Natural Pod first heard from Marlina Oliveira, Head of School in early 2012 wanting to learn more about our natural play workshops. When we connected, we quickly learned that we have very similar values around education environments and beautiful design. Marlina...
One of the things our team at Natural Pod loves to do most is get out and meet people. We learn new ideas, build on our relationships, give back and inspire others in this important work of creating better learning environments and experiences for children....
In our best moments, we sit back and watch how the learning spaces we help create inspire and delight. Like the joy of watching our own children play, while we sometimes remembering those times of fun and learning in our own young lives. This is at the heart of our...
As a thank you to the 15,000+ fans in our natural play community on Facebook, we’re giving away one of our coloured circle spiral puzzles to a lucky winner as a thank you for being with us in this work. To enter our giveaway, all you have to do is sign up to...
What we love most about our work are the people we work with. We’re very proud of our natural play community here at Natural Pod and to celebrate some of the people in our community, we’ve started a short series we’re calling our Natural Play Community People...
What we love most about our work are the people we work with. We’re very proud of our natural play community here at Natural Pod and to celebrate some of the people in our community, we’ve started a short series we’re calling our Natural Play Community People...
What we love most about our work are the people we work with. We’re very proud of our natural play community here at Natural Pod and to celebrate some of the people in our community, we’ve started a short series we’re calling our Natural Play Community People...
Building a business with purpose like Natural Pod takes a great team and great partners. It’s just one of the reasons why we work with Vancity as a financing resource. We’re proud to be part of the Vancity community and to have their support in helping to...
What we love most about our work are the people we work with. We’re very proud of our natural play community here at Natural Pod and to celebrate some of the people in our community, we’ve started a short series we’re calling our Natural Play Community People...
Our colleagues and researchers at the University of British Columbia are seeking to better understand what makes a memorable outdoor play space. To do so we created a 2 minute online survey – would you be willing to take the survey? It’s simple, fast and...
What we love most about our work are the people we work with. We’re very proud of our natural play community here at Natural Pod and to celebrate some of the people in our community, we’ve started a short series we’re calling our Natural Play...
We’re delighted to let all of our natural play community members, clients, mentors, friends, family and partners know that we, along with our fellow Social Venture Institute colleagues at Eclipse Awards, have made it to the next stage of the BC Small Business...
Our Natural Pod team is delighted to announce that we are attending this year’s University of British Columbia 2014 Early Years Conference this week at UBC. The focus of this year’s event is shaping childhood, factors that matter. Our team will be...
We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and happy new year! Now that many of us are getting back into our natural play work, we’d like to celebrate the arrival of our 10,000+ Facebook fan who joined us over the holidays. In appreciation for all that you...
Thanks to you, we’ve been voted one of the top 10 green businesses in BC in the BC Small Business Awards! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your votes helped get us this far. Our next steps are to work with the judging panel to provide deeper insights into why we...
We’re proud to be a participant in the buy local week here in British Columbia. Have you ever wondered what the benefits of buying local are? Here is a nice inforgraphic that explains the benefits of buying local, living local.
Situated in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City, Peartree Preschool is one of the fi rst eco preschools with a mission to provide a place where children learn the wonders of the world and teachers prepare the next generation of community leaders and citizens....
We know that open-ended natural play has tremendous benefits to the personal, social, creative, emotional and intellectual well being of the children in our care. And, we know that all these benefits aren’t easily measured or sometimes seen. To better understand the...
Our team at Natural Pod have been nominated in the Small Business BC Awards in the Green Business Category! If you love Natural Pod (…and we hope you do!) take 15 seconds and vote for us! All it takes is your email. Fast and easy! Help us win! Vote now!
New ideas, and new products just for you! Designed by our team at Natural Pod, an entirely new line of products designed while working with customers like you who want new, interesting and innovative ways to bring natural play into your education and child care...
Learnings from LearningSCAPES 2025
