Play: Protecting the Messy Beauty of Childhood
“The idea of the ‘aesthetic of play’ isn’t about neat spaces or visual perfection. It’s the beauty in chaos, the poetry of half-built cubby houses and scattered loose parts. It’s… Read more
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Listening to Boodja – A Week at Kwoorabup Nature School
Recently, Daniel and Trudi spent just over a week in Denmark, Western Australia, working alongside the staff and students at Kwoorabup Nature School. We didn’t arrive with a checklist or… Read more
