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Banning Cartwheels and handstands not the answer
Submitted by Admin on 3 April, 2017 - 19:43Royal Botanic Gardens Professional Development
Submitted by Admin on 31 March, 2017 - 19:53Download the flyer for the latest 1 day Professional Development Program from The Royal Botanic Gardens above.
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Danish Forest Preschool Publication
Submitted by Admin on 21 March, 2017 - 20:47File attachments:
Early Childhood Nature Play Upgrade
Submitted by Admin on 21 March, 2017 - 10:14The Play Deficit
Submitted by Admin on 13 March, 2017 - 21:03Peter Gray is a psychologist and research professor at Boston College. He writes the Freedom to Learn blog, and is the author of Free to Learn (2013) and Psychology (2011).
Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up
Read his latest post here.
What the Law says about letting your child walk to school
Submitted by Admin on 10 March, 2017 - 10:26Latest newsletter from the Royal Botanic Gardens
Submitted by Admin on 9 March, 2017 - 17:16International Festival of Landscape Architecture
Submitted by Admin on 8 March, 2017 - 13:39The 3rd City
12 – 15 October 2017, Sydney
Yet another reason why kids need to spend more time outside
Submitted by Admin on 5 March, 2017 - 17:10Short-sightedness, or myopia, a global epidemic as children spend less time outdoors...Read more on the ABC