If you're a parent that gives his toddler a smartphone to play with to keep him quiet, you'd better rethink your strategy. New research has shown that regularly exposing a toddler or a child under 30 months to video and interactive media on smartphones and other digital devices could impa…

Go Play Outside: It’s Good for Your Eyeballs! By: Dr. William Sturrock If you are really nearsighted, you probably didn’t need reading glasses to see the recent study this past month in the journal ‘Ophthalmology’ describing twice the rates of myopia (the correct scient…

There are enough ideas to have fun trying a new one every week for over a year! Spring Seasons search: Go out and find 10 things that you will only see during the spring. Go to a stream during a spring rain and listen for calling critters. How many different animals do you hear? Can you i…

How to Build a Safe & Fun Outdoor Space for Kids Imagine that you are the same age as your child…what year level were you in? Who was your teacher? Your best friend? Favorite game? Imagine that you are outside…did you have a place that you considered your own? A treehouse or…

Tips for Parents and Mentors to Encourage Outdoor Play If you live in a house, create a child-friendly backyard. Give children a place on the porch, deck or in the bedroom where they can display nature treasures that they find and want to keep. Provide simple tools to aid discovery. Ki…

Help children experience the joy of sunshine and rain, of stargazing and bugs using this nature guide produced by the Children and Nature Network in the US.  …

So you want to get your children outside, but find that time gets away from you? Why not organize a Family Nature Club with some friends or family and make sure that you have a regular date with the outdoors!…

Nature Play WA has created stacks of secret missions for kids to complete outside. These are fun and mostly free!…

Done right, gardens can be beautiful at the same time as being safe places for kids to play, imagine and develop the resilience and cognitive flexibility they will need throughout life.   (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return;…

How to give your children more outdoor play...and why you should! This is a great resource developed by the Green Hearts Institute for Nature in Childhood in Nebraska, USA. It acknowledges that childhood has changed - specifically that American kids now spend 27 percent of their time with electro…