Tessa Rose Natural Playspaces
Tess Michaels
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Birthday
- February 01
- Title
- Landscape Architect
- Company
- Tessa Rose Landscapes
- Bio
- Tess Michaels is a natural playspace and landscape designer, early childhood teacher and workshop presenter with a passion for natural play and sustainable outdoor environments for children of all ages. tessaroselandscapes.com.au
MY RECENT POSTS
October 23, 2012 07:36PM- Log in, tune out: is
technology driving us crazy?
October 19, 2012 09:56PM - Free Range Kids » I Send My
Kids Outside to Play…But
They Don’t Know How
October 19, 2012 08:54PM - Finding the cure for city
anxieties
October 19, 2012 05:37PM - Free Range Kids » Because
Logs, Leaves and Branches are
SO HARD TO FIND???
September 21, 2012 03:07AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I agree wholeheartedly,
however I believe that
grabbing the
offending device
and…”
August 19, 2012 10:46PM - “Hi Pam,
You are
right, some environments are
dangerous, however to
badly
paraphras…”
April 05, 2012 07:02PM - “Hated the show to start
with. I used to work
intelligence for
the local
state pol…”
December 28, 2011 01:57AM - “Frank thanks for your
comment. I agree that within
any
charitable act there is
al…”
December 25, 2011 06:17PM - “Don't know the outcome
but I believe this video was
taken
just before the
vote…”
December 12, 2011 12:56AM
Tess Michaels's Links
- MY LINKS
- $4.95/mo Web Hosting
- Amazon Best Sellers
- The EYLF and Outdoor Environment Information Series
- Edible gardens
- Natural Playspace Design
- Children and Climate Change
- Naturalistic Learning Environments - three case studies
- Enhancing Childrens Play
- Children and Nature
- Outdoor Environments for Children with Autism and special needs
- Benefits of Plants in playspaces
- Jim Jolley tyre designs
- Free Range Kids
- Nature Action Collaborative for Children
- Early Childhood Australia
- Children and Nature Network
- Teacher Tom
- Da Kine Playgrounds
- Playscapes
- Playgroundology
- Jemima's garden of dreams
- Studio G
- Museum Notes
- Let the children Play
- I'm a teacher get me outside here!
- Early Childhood education and Commonsense
- Trinity Acres Farm
- Landcurrent Natural Playgrounds
- Learning by the yard
- Boundless Playgrounds
- Green Hearts
- The Natural Playground Company
- Bay Tree Design
- Korlanc
- World Forum
- Planet Earth Playscapes
- Landscape Online
- Sustainable Gardening Australia
- Stickwork
- CNature
- White Hutchinson
- Natural Playgrounds
- Whistlebrae
- Kids of nature
- Adventure Playgrounds
- International Play Association
- Green UK
- London Play
- Play England
- Eco Child's Play
- Playbased learning
- Frode
- Childspace
- Grassroots Playscapes
- Helle Nebelong
- Let kids play
- Natural Learning Initiative
- Earth Play Network
- Free Play network
TESS MICHAELS
of TRPLD, super
wicked ninja playspace designer and JAMIE MILLER of JM Landscapes,
way cool awesome FIEB building legend, wish to congratulate
Innaburra Anglican College Preschool, Bangor, New South
Wale, winners
of a Highly Commended Award in the 2012 Australian Kidsafe
Awar/… Read full post »
OCTOBER 19, 2012 9:56PM
Log in, tune out: is technology driving us crazy?
Log
in, tune out: is technology driving us crazy?
Something that sent shivers down my spine since I saw the U-Tube video of the toddler poking a magazine with her finger thinking it was a tablet computer. The article is a bit like the debate on climate change. Every/… Read full post »
Something that sent shivers down my spine since I saw the U-Tube video of the toddler poking a magazine with her finger thinking it was a tablet computer. The article is a bit like the debate on climate change. Every/… Read full post »
OCTOBER 19, 2012 8:54PM
Free Range Kids » I Send My Kids Outside to Play…But They Don’t Know How
A really sad article from Free Range Kids, describing the results of the the gradual anti-socialisation and leeching of imaginary play that's occurred in our child-rearing and educational systems. My beli/… Read full post »
OCTOBER 19, 2012 5:37PM
Finding the cure for city anxieties
Finding the cure for city anxieties
A light but insightful article from Richard Glover of the SMH.
Full article can be read from the link above.
.....American writer Richard Louv has been in Australia talking
about his theory of ''nature-deficit
disorder''. For most people/… Read full post »
A light but insightful article from Richard Glover of the SMH.
Full article can be read from the link above.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 3:07AM
Free Range Kids » Because Logs, Leaves and Branches are SO HARD TO FIND???
Free Range Kids » Because Logs, Leaves and Branches
are SO HARD TO FIND???
I would have to a disagree with Lenore on this one. It is a life or death issue. A style of life, and a death of nature issue. If we don't allow our children/… Read full post »
I would have to a disagree with Lenore on this one. It is a life or death issue. A style of life, and a death of nature issue. If we don't allow our children/… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 3:01AM
Kindercamp creates opportunities for success in, outside classroom
Kindercamp creates opportunities for success in, outside classroom - Holland, MI - The Holland Sentinel
The full article can be read from the link above.
What a great programme and how intelligent to use the the
transitional period as a non-confronting segue from an early
… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 1:58AM
Children who spend three-quarters of their time in sedentary behavior have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than active peers
Children
who spend three-quarters of their time in sedentary behavior have
up to nine times poorer motor coordination than active
peers
Link to the original article by clicking on the hyper-link
above
Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time
engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as w
… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 11:18PM
Growing Greenies: One Wild! Summer...
Growing Greenies: One Wild! Summer...
Just finished reading this blog by RebbeccaJ at "Growing Greenies". Fantastic! If you're an educator and looking for ideas on how to introduce or extend nature based concepts, there's buckets of great stuff here. Love the decorated "observation tubes".
Just finished reading this blog by RebbeccaJ at "Growing Greenies". Fantastic! If you're an educator and looking for ideas on how to introduce or extend nature based concepts, there's buckets of great stuff here. Love the decorated "observation tubes".
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 5:15AM
Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part Three: Explorations
If
you've missed Dr Palacios ' previous two articles you can find them
here and
here.
In
this article she deals with concepts of physics and nature.
If
your looking at additional ways to get into gardening or for
interestin
… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 8:26PM
Developing High Quality Role Play: Learning for Life
I
just finished reading a really enjoyable post
on
Developing High Quality Role Play by Kierna Corr at Learning for
Life. It related to a work shop she recently
attended with Margaret Edgington, and describes how she
facilitates high quality role play at her centre. I/… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 11:41PM
White Hutchinson
I've always
been a great fan of White Hutchinson. In my mind as well as being
foremost in the provision of high quality, developmentally based
playspaces globally, they have a great understanding of and
dedication to the construction of nature based playspaces.
I get their eNewsletter and thought I/… Read full post »
I get their eNewsletter and thought I/… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 4:12AM
Disney Develops Plant-Controlled Touch Software That Makes Music | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Wow !
Not really. Why? I get sick of asking why. Just because
you can doesn't always mean you should.
Plant...Computer, Plant ...Computer, Not Frankenplant! Not
Plantputer! Not Complant!
This
may be very left ba
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AUGUST 31, 2012 8:17PM
Careful, they might scare you
A
good but light article focussing on risk taking in play
and peripherally, nature deficit. There are some great
points made by David Eager, the chairman of the playground
committee of Standards Australia and I've been consistently
expressing the poi
… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2012 2:36AM
Evergreen Brick Works programs help combat Toronto kids’ ‘nature deficit’ - thestar.com
Evergreen Brick Works programs help combat Toronto
kids’ ‘nature
deficit’ - thestar.com
"How many city kids do you know who’ve caught a frog? Seen a deer bed? Identified, picked and tasted edible flowers?" The short answer is bugger all.
Unless it's in a picture on the internet or presented/… Read full post »
"How many city kids do you know who’ve caught a frog? Seen a deer bed? Identified, picked and tasted edible flowers?" The short answer is bugger all.
Unless it's in a picture on the internet or presented/… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2012 2:18AM
Let the kids go wild | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com
Let
the kids go wild | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com
Interesting design. They also discuss risk in play, which has been all but annihilated by fear of potential litigation. An interesting addendum to this article may be Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic… Read full post »
Interesting design. They also discuss risk in play, which has been all but annihilated by fear of potential litigation. An interesting addendum to this article may be Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2012 2:12AM
Children In Nature - Parents Press - July 2012 - Alameda, CA
Children In Nature - Parents Press - July 2012 - Alameda,
CA
Great article. In culture were it is implied that that we should live fast lives, eat fast food and seek fast connections....slow is good. I particularly like their inclusion of the UK’s National Trusts list of 50 Things to Do/… Read full post »
Great article. In culture were it is implied that that we should live fast lives, eat fast food and seek fast connections....slow is good. I particularly like their inclusion of the UK’s National Trusts list of 50 Things to Do/… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2012 2:01AM
MIKE WEILBACHER: Get out! Saving nature - and our kids - Main Line Times - Main Line Media News
The full article can be read from the link above
Naturalist Mike Weilbacher lives
in Merion Station and directs the Schuylkill Center for
Environmental Education in Philadelphia.
AUGUST 21, 2012 1:57AM
To Your Good Health: ‘Natural healing’ starts with nature - Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
There's an interesting line in this
article that suggests, "Humans instinctively know how to help
ourselves to natural healing found in greenery, fresh air and
water." Instinct may be innate however it is easil
… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2012 1:45AM
Young People Want To Work Outside In An Online Age | Care2 Causes
Young People Want To Work Outside In An Online Age | Care2
Causes
I know the expression has been done to death but it truly warms my
heart to hear that not all of the Y generation is so "me" obsessed.
Then again if someone offered me unlimited/… Read full post »
AUGUST 20, 2012 11:54PM
Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part Two: Explorations
Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part Two:
Explorations
In the prior post Setting the Stage Dr. Palacios talked about simple activities parents can use to promote and determine their children's interest in nature, here she discusses a process for observing insects. The simple pro/… Read full post »
In the prior post Setting the Stage Dr. Palacios talked about simple activities parents can use to promote and determine their children's interest in nature, here she discusses a process for observing insects. The simple pro/… Read full post »
AUGUST 20, 2012 11:48PM
Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part One: Setting the Stage
Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part One: Setting the
Stage
I've posted a piece by Dr. Palacios before on Learning through waterplay. Here and in the subsequent posting she talks about simple activities parents can use to promote their children's interest in nature.
The… Read full post »
I've posted a piece by Dr. Palacios before on Learning through waterplay. Here and in the subsequent posting she talks about simple activities parents can use to promote their children's interest in nature.
The… Read full post »
AUGUST 13, 2012 3:46AM
How digital culture is rewiring our brains
How digital culture is rewiring our brains
I've read a number of other contemporary articles in the same vein and they all appear to make the same points as Baroness Greenfield. The wholesale adoption and introduction of digital technologies to young minds without an understanding of the long t/… Read full post »
I've read a number of other contemporary articles in the same vein and they all appear to make the same points as Baroness Greenfield. The wholesale adoption and introduction of digital technologies to young minds without an understanding of the long t/… Read full post »
AUGUST 13, 2012 3:25AM
Outdoor Play May Protect Children's Eyes From Nearsightedness: Study
Outdoor Play May Protect Children's Eyes From Nearsightedness:
Study
So let me get this straight...as well as being good for your physical and mental health, playing outside won't make you go blind?
The full article can be read from the link above
"Playing outside doesn't just boost/… Read full post »
So let me get this straight...as well as being good for your physical and mental health, playing outside won't make you go blind?
The full article can be read from the link above
AUGUST 13, 2012 3:01AM
Feeling the Deficit? UK Woodlands Offer a Natural Remedy! | Travel News
Feeling the Deficit? UK Woodlands Offer a Natural Remedy! | Travel
News
A long way from C.S.Lewis' "If I say it three times it becomes true". In this case there has to be a book, a movement, a report, an inquiry....before we recognise what's right in front of us./… Read full post »
A long way from C.S.Lewis' "If I say it three times it becomes true". In this case there has to be a book, a movement, a report, an inquiry....before we recognise what's right in front of us./… Read full post »
AUGUST 13, 2012 2:48AM
Please, Don't Touch the Nature - NYTimes.com
A really thought provoking article about our communications with
children in respect to their interactions with nature. How much are
our own perceptions effected by our own fears and ignorance of
nature?
The full article can be read from the link above&nb
… Read full post »
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