You gotta love International MUD DAY (June 29th) and you gotta love it where we got to spend it: at one of Claire Warden’s fabulous Nature Kindergartens In Crieff, Scotland. While Mud Day is everyday at the nature kindergarten we had extra fun by the little creek in their wild woods. (the day before we visited the creek for a silent sacred gentle visit) On Mud Day: not so silent! It started with mud  [read more →]

Here is another wonderful home-based preschool center in Ithaca, NY that I love visiting throughout the seasons: Corner of the Sky, run by my friend Valerie http://cornerofthesky.org/ As the snow continued to recede children found spring bulbs, protected delicate green tree-seedlings from trampling feet, and rode the wagon through the barely budding lilac tree tunnel. “Smell the lilacs Rusty. It smells like spring!” I used my sensory imagination…and sure enough, I smelled it too! Playscapes don’t always have to  [read more →]

Last day in New Zealand. Heading out to Sydney early tomorrow morning. Today we finished building the foundation of a sweet little waterfall water feature at the Linwood Playcentre. Yesterday we layed boulders, gravel and hardware cloth wire mesh to create a base for the concrete. Today the cement truck came and with a hardy team of volunteers we scooped, shoveled and smoothed a batch of black concrete into a nice waterfall full of channels and waterways and spots for  [read more →]