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Who needs worksheets and rote learning when you have nature and time to explore?
Simple, and child led. It's what learning needs to be. Why do we have a tendency to overcomplicate the way in which children learn? When we head out into nature, when we slow down and let children explore and create and wonder, magical things happen. Learning happens. -
What's the problem, really?
As educators, there a many times throughout the day where we may be called upon to "solve a problem". Children come to us with their problems: ... -
Is it time to ditch "No Hat, No Play"?
Recently, one of our team shared a reminder message that they had received from their child's education and care service about hats and sun protection, and it led to some discussion about the concept of "No Hat, No Play" in our office. -
Creating calm in the "Busy" season
It’s official. There is only a month until Christmas, and whether you celebrate or not, this time of year becomes absolutely manic in many house... -
Schema Play: What's it all about?
When I first heard the term and began to understand the concept, suddenly it all made sense. I had been fighting against the natural play urges of children, instead of embracing them and providing an environment and resources that supported them. -
"Slides are for going down, not up!" REALLY?
Going up the slide requires a different set of body skills, it requires a different focus. Some children will find it challenging to go up the slide. Some children will find it easy. There will be some negotiation required between children, but you know what? They usually just work it out.
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4 Easy Additions to Enhance Your Block Play Environment
We need to be intentional about how we set up our spaces for block play, about the materials that we use and the way in which children can access them. -
4 Ways to Support Problem Solving Through Loose Parts Play
This post was lost in the archives. Originally published by us in 2020 This week I visited a local service. While I spoke with the approved prov... -
How to Embrace Rainy Day Play
Yesterday morning I sat at my desk watching the kookaburras and the magpies forage in the grass - the incessant rain having bought worms to the surface. And then I spotted her. A child of about three stepped across the soggy grass, her gumboots squelching, toward the birds. -
5 Practical Ways to Support Mud Play
Sometimes I hear from educators that mud play is too much work, that the inevitable clean-up is too hard, that the time spent is too long. But I have to ask the question - what else are we doing that is more important? -
Return, and Return Again: How Revisiting Natural Spaces Benefits Children
What does it mean to return to the same natural spaces again and again with children? How does it benefit them, and the big question - won't they get bored? -
Should we put a stop to end of year gifting?
Well, it's that time of year again. Things are winding down, and the end of year gifts are ramping up. This is the time of year where see some v...
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