Early Childhood Educators of BC is pleased to present its 43rd annual conference, “Cultivating Communities of Innovative Practice” from May 1 to 3, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport in Richmond, BC. Please join us for this opportunity for professional...
Megan Fraser shares her story and photo essay about the arrival of her new Natural Pod Loft and how the children in her centre enjoyed the new addition to their space. Today was the big day, the day when our new loft arrived! I decided not to tell the children that a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Just over a year ago we started emails back and forth with a dedicated Natural Pod customer that we had no idea would impact both her life and ours so very much. Recently she shared the experience at her Blogspot “The Knitty Gritty Homestead”. When Margot...
Wow! What an exciting time for us here at Natural Pod. We have received some amazing press lately and we just could not wait to share it with you. Mothering Magazine’s “Best Natural Toys 2009” Just today, we had an early sneek peak at the Nov/Dec...
A BIG THANKS to Eco-Child’s Play for posting this from our very own Dalit Holzman today! We’ve all heard it. In fact we’ve all said it: “the best toy in the house is the cardboard box!” As parents we are constantly reminded that the active imaginations of...
What a joy to be a part of Natural Pod. I have been helping out behind the scenes here at Natural Pod for a while now. I have to say, you are a very inspiring network of people! It is wonderful to have this opportunity to say Hello, and introduce myself. I would like...
Favorite quote from week 2 of the fabulous Natural Pod giveaway contest: There have been many times in my life that I have had to recreate my sense of home, because of moving and because as a young woman I chose to stay in a domestic violence shelter to protect myself...
After much back and forth and reconsideration of our incredible FSC® C012337-certified, heirloom quality doll house, we have decided to CHANGE ITS NAME! That’s right: no longer is it stuck dragging a name that’ll never do justice to its true versatility....
As the seasons change and the morning air shifts to brisk, I feel compelled yet again to nest. I get butterflies in my tummy just thinking about Autumn: dragging out the board games, swapping swimmies for sweaters, apple pie…red wine. It’s true, I love it....
Just in: our awesome freetrade, Nepalese wool felt fruit and vegetable sets! These cute (and safe!) mainstays of child play go so well with our Natural Pod Chef’s Kitchen… Leave your comment here and order the fruits or veggies in the next week and...
In our continuing commitment to the health of families I wanted to share with you the latest post from our friend Yoyomama Annemarie regarding the current “SIGG kerfuffle of the last week”. It turns out Natural Pod’s very own Bridgitte Alomes had her...
When you give children new items to interact with, it’s such a joy to witness all the kinds of imaginative games and uses for them they create. So when it came time to try out our new Halfmoon bundles, that’s what we did. These are items made of 100%...
Sprig, the last classroom table you’ll ever need
