Browse a selection of videos handpicked by our team that feature local and global content that will inspire and provoke thought amongst educators. Useful for staff and parent presentations or student inquiry.
Children are running wild in the mud, climbing high into trees and playing with knives, but no one is telling them off. This is kindergarten… Danish-style.
Our Relationship to Risk – TEDx Tahoe City | Judy Klein
Wilderness educator and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Judy Klein, discusses risk deficit disorder and the epidemic of anxiety in today’s adolescents.
Teachers and community liaison officers share how the PreSchool Outdoor Learning Project has enriched their local area and enabled unexpected variations in their children’s’ play.
Psychologist Kristina Towill shares why play is critical to children’s brain development and why free, unstructured play outdoors with friends is the easiest and most effective way for children to learn essential life skills and competencies.
Current research shows that our children are more anxious and depressed than at any other time in history. Psychologist Kristina Towill discusses children’s brain development and the benefits of unstructured play outdoors.
When was the last time your child climbed a tree? Catalyst investigates the science of outdoor play and shows how it can improve children’s health, academic performance, social development and overall well being.
Wilderness Educator, artist and mother Emily van Lidth de Jeude hosts this Outdoor Exploration video series as a way of keeping in touch with nature during the pandemic.
Nature Play SA acknowledges Traditional owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and Elders past, present and emerging.