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The term “loose parts” has grown in popularity recently as educators and parents have rediscovered this timeless approach to play. Loose ...

I met Chris Kiewra last year at the Leadership Institute National Conference , one of the collaborations Nature Explore puts togeth...

Tree climbing is such a fun and challenging activity for many children around the world. As I started noticing more restrictions on tree cl...

Chris Whitmire and I recently did a presentation on Nurturing Nature: The Educator's Role in Nature Play. We had three objectives for...

I recently worked with a great group of educators in a beautiful outdoor space. We worked on cultivating our own sense of wonder, mapmak...

I decided to work smarter, not harder! I'm researching academic articles on loose parts play and realize that many of you are also are...

What fun is it to have a fairy festival?!? We enjoyed our day this last May, though we were working with a pretty enchanting space to begi...