Manage MembershipBlog Category: Play & Nature Play
Article
Best play/nature-based schools & early years centres in VIC
As referred by followers on Maggie Dent’s Facebook page September 2021 A summary of people’s ...
Article
Best play/nature-based schools & early years centres in WA
As referred by followers on Maggie Dent’s Facebook page September 2021 A summary of people’s ...
Article
Too many toys?
Maggie spoke with ABC Radio in Perth about whether too many toys can limit creativity ...
Article
Why are we STILL stealing childhood?
As one of Australia’s leading parenting educators I regularly travel the length and breadth of ...
Article
The risk of not letting our children take risks
Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids, has been fighting against laws in the US ...
Audio
Creating risk in a risk-averse society: ABC Nightlife
Maggie joined one of the longest-running national ABC radio programs, Nightlife, to discuss why risk ...
Article
Why won’t my kids play outside?
It must be annoying for many parents today who hear stories from older folk like ...
Article
Save your cash & pull out the pegs
Babies and toddlers are learning constantly from everything they see, hear, taste, touch and smell ...
Video
Maggie’s secrets to raising happy children – ‘Today Tonight’
Maggie is thrilled to have been asked to be an ambassador for the Telethon7, a registered ...
Article
In praise of a common-sense revolution
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...
Article
The Importance of Bare Feet
Surely one of the cutest parts of newborn babies is their feet. They are like ...
Video
The importance of movement and play
Maggie talks about how critical movement, music and play are to young children.
Video
Stop stealing childhood in the name of education
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie passionately shares her concerns about the ‘push down’ of formalised ...
Video
How Risk Can Benefit Children
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about how as a society we can tend to ...
Video
Why We Need to Prioritise Play
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie responds to a Facebook post from a mum who is ...
Article
Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
Article
The shift back to nature play – it’s happening!
Many of you know of my passionate commitment to outside play in our homes, schools ...
Article
Are we about to ban childhood altogether?
As a passionate advocate for allowing children a childhood that allows them to play as ...