The fundamental mode of every child’s growth, learning and development is play. Here we do the pragmatic and utopian work of reimagining the earth as a vast playground, a garden of earthly delights, that we must cherish and nurture. How can we help children play and develop the “hundred languages” of childhood? How can we reignite a play culture throughout the different domains of society and make it part of the fundamental fabric of our lives?
Things to do with children in January 2022 We had our first winter snow storm this past Friday and I am eager to get outside and explore the transformed landscape…
This Spring find the river nearest to you, or a river that you can visit often, and make it your best friend forever. Learn everything you can about this river.…
Here is my attempt at crafting an earth based, inclusive, multicultural, child-centered, education calendar. Obviously anything like this, ultimately has to be co-created, collaboratively, so I offer it up to…
February 19th 2021 Happy Lunar New Year and a belated Valentines Day to you and yours. Have you noticed that different cultures, societies, families, people use different calendars, celebrate different…
A biosphere is a semi-contained system where life can exist. The earth is a biosphere made up of its surface (soil/rocks), the atmosphere (air), and the hydrosphere (water) . Today…