Category: Risk

Communities, Curiosity, Health, Motor Development, Play, Risk, Sensory Diets

Building Resilience in Children

When Trudi and I started Educated by Nature, one of our main goals was to create environments and experiences where children could find opportunities for building resilience. We found, through our… Read more

October 8, 2016
Families, Health, Play, Risk, Schools, Sensory Diets

‘Knot’ your average literacy activity

Building a cubby seems like a simple activity, regularly labelled as ‘just play’. We believe in the power of a cubby and are not fooled by this guise. Children are… Read more

July 4, 2016
Children, Curiosity, Families, Identity, Kids In Nature, Play, Risk

The Hunt

‘Alright kids, imagine you are a Chuditch*, silently hunting for your prey. Carefully move across the landscape…’ We had only taken a few delicate steps when we were interrupted by a… Read more

June 17, 2016
Children, Families, Risk, Sensory Diets

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

April 25, 2016
Children, Families, Identity, Motor Development, Play, Risk

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

April 17, 2016
Curiosity, Identity, Play, Risk

Adventures in Nature – Discoveries of JOY

Adventure plays a big role in all our programs – whether it is a quest for small insects on a trek around a local bushland with our Mud Pies Nature… Read more

February 10, 2016
Identity, Play, Risk

Finding a Place to Play

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″] “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play really is the work of… Read more

July 22, 2015