We know that natural, 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...
We are delighted again to be attending the OPEN Conference this year! The OPEN Conference was formed by a small, but passionate group of Early Childhood Educators in Victoria, British Columbia. They originally got together to share ideas about outdoor learning and...
This past month we proudly reached a nice milestone for our natural play community on Facebook. Five thousand+ fans are now following along with our work in the natural play, furniture and toys movement. In appreciation of all of our fans, we held a small contest...
Over the last few years, we’ve worked hard to support and grow the community of natural play educators, child care providers, and the friends and families of young people everywhere. Our passion is supporting the personal growth of the children in our...
From parenting.com Kaspar’s blocks are from a fabulous Canadian company, Natural Pod. They’re made of locally sourced wood, with a beeswax finish. (They smell yummy, too.) Kaspar usually builds block towers (and… “libraries”?) while I cook dinner in...
Courtesy of the Vancouver Sun When Bridgitte Alomes moved to Vancouver from Australia about 12 years ago, she began a thriving career developing marketing strategy software for various global corporations. At one point, she was the youngest director and the only...
We love to encourage children to use tables, chairs, benches for creative fort, playhouse building etc. The possibilities are endless and we want to share this joy with you. We’re giving away a set of four play clips to our 3000th fan on Facebook and at the same...
Pick up your copy of this season’s Eco-parent magazine. We’re a proud advertiser in this great Canadian Magazine. Copies on newstands now in your favourite eco-stores across Canada. EcoParent is Canada’s only national print magazine catering specifically...
As an educator, you may be wondering how to transform your classroom or play space into an enchanting learning environment that children love. Studies show that children of all ages benefit from natural play. As an educator, you are in an exciting position. You have...
We’re honoured to be mentioned in this month’s Canadian Family magazine. Our large Rainbow Stacking Blocks were included in their list of of the best new toys for children.
Natural play kindergarten goes outdoors on Vancouver Island with Natural Pod. One of our new products, an outdoor cart that helps teachers bring their class into the outdoors was customer designed and built for the school. It will be in our catalogue in the coming...
Natural Pod is growing and we need a new Manufacturing Manager to lead some of our most important work supplying sustainably made furniture for kindergartens, preschools and daycares. Help us find a passion person who gets the value of sustainably made furniture for...
We always enjoy showing some of our work in progress. We recently did an install of some new pieces of Natural Pod kindergarten and preschool furniture at Sir Wilfred Grenfell Elementary School in Vancouver. Just in time for new school year. “ONCE...
“We live in a world,” adds Brigitte Alomes of the West Coast studio Natural Pod, which creates customized environments, often involving multi-use furniture and play pods, for schools, daycares and private homes, “where children are over-stimulated and overscheduled,...
We’re delighted that Natural Pod will be attending this year’s Open Play conference in Victoria, BC happening October 20th, 2012 at Royal Roads University. Early Bird Rates are available until September 1st, 2012. Consider registering. About OPEN (Outdoor...
Recently our Co-Founder and CEO of Play at Natural Pod, Bridgitte Alomes presented an enlightening workshop – An Integrated Approach to Indoor and Outdoor Play – to educators at the third annual University of Victoria Summer Institute. Leading workshops for educators...
The following is a re-print of Rick Juliusson’s “A Simple Sixth Birthday” blogpost at Rick’s Turning Point. Thanks, Rick, for letting us repost these great ideas on a simple, and truly magical, little birthday party. Zekiah’s sixth...
Learnings from LearningSCAPES 2025
