Category: Children
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Watching the Weather – How We Prepare for Wet and Wild Days
With all the rain and storms sweeping through Perth, I figured it was a good time to talk about winter weather in relation to our school holiday program, KIN Village.… Read more
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Boodja Beedawong – Awakening an Outdoor Classroom
At the edge of the oval at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School lies a quiet patch of bush – a place of rustling leaves, sandy paths, and reaching trees.… Read more
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Spontaneous Social Collaboration: Play, Risk, and the Power of Natural Environments
When thinking about play, education, and child development, our dear friend Adam Bienenstock’s concept of Spontaneous Social Collaboration (SSC) offers a compelling lens for understanding how children organically engage with… Read more
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Exploring Joomunjie Land
Earlier in the year, I had the pleasure of visiting Joomunjie Land—an Adventure Playground (also known as a Community Backyard) in Queensland, developed by the Australian Institute of Play (AIP).… Read more
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Playing Outside this Winter
As winter begins we hear many concerns from parents about their children spending time outdoors in colder and wetter weather. It’s natural to worry about your children’s health, but rest… 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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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
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We are Energy-Wielders and Sculptors
Imagine a wizard holding a wand or a staff that wields magical spells. This is how we imagine what we do at our programs, particularly during our KIN Village school… Read more
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Consulting with Kwoorabup Nature School
When Kwoorabup Nature School in Denmark, on the south west coast of Western Australia, invited us to consult with them for just over a week, we were both excited and… Read more
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Botanical Literacy
Recently Daniel and Fay had the privilege of attending and presenting at the Early Childhood Education State Conference in Perth. Surrounded by like-minded presenters and attendees, they had the opportunity… Read more