Natural play spaces

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Open wide, come outside, it's playtime! Whether you have a cute courtyard or a rolling lawn, your kiddo will love having their own backyard play space...

If you're looking for finding new ways to encourage outdoor play and learning, I have 5 easy and budget friendly elements that you can begin introducing to your outdoor play space (big or small!) right now. Read this post (with lots of photos) for some simple nature play ideas outdoors. | The Empowered Educator

In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary design targeted to kids. Week 3: How to Make A Natural Playscape. Natural playscapes are some of the most popular playgrounds being designed and reflect wider cultural concerns about sustainability and interaction with nature. They intentionally avoid plastic and metal and emphasize locally sourced…

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

As soon as the weather warms up, it's time to say no to TV and phone, get the kids outside! If you’re lucky to own a sprawling property big enough for a kid's playhouse and outdoor game activities, you make some DIY ideas for your kids, such as an outdoor music station, a tent, a DIY mud kitchen, a miniature racetrack with a full course.

7 tips for creating an outdoor play space kids (of all ages) will love spending their time playing in. Great ideas for home and services for children.

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Spring is almost here --- time to wake up from my hibernation and get these little cubs of mine outside! The warm sunshine never fails to make me want to spruce up our outdoor play spaces. We like to keep outdoor play, well, natural I suppose. So when I am planning outdoor play spaces for

We made a large Natural Playground at our Glamping Site which includes Musical Instruments, Den-Building, Climbing Frames, Bug Hunt / […]

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

Natural playscape ideas for home. Here's how we incorporate nature play in our urban yard in our Montessori home including climbing rocks and river.

Outdoor Classrooms provide a place for children to connect to nature. With so many areas where children are told "no" to the diverse ways they want to interact with nature, outdoor classrooms are often a "yes" place. Yes, please dig in the dirt. Yes, please dig with the log pieces. Yes, please climb on these fallen logs. I was introduced to the Nature Explore outdoor classroom concept as we developed a natural playscape at a local nature center. This research based process helped reign in…

Inspired by a similar idea in pinterest, I found a round wooden table top at the local home improvement store-perfect! My son-in-law burned a tic-tac-toe grid o…

Here are my recommendations for the absolute top toys for the outdoor play area, for backyards and classroom spaces too. From trampolines and slides to play houses, sand boxes, mud kitchens and swings! SO many inspiring ways to play outdoors this summer with these great additions to the outdoor play space. All of these great...Read More »