The bush had been calling me. Sick of being stuck in the suburbs, stuck inside our four walls as the kids have been sick. I needed to get out and get in touch with nature. I didn’t want the kids complaining about it being too far to walk, I am hungry and everything else that goes along with it. So I came up with a plan to make it fun for them.Read More »
We were at a bit of a loose end one Sunday afternoon so I decided it was time to try Geocaching. What is Geocaching I hear you ask? It is an outdoor treasure hunting game using a GPS. You need to navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache hidden at that location.
Geocaches can be found all over the world and the locations can be quite diverse. They may be located at your local park, at the end of a long hike, underwater or on the side of a city street.Read More »
Nature Play have a great initiative to get children outside and exploring nature. When your child joins nature play they are issued with their very own passport. The passport can be registered online and your child selects age appropriate missions to complete. There are 10 mission pages in the passport and on completion they receive a sticker.
It is all about getting children to feel the mud between their toes, play in the rain, climb and use their imagination. It is all about being at one with nature.Read More »
Today is International Mud Day, a day for splashing in muddy puddles, making mud pies, squishing, squelching in glorious mud!
Little Gum Nuts is a nature inspired education program that is held at Yanchep National Park. Recently we attended a play and learn session which was just brilliant.
First of all we were greeted by the teacher Lee-Anne, she is wonderful with the children and so calm. She allows them to explore, experiment and be hands on while educating them at the same time.Read More »
Growing up in rural Western Australia if we were not at the pool we were playing in the bush, building cubby houses and riding our bikes down bush tracks. I find it strange that time has to be made for children to play in nature or outside, I am not sure if it is just because times have changed or this is just the way it has always been in the city.Read More »
Lately I feel like social media is consuming too much of my time, I am constantly checking Facebook and Instagram. I mean seriously what I am really going to miss? Instead of looking at my phone I should be engaging with my children or cleaning the house. Actually I will find anything else to do other than clean the house!Read More »
