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...
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...
Once a location for business travellers to rest their weary heads, today this new state-of-the-art centre offers a nurturing and caring environment that invites young children to discover, learn and simply play. Formerly the El Dorado Hotel, the Terry Tayler Early...
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...
What happens when you ask children what they want to learn? Possibly, months of dolphin discovery or a complete agricultural adaptation of the pop-smash Gangnam Style, complete with choreographed dance moves, called “Oh, Potato Style.” Last week I had the incredible...
At Natural Pod we design more than furniture, we design experiences for children. Experiences that foster engagement with and connection to nature, that encourage the development of the whole-child and integrate key learning skills. These play experiences not only...
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...
Learnings from LearningSCAPES 2025
