Category: Families
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A New Clay Experience
We’ve had clay at our Mud Pies Nature Playgroup in Perth for a while now. It’s been a fantastic sensory experience. It’s slippery, sloshy and squelchy sometimes and other times… Read more
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Taking a ‘Whittle’ Time to Connect with Nature
One cold winter’s morning, on the banks of the Swan River a simple stick lay lifeless on the ground. Now this was not just any stick. Over the previous few… Read more
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Connecting with Heritage to Recognise Our Own Power
This year Educated by Nature are a part of the Perth National Trust Heritage Festival. We’ll be looking at ways to explore and celebrate our links to the past. In children’s… Read more
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Homemade Glue – Simple Nature Craft for Kids
Homemade Glue With Term 1 of the school year underway, no doubt most families have gathered items to fulfil booklist requirements. The school supply shelves are fully stocked but what… Read more
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Nature art makes an impression
CLAY NATURE IMPRESSIONS Nature Art activities for the school holidays! We stumbled upon a gorgeous book by Cathy James, The Garden Classroom. One of the activities contained in the book… Read more
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Peaceful Parenting – Is this a myth?
Peaceful Parenting. Is this a myth? An unattainable goal? At times I certainly think this to be the case. Peaceful Parenting sounds like a great idea in theory but my… Read more
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Back to basics – the joy of giving
The lead up to Christmas can be an overwhelming one for families with children – School holidays are starting, Christmas parties seem to be happening every night of the week… Read more
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A box full of fun!
We love this blog from Maggie Dent about remembering that Christmas is about connection and sharing some ideas for buying gifts for children. Remember those moments when the kids have… Read more
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Top Health Concerns for Australian Parents
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] I’ve been reading a couple of research studies lately on health concerns for parents and nature engagement statistics for Australia and they seem to go hand in… Read more