A CHILDHOOD spent scrubbing surf and sand out of hair, scrambling up trees and sneaking dirty clothes into the wash could be a thing of the past, says not-for-profit group Nature Play. Concerned that today’s kids are more likely to be lost in the couch than the outback, Nature Play is organising a conference in […]
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by Claire Bickers KIDS at Perth childcare centres are being fitted with GPS trackers dubbed “Superman belts” as part of research into whether preschoolers get enough exercise. It follows a pilot study by the University of Western Australia that found 82 per cent of children attending childcare were not meeting physical activity guidelines. Nature Play
by Natasha Boddy Children in Canberra are being asked to turf the tablets and get back to the good old-fashioned way of having fun by climbing trees and getting dirty in the great outdoors. A new initiative called Nature Play CBR launched in Canberra in Thursday encourages less screen time and more green time by
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by Claire Bickers TOO much time spent on iPads and similar touchscreen devices could result in the muscles and bones of young children not developing properly, WA researchers say. A Curtin University team concerned by the increasing amount of time kids spend on portable devices is behind a world-first study into how screen time impacts
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Welcome to Nurture in Nature Radio – the podcast aimed at connecting kids, families and people of all ages with nature. This is Episode Number 003: Passport to an Amazing Childhood with Griffin Longley Today on the show, host Tania Moloney interviews one of Australia’s most passionate Nature Players, Griffin Longley. Listen to the interview at
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by Phil Hickey ONE in five West Australians feel unsafe walking in their neighbourhood because of busy traffic and speeding motorists, the first survey of its kind shows. Just over half of respondents to the RAC Walking Survey said they did not walk for the recommended 30 minutes a day. The main barriers to walking
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by Louise Merrillees Children are at risk of developing short-sightedness as screen time cuts into outdoor playtime, reducing their exposure to outside light, a study has found. Edith Cowan University Medical Sciences professor Wei Wang co-authored a recent study of nearly 5,000 Year 11 and 12 students in Beijing and found the levels of myopia
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As Summer sets in it is almost a crime not to visit Western Australia’s beaches and rivers. Let’s get our young nature players into some sand, water and unstructured beach/river bank play, they absolutely love it! It’s going to be a hot one this weekend, and a lot of us will be hitting the beach
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I like to think that my kids (13, 11 and nearly 3) are pretty free range, and as far as the urban jungle goes the big kids take the bus to and from school (OK, so it picks them up a block from home and drops them off right outside our door), and they’ve been
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Babies love to spend time in nature, feeling the wind in their hair, sun on their skin (just a little bit!) and watching leaves move in the breeze! Simply lying under a tree watching the leaves blow in the wind provides better stimulation than any ordinary baby mobile. Go on a nature walk. Carry your
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