Exploring Nature with Children: Week 4

Vernal Equinox This week we explored the Moon, and why the season changes. A beautiful end to a beautiful month, and we are ready to welcome spring! We spent time outside stargazing, using an app called Star Walk 2 to learn about the zoo in the sky, as well as reading a book called Zoo … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 4

Exploring Nature with Children: Week 3

Snails Week. This week we finally started to get back into the swing of things. The children studied Matisse, and used squares cut out from a gardening magazine to create abstract snail shells. Hannah had a quick lesson on the Fibonacci sequence, and got to see how maths occurs in nature. We are fortunate enough … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 3

The Birth of baby Juno.

I had planned to do so much for this birth. I had packed a box of things, hired a pool, got oils, organised a tribe of fantastic birth partners and was now spending every single minute waiting. The lack of control around birth makes me uncomfortable. The not knowing when it's going to happen or … Continue reading The Birth of baby Juno.

Things I Wish I Had Known Postpartum: Redefining Pregnancy to Include a 4th Trimester.

I have grown immensly as a woman, person, mother, partner and daughter since having my own children. This learning has not come easily in any way, and sometimes has taken me to dark uncomfortable places that I have felt like I had to claw my way out of. In the words of Bryant McGill; 'Our … Continue reading Things I Wish I Had Known Postpartum: Redefining Pregnancy to Include a 4th Trimester.