More Nature in Early Childhood Services

Last week I had the pleasure of running professional learning sessions for educators in Banyule and Boroondara. It is great to hear that many participants are already incorporating nature and the outdoors into their programs. They are noticing the benefits and are are looking at ways to extend their practice.

Over-protected, over-organised ... why kids need time to play

“Through challenging themselves children learn that muddy puddles are slippery and rocks are hard – they have a lot more capacity than adults give them credit for,”      more

Better out than in: Westgarth bush kindergarten plunges kids back into nature

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Nature is a shared language

Bush Kinder was honoured to be a part of the 2013 AGECS annual general meeting tour. Amongst those who attended was Jade Fraser from FKA Children's Services. Together with Jade I wrote an article for the newsletter 'Resource'.

In the article we discuss how natural environments encourage children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to participate and develop a sense of belonging to place and community. Nature is the shared language.