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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.
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?
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?
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...
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.
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?
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?
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...
I remember one of the first services I ever visited as a young student. I headed on into the infant room and was overwhelmed by toys and swings ...
I spend a lot of time barefoot. I am barefoot indoors, I am barefoot outdoors, and I prefer to drive with barefeet. This explains how one morning,...
** This post was originally written in 2019 and has been updated and resposted ** Two boys arrive at our TimberNook program full of stories of o...
Right now, in Lake Macquarie, we are in lockdown. As I write this, it is day 6 of 7 (although there is the strong possibility that it won't all ...
**This post was originally written in 2018 and has been updated. In early 2018 we launched the first Australian TimberNook program. This amazing p...
This week, I listened to a podcast episode of the Child Care Bar & Grill titled Heavy Work Makes You Happy. This concept isn't new to me, altho...
