Category: Nature Connection Series
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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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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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Using Games to Teach Empathy
Across KIN Village, Bush Inventors Club and our Nature Connection series we use Wilderness Awareness Games with our participants. Whilst they are excellent icebreakers before a program and a great… Read more
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When We Find Comfort in Nature – A Class Story
Blog by Tamara Johnston and Trudi Bennett The Children in Nature Network (started by Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods) is celebrating 15 years of the children… Read more
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Connection to Nature Inspires Student Hearts
Through all our programs, our main goal is to provide a space where children can fall in love with nature. Read more
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When Students Spend Time Connecting to Nature
Do you know what a Woody Pear tree looks like? What about the colour Eurasian Coot chicks? Can you identify the birds in your area by the bite mark patterns… Read more
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Keeping the Spark Alive
Do you remember when you were a child, and the world was amazing? Every bug and every tree held magical powers. You could be anyone, do anything or go anywhere.… Read more
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Nature Connection Series # 6 – Environmental Stewardship
“[In nature] you can learn more and pass it on to other people” Noticing small changes in the ecosystem and developing a curious mind increases feelings of empowerment and assists… Read more
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Nature Connection Series # 5 – Caring for Nature
“We have to treat [nature] with all the cares” When children have the opportunity to spend regular time in natural spaces they develop deep bonds with those spaces. Many schools… Read more
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Nature Connection Series # 4 – Sneaky Teaching
“You don’t realise you are learning until the end of the session” Connection to nature (the feeling of being part of nature), not only contributes to the development of our… Read more