The goal at Little Friends Day Care at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre is to create and provide a culturally focused, safe, caring, learning environment for children by providing activities, which are suited towards each child’s level of growth...

Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) has opened a new annex facility in Vancouver, BC bringing to their neighbourhood a variety of new programs include expanded capacity for preschool and childcare. The Annex was constructed to provide more...

Creating an outstanding learning space where educators enjoy working and kids experience great learning outcomes has never been more important. Learning is changing and educators are exploring new ways of bringing 21st century experiences into their...

As the flagship classroom for the MU Early Education STEAM Center, this location on the campus of Marshall University opened its doors in the fall of 2010. The site is nationally accredited by NAEYC and is a collaborative pre-k classroom with Cabell County...

EDspaces is the conference advancing the conversation about the future of learning environments. It is where innovations are unveiled and collaborations form, bringing together education's creative change agents who plan, design and manage innovative...

Our outdoor learning environment partners at Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds share their best features for physical literacy in outdoor learning and play spaces. With the average rate a child spends outdoors dropping every year due to sedentary lifestyles centered...

Founded in 1975, Children’s All Day School & Pre-Nursery occupies an historic four-story building on 60th Street and Lexington Ave in New York, NY. Their dedicated staff has built a state of the art school serving boys and girls, ages six months to...

The wooden arches in my classroom have made an amazing difference to the layout of the room. As an open area teacher, it can be very hard to find quiet spots for my students to sit and read, reflect, or share toys. It is a small space with sharp angles...

WonderWell is a first-class early learning school inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy of early childhood education and a Best of the Best Preschool in Austin Finalist. Natural Pod is excited to be a part of the successful creation of this unique...

I have had two play stands with arches in my Kindergarten classroom for the past year and I continue to be impressed with their versatility. I placed them in what used to be my “house corner”. Prior to the play arches, this area of my classroom had a...

Summer breaks are so important to rest and recharge. Many of our education community take time in the summer for family, friends, learning and exploring. At the same time, there are many of us hard at work preparing for new learning environments to support...

At Natural Pod, we make long-lasting, sustainably made furniture designed to foster creativity and innovation in learning environments for all ages. We help create 21st Century Learning and play environments for educators and students and we do all of that...

While our work at Natural Pod is focused on creating collaborative, sustainably made, nature connected learning indoor environments, we always remember that outdoor nature connection is a vital part of creating great learning outcomes. When we...

Thank you to all of you who recently entered our Natural Pod newsletter subscription contest. Subscribing to our newsletter gave you a chance to be entered to win a pair of our beautiful, new, sustainably made Natural Pod Stools. They are the classroom...

The Natural Pod play stand with arches have been the perfect compliment to my Grade 1 classroom. Over the past few years I have been changing my classroom to reflect a more natural, calming environment. I replaced all existing plastics with wood, wicker...

Bringing the Outdoors in with Biophilic Design - Mounting research suggests that spending time in the outdoors provides a wide range of benefits. For children in particular, access to nature is associated with improvements to mental health...

When you hear the phrase “student-centered classroom,” what immediately comes to mind? Do you envision a classroom erupting into chaos, students doing what they want without a clear curricular goal to guide them? A true student-centered...

These days, those of us who care about the well-being of children can be deeply concerned about the effects of technology. It can seem like tech does not have a place in environmental education when students are already struggling with screen...

At Natural Pod, we know the design and furnishing of learning spaces influences education outcomes. Recently, Fast Company published a great article outlining some of their own findings on this important topic. Students spend an average of 11,700 hours of...

Teachers give us so much. A boost of confidence when we really need one. Extra help when we’re having trouble. A welcoming presence when everything else seems out of control. And though we know we can’t ever thank them enough, we can take a moment during...

Are you in the lower BC mainland area and working in the education field? Join us and numerous other vendors at the 2018 BC Primary Teachers’ Association Educational Marketplace. This is an outstanding opportunity to meet with and see many different kinds...

The maker movement has taken on a life of its own over the last few years. K-12 schools are starting to jump on the bandwagon too, creating makerspaces of their own. What is a makerspace? Picture shop or industrial arts class only made over for 21st...

Being a young person today is not easy. Many are under stress to perform well in school, get into a good college, or excel on the playing field. But what about students who are stressed because they need to earn money to put food on the table for their...

Today’s students are pretty tech savvy. From iPhones to tablets, most children attending school today have grown up with technology as part of their everyday lives. These “digital natives” know how to use these devices to communicate too – from texting to...