Nature Play WA’s Nature Nook is a calm, inclusive pop-up play space designed to support children (and their adults) who may become overwhelmed in busy or highly stimulating environments, perfect for your next community event! The Nature Nook provides a space for calm and connected play as a respite at public events, parks, or community […]
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Bring your outdoor play space to life with a Nature Play WA guided Play Space Workshop for staff! Our Play Space Workshops are designed to help you uncover the hidden play potential of your school or service’s outdoor space. We will work directly with your team to build confidence, inspire ideas, and plan purposeful steps
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What makes a great Professional Learning Workshop for educators? As WA’s leading advocacy organisation for unstructured outdoor play and nature-based learning, we know the answer is practical inspiration designed to have an immediate, positive impact for the children in your care. Nature Play WA’s Professional Learning workshops are; Nature Play WA’s professional learning opportunities are
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Nature Play WA presents Senses Alive – an outdoor sensory play session for children with activities designed to engage all of the senses in nature. Being outdoors in nature is the perfect environment for encouraging sensory awareness and Nature Play WA are excited to bring ALL of the sensory fun directly to your local outdoor
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Nature Play WA is pleased to offer Storytime Cubbies – a nature-based literacy program suitable for local libraries, community centres, and early childhood services, delivered by an early years educator. Unlike traditional indoor storytime sessions, Storytime Cubbies takes literacy into nature, where children can explore stories through outdoor play and hands-on cubby building. By combining
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Recent social media trends would have us thinking that teen girls are the fittest and healthiest they’ve ever been. The likes of hot girl walks, Pilates princesses, what I eat in a day, skin care routines, smoothies – the list goes on. In reality, our girls are struggling with their health and it’s largely a
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Nature Play WA is proud to introduce Nature Play in the Park – an innovative learning program aimed at three-and-four-year-old children and their families, that encourages exploration of the natural environment within existing, local parks. Why Host Nature Play in the Park Nature Play in the Park provides prior to school age children with a
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Nature Play in the Park is a free nature-based outdoor learning program for 3-4-year-olds. It fosters curiosity, creativity, and important thinking and learning skills through super fun nature play activities – it’s like a nature playgroup, but with an educator and a nutritionist who are there to support you. Nature Play in the Park for
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Children’s mental health is a rather terrifying topic for parents. It feels like mental health challenges are a dark cloud that could come over our kids at any time. The discussion surrounding it can leave us feeling anxious and powerless, like there’s little we can do to protect our kids. But the truth is, there
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Many parents, like myself, have used every last drop of willpower to manouevre ourselves and the kids through the final few weeks of school, work and sport. The promise of a relaxing break on the horizon kept us running like little mice in the almost-at-the-end-of-year wheel. We are now at the precipice – just Christmas
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