You spoke. We listened. You asked for something new and different in our very popular loft line and we created it with the help and feedback of educators in our community. This unique Play Loft for Infants and Toddlers is designed to engage the children in your care...

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC® C012337) Friday is an annual, international celebration of responsible forestry! All our furniture products at Natural Pod are made with sustainably harvested wood products that are FSC® C012337 certified. We make beautiful furniture...

When I met Bridgitte at a conference several months ago, it was very clear she is on a mission to make non-toxic and natural play synonymous. Natural Pod’s compelling vision, innovative award-winning products, passion and commitment for natural play sets them apart...

Last week we brought you the story of the new Fernwood Elementary School, multi-age, nature based learning programs that are starting in just a couple of short weeks on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. There are no students at school at this time of...

This is a personal story. One which I thought I might never get to write. It's about being inspired to do great work for others and also wanting those close to you to benefit from that great work. Three years ago I started working with Natural Pod, who are based on...

Our classroom is moveable. We held various configurations depending on our intentions. Because the tables are so flexible, and hold so many bodies, we were able to use them in many different ways such as banquet-style for meal-times and large gatherings, to theatre...

Inspired by the resource, Beautiful Stuff we invited the children to fill our studio with their personal collections of beautiful materials. “I know what materials are: metal, wood, all the stuff you build houses with… books…whatever you can do stuff with, except...

We recently invited our natural play community to share photos of their inspirations for play. The response was incredible. What they shared back were an amazing collection of simple experiences and moments created to invite children to engage in exploration,...

When I found out that I would be teaching Kindergarten, my heart leapt. I would finally have a physical space to translate the knowledge and passion I held for early childhood, especially those images inspired by Reggio Emilia schools. I had recently worked with...

First, thank you to each and every one of you who submitted an entry in our Share Your Invitation to Play ~ Win a $5000 Classroom Giveaway. There was an amazing energy in our natural play community around this giving back and we are deeply appreciative of everyone who...

We are so very excited to finally announce the top 5 entries in our Share Your Invitation to Play contest. These top 5 will go to our contest panel for them to select the final winning entry. Before we announce the top group, we want to thank all of you who gave your...

Exploring Inquiry with the British Columbia Early Learning Network (ELN) Last Friday I sat down with the members of the Early Learning Network (ELN) for our last meeting of the school year. The ELN is a group of educational leaders who connect and collaborate across...

Our Create and Share Your Invitation to Play ~ Win a Free $5000 Classroom Giveaway Contest is just a few days away from closing. You still have time to vote for your favourite Invitation to Play! - There are two ways to have your vote counted. The five final entries...

As a thank you to the 25,000+ fans in our natural play community on Facebook, we're giving away one of our portable play kitchens 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 receive our...

Voting is open in our Create and Share Your Invitation to Play ~ Win a Free $5000 Classroom Giveaway Contest. You can still enter your own Invitation to Play for a chance to win. Vote for your favourite play ideas submitted by our community. To help make voting...

One of the most important principles behind our work is understanding how children learn through play. It informs all aspects of our better learning environment, furniture and toy design. Here's a wonderful news story from ShawTV with Kerri Favreau and her students at...

One of the most important principles behind our work is understanding how children learn through play. It informs all aspects of our better learning environment, furniture and toy design. Here's a wonderful news story from ShawTV with Kerri Favreau and her students at...

Grace Chou from Monarch Montessori contacted us last year with her dream of opening a Montessori Preschool in beautiful Point Grey, Vancouver. The challenge was that her entire classroom needed to be tucked away each Friday and brought back to beauty Monday morning....

Our clients at Carlton House Child Care Centre and Preschool in Australia celebrated the opening of their new space this past week. Their new space is filled with Natural Pod furniture and toys - Play Stand with Arch, Kitchens, Imagination Station, Shelves, Tables and...

We were very lucky to receive 25 cedar blocks of different shapes, different lengths. When I first put them out onto the playground I had stacked them in three separate piles. We split the group of children into two, so the first group came out and they immediately...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Natural Pod - Share Your Invitation to Play ~ Win a Free $5000 Classroom contest. We’re reviewing all the final entries and going over the entry data to ensure every submission that made it into the top group did so with...

In our work at Natural Pod, each day we get to connect and support educators in bringing their individual vision for their learning environment to life. Collaborating, creating and working together brings us such joy. It is in these conversations that we truly can...

It’s been a year since our loft was installed. During that time it has been many things and taken us on many adventures... we have snuggled into a house and had sleep-overs, visited a hospital, nested in a birdhouse, decorated a castle, worked and shopped in a store,...

We love being part of your natural, open-ended play community and want to thank you for being part of our success at Natural Pod. Over 20,000 of you are fans of Natural Pod on Facebook now and as a thank you we have extended our special offer on our sustainably made,...

Tessa Harrington, a Kindergarten teacher at Lynnmour Elementary, recently explored a question she had about the design of her classroom… Her inquiry question was: Will adaptations to my classroom’s physical space (desks/paint colour/chairs/book choices/tables/floor...

When we think of calm spaces, a Kindergarten classroom doesn’t immediately come to mind. Well, maybe at storytime, but even that can get squirmy. As a Kindergarten teacher at Lynnmour Elementary, Tessa Harrington has been wondering for a while if anything could be...

Children the Heart of the Matter conference brings together all those involved in the care and education of young children. Their purpose is to raise the awareness and profile of child care and early childhood development services, family resource programs and others...

Welcome to a wonderful new year and and new opportunities for natural play. We're delighted to launch our brand new 2015 catalog full of beautiful, sustainably designed furniture and manipulatives for making better learning environments. Download your free copy of our...

It's been a great year for the movement of natural, open-ended play. To celebrate, we want to thank you for being part of this journey with us by offering you some exclusive offers to include more natural, sustainable play opportunities in your learning environments....

We're so grateful for the kind words our clients. Here's what Linda L’Orange, Andrew Fleck Childcare Services, Junior Preschool Program had to say about her recent experience working with Natural Pod to supply new furniture for her learning space. Here are some photos...

We're delighted to let our community know that we will be attending this weekend's FNESC 20th Annual Aboriginal Education Conference. The conference will showcase innovative curriculum, inspiring people and networking opportunities. The First Nations Education...

The BC Buy Local campaign kicks off with BC Buy Local Week on December 1-7, 2014. Buy Local Week is an annual celebration of local business to promote the contributions that BC businesses make to our economy and our communities. The goal of the BC Buy Local...

Last week our centre flooded and we needed to relocate. This week the children have returned and are spending some time orienting to their new space. Most of the materials and furniture are familiar, though the space and the set up are new. The flow of this new space...

KORXX are amazing block and stacking toys made entirely out of sustainably harvested cork. These stacking blocks are silent and durable for busiest builders in your space. They create the opportunity for hours of open ended play. Available in a wide variety of sizes,...

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...

A. has been showing a lot of interest in princesses lately. She talks about them and often says that she is a princess and rather than going by the name A., she will only respond to “Ola,” “Ola Snow White” or “Tinkerbell.” I was not surprised then when the loft was...

It has been several months since a new child joined our group and I have been curious about what kind of impact a change like this might have on the children’s play and the way that they interact within and around the loft. Would there be a shift in their play or...