Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Tessa Rose - Playspace and Landscape design ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Environmental Health Perspectives – Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/environmental-health-perspectives-nature-contact-and-human-health-a-research-agenda/) - [New Public Health Wales reports says nearly a third of under-fives aren’t getting enough outdoor play](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/new-public-health-wales-reports-says-nearly-a-third-of-under-fives-arent-getting-enough-outdoor-play/) - [Six winning "Playsages" for the 2017 International Garden Festival in Reford Gardens](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/six-winning-playsages-for-the-2017-international-garden-festival-in-reford-gardens/) - [Outdoors and Active: Delivering public health outcomes by increasing children’s active travel and outdoor play. University of Bristol, UK](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/outdoors-and-active-delivering-public-health-outcomes-by-increasing-childrens-active-travel-and-outdoor-play-university-of-bristol-uk/) - [A study of kids’ screen time explains the vicious cycle that makes parents unable to say no — Quartz  ](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/a-study-of-kids-screen-time-explains-the-vicious-cycle-that-makes-parents-unable-to-say-no-quartz/) - [Early childhood education with a difference teaches toddlers how to play with fire - SMH 21/07/17](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/early-childhood-education-with-a-difference-teaches-toddlers-how-to-play-with-fire-smh-210717/) - [Free resource material - Natural play, playspaces and gardening with children - Part 3](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-resource-material-natural-play-playspaces-and-gardening-with-children-part-3/) - [Free resource material - Natural play, playspaces and gardening with children - Part 2](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/7018/) - [Free resource material - Natural play, playspaces and gardening with children](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-resource-material-natural-play-playspaces-and-gardening-with-children/) - [Israel’s first outdoor preschool incorporates switchblades and scorpions](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/israels-first-outdoor-preschool-incorporates-switchblades-and-scorpions/) - [UN links child-friendliness to environment](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/un-links-child-friendliness-to-environment/) - [Back to nature: Getting dirty boosts child development, say experts](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/back-to-nature-getting-dirty-boosts-child-development-say-experts/) - [Official unveiling of the Sylvania Heights Public School new playspace.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/official-unveiling-of-the-sylvania-heights-public-school-new-playspace/) - [What happens when Toronto takes the ‘play’ out of playground](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/what-happens-when-toronto-takes-the-play-out-of-playground/) - [Preschools without walls: why children need outdoor play](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschools-without-walls-why-children-need-outdoor-play/) - [Salzburg Global Seminar ](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/salzburg-global-seminar/) - [Children who play outside more likely to protect nature – Manitoba Co-operator](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/children-who-play-outside-more-likely-to-protect-nature/) - [Major Findings | Nature of Americans](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/major-findings-nature-of-americans/) - [Kids need access to nature for mental health](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/kids-need-access-to-nature-for-mental-health/) - [Online tool supports ‘risky play’ | Child in the City](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/online-tool-supports-risky-play-child-in-the-city/) - [Newest playspace build - Billy Kids - Lilyfield](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/newest-playspace-build-billy-kids-lilyfield/) - [Brain + Nature = Healthy - Bay Nature](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/brain-nature-healthy-bay-nature/) - [EYLF and natural environments](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/eylf-and-natural-environments/) - [The world of natural playspaces and designers](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-world-of-natural-playspaces-and-designers/) - [Essential reading](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/essential-reading/) - [Designing a Natural Playspace](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/designing-a-natural-playspace/) - [Natural Play videos](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/natural-play-videos/) - [Rocks, Bees and Trees!!!](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/rocks-bees-and-trees/) - [Publications](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/publications/) - [Resources and Links](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/resources-and-links/) - [Experts call for official guidelines on child screen use | Society | The Guardian](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/experts-call-for-official-guidelines-on-child-screen-use-society-the-guardian/) - [](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/4982/) - [Smartphone on wheels for a fascinating ride in the back seat](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/smartphone-on-wheels-for-a-fascinating-ride-in-the-back-seat/) - [Garden Maintenance for Playspaces - New book](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/garden-maintenance-for-playspaces-new-book/) - [The unholy trio of the sandpit - Toxoplasmosis, Meliodosis and Silicosis](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-unholy-trio-of-the-sandpit-toxoplasmosis-meliodosis-and-silicosis/) - [The unholy trio of the sandpit - Toxoplasmosis, Meliodosis and Silicosis Pt 2](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-unholy-trio-of-the-sandpit-toxoplasmosis-meliodosis-and-silicosis-pt-2/) - [The unholy trio of the sandpit - Toxoplasmosis, Meliodosis and Silicosis Pt 3](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-unholy-trio-of-the-sandpit-toxoplasmosis-meliodosis-and-silicosis-pt-3/) - [CCA - Copper Chrome Arsenic, a mouthful you could never digest.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/cca-copper-chrome-arsenic-a-mouthful-you-could-never-digest/) - [Morals and Morale](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/morals-and-morale/) - [The medium is the message](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-medium-is-the-message/) - [Classroom without walls: Outdoor education is an old concept that some say needs a grand revival | Burlington Free Press | burlingtonfreepress.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/classroom-without-walls-outdoor-education-is-an-old-concept-that-some-say-needs-a-grand-revival-burlington-free-press-burlingtonfreepress-com/) - [Park to play and think](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/park-to-play-and-think/) - [How Meditating Helps with Multitasking | MindShift](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-meditating-helps-with-multitasking-mindshift/) - [DeVries announces plans for natural playscape](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/devries-announces-plans-for-natural-playscape/) - [No child left inside - KansasCity.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/no-child-left-inside-kansascity-com/) - [Babies and toddlers should learn from play, not screens](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/babies-and-toddlers-should-learn-from-play-not-screens/) - [Occupy Tiny Tots protest draws world’s attention to ‘kids with better toys’ | NewsBiscuit](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/occupy-tiny-tots-protest-draws-worlds-attention-to-kids-with-better-toys-newsbiscuit/) - [Health and Recreation in Minnesota | The Nature Conservancy](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/health-and-recreation-in-minnesota-the-nature-conservancy/) - [Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood – Full film | Waldorf Today - Waldorf Employment, Teaching Jobs, Positions & Vacancies in Waldorf Schools](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood-full-film-waldorf-today-waldorf-employment-teaching-jobs-positions-vacancies-in-waldorf-schools/) - [OLPC to Air-Drop Laptops to the World's Poorest Children | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/olpc-to-air-drop-laptops-to-the-worlds-poorest-children-inhabitat-green-design-will-save-the-world/) - [Cityscapes: How to correct Chicago's open space shortage: 10 ideas that could help city's park-poor neighborhoods away from the lakefront](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/cityscapes-how-to-correct-chicagos-open-space-shortage-10-ideas-that-could-help-citys-park-poor-neighborhoods-away-from-the-lakefront/) - [Tessa Rose Natural Playspaces: The EYLF and Outdoor Environment Information Series](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/tessa-rose-natural-playspaces-the-eylf-and-outdoor-environment-information-series/) - [Biome is a Smart Living Flora Terrarium You Nurture With Your iPad | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/biome-is-a-smart-living-flora-terrarium-you-nurture-with-your-ipad-inhabitat-green-design-will-save-the-world/) - [Computers ok? Not in Silicon Valley](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/computers-ok-not-in-silicon-valley/) - [Nurture Nature Pt 1](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nurture-nature-pt-1/) - [Your brain on nature | Docs Talk | David Suzuki Foundation](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/your-brain-on-nature-docs-talk-david-suzuki-foundation/) - [Nurture Nature Pt 2](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nurture-nature-pt-2/) - [Canadian Common sense | Ottawa Sun](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/canadian-common-sense-ottawa-sun/) - [Too much screen time eating into playtime](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/too-much-screen-time-eating-into-playtime/) - [Kindergarten in Victoria suburbs takes to the woods - The Globe and Mail](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/kindergarten-in-victoria-suburbs-takes-to-the-woods-the-globe-and-mail/) - [Lifting an unfair burden from Generation Next](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/lifting-an-unfair-burden-from-generation-next/) - [iPadding toddlers: When is it too soon?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/ipadding-toddlers-when-is-it-too-soon/) - [Death of Preschool?: The trend in early education is to move from a play-based curriculum to a more school-like environment of directed learning. But is earlier better? And better at what?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/death-of-preschool-the-trend-in-early-education-is-to-move-from-a-play-based-curriculum-to-a-more-school-like-environment-of-directed-learning-but-is-earlier-better-and-better-at-what/) - [The 5 Best Toys of All Time](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/) - [Early play: Indigenous Children’s Artwork - GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/early-play-indigenous-childrens-artwork-great-christmas-gift/) - [Nature's classroom](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/natures-classroom/) - [Selfishness, selflessness and altruism](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/selfishness-selflessness-and-altruism/) - [Lego targets girls with block and awe campaign](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/lego-targets-girls-with-block-and-awe-campaign/) - [BABIES WITH IPADS](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/babies-with-ipads/) - [3 Ideas to Prevent Schools from Killing Creativity, Curiosity, and Critical Thinking](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/3-ideas-to-prevent-schools-from-killing-creativity-curiosity-and-critical-thinking/) - [Why Daydreamers are More Creative](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/why-daydreamers-are-more-creative/) - [Playgrounds Too Safe to Keep Little Kids Active](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/playgrounds-too-safe-to-keep-little-kids-active/) - [Preschools flunk the test](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschools-flunk-the-test/) - [How children’s ‘play’ is being sneakily redefined](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-childrens-play-is-being-sneakily-redefined/) - [Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/twelve-things-you-were-not-taught-in-school-about-creative-thinking/) - [How children in China's urban jungle are reconnecting with nature](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-children-in-chinas-urban-jungle-are-reconnecting-with-nature/) - ["Nature Deficit Disorder” in Pakistan | NewsPakistan.PK](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-deficit-disorder-in-pakistan-newspakistan-pk/) - [Obsession with safety is ruining our playgrounds](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/obsession-with-safety-is-ruining-our-playgrounds/) - [Threat of toxic playgrounds](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/threat-of-toxic-playgrounds/) - [Health and safety culture is keeping children from nature, says Sir David Attenborough](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/health-and-safety-culture-is-keeping-children-from-nature-says-sir-david-attenborough/) - [Force of Nature](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/force-of-nature/) - [Angela Mollard: To the wild yonder](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/angela-mollard-to-the-wild-yonder/) - [Preschoolers need to get a move on](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschoolers-need-to-get-a-move-on/) - [The Outdoor Environment Information Series](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-outdoor-environment-information-series/) - [Is iPad an educational tool or a lifestyle addiction?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/is-ipad-an-educational-tool-or-a-lifestyle-addiction/) - [How To Help Your Baby Become A Math Genius (Or Not) | Janet Lansbury](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-to-help-your-baby-become-a-math-genius-or-not-janet-lansbury/) - [Criminal Child Neglect and the "Free Range Kid": Is Overprotective Parenting the New Standard of Care?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/criminal-child-neglect-and-the-free-range-kid-is-overprotective-parenting-the-new-standard-of-care/) - [Wilderness Therapy Uses Nature to Help People Heal : Wildlife Promise](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/wilderness-therapy-uses-nature-to-help-people-heal-wildlife-promise/) - [Tweeting a grown-up game for preschool students](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/tweeting-a-grown-up-game-for-preschool-students/) - [Nature Whispering - Simple Ways to have Magical, Mystical Experiences in Nature](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-whispering-simple-ways-to-have-magical-mystical-experiences-in-nature/) - [Jan White Natural Play](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/jan-white-natural-play/) - ['Active' Video Games May Not Boost Kids' Fitness: Study](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/active-video-games-may-not-boost-kids-fitness-study/) - [The Need for "Wild" Play: Let Children Be the Animals They Need to Be | Psychology Today](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-need-for-wild-play-let-children-be-the-animals-they-need-to-be-psychology-today/) - [BBC News - Forest play aids nursery children's mediation skills](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/bbc-news-forest-play-aids-nursery-childrens-mediation-skills/) - [Cultural cringe: schoolchildren can't see the yoghurt for the trees](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/cultural-cringe-schoolchildren-cant-see-the-yoghurt-for-the-trees/) - [Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World - Miller-McCune](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/childrens-books-increasingly-ignore-natural-world-miller-mccune/) - [Catching Lizards & Nature-Deficit Disorder « AARP](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/catching-lizards-nature-deficit-disorder-aarp/) - [Jury is still out, but iPads may put the pen to the sword](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/jury-is-still-out-but-ipads-may-put-the-pen-to-the-sword/) - [Nature That Nurtures: Scientific American](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-that-nurtures-scientific-american/) - [Slice of Albuquerque Will be Turned into the Children’s Bosque: More Kids in the Woods Projects and Children’s Forests Nationwide Receive $1 Million Funding](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/slice-of-albuquerque-will-be-turned-into-the-childrens-bosque-more-kids-in-the-woods-projects-and-childrens-forests-nationwide-receive-1-million-funding/) - [Children denied joy of nature, says National Trust](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/children-denied-joy-of-nature-says-national-trust/) - [Group works to cure ‘nature deficit disorder’](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/group-works-to-cure-nature-deficit-disorder/) - [Beekeepers ask EPA to ban pesticide toxic to bees - Technology & science - Science - msnbc.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/beekeepers-ask-epa-to-ban-pesticide-toxic-to-bees-technology-science-science-msnbc-com/) - [A plan to save Europe's threatened butterflies - Technology & science - Science - OurAmazingPlanet - msnbc.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/a-plan-to-save-europes-threatened-butterflies-technology-science-science-ouramazingplanet-msnbc-com/) - [Outside is back in](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/outside-is-back-in/) - [Hospital hero? This frog has the makings of a lifesaver](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/hospital-hero-this-frog-has-the-makings-of-a-lifesaver/) - [Nature Deficit Disorder The Santa Barbara Independent](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-deficit-disorder-the-santa-barbara-independent/) - [Vitals - Baby brains...the secret to a smarter computer?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/vitals-baby-brains-the-secret-to-a-smarter-computer/) - [BBC News - Nature deficit disorder 'damaging Britain's children'](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/bbc-news-nature-deficit-disorder-damaging-britains-children/) - [Parents! Kids! Beware of…Palm Sunday? « FreeRangeKids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/parents-kids-beware-ofpalm-sunday-freerangekids/) - [Nearly half of pre-schoolers not playing outside – - CNN.com Blogs](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nearly-half-of-pre-schoolers-not-playing-outside-cnn-com-blogs/) - [Study: Parents Are Not Taking Kids Outside To Play, Especially Girls | Healthland | TIME.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/study-parents-are-not-taking-kids-outside-to-play-especially-girls-healthland-time-com/) - [Nathan Hegedus: In Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son's Preschool](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nathan-hegedus-in-praise-of-the-dude-teaching-at-my-sons-preschool/) - [Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Learning Through Water Play](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/dr-rebecca-palacios-learning-through-water-play/) - [Outdoor classroom projects compete for $20K prize - Technology & Science - CBC News](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/outdoor-classroom-projects-compete-for-20k-prize-technology-science-cbc-news/) - [](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/4829/) - [The Miracle of Childhood](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-miracle-of-childhood/) - [Nature and the classroom](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-and-the-classroom/) - [Overprotective Parents May Put Their Children at Risk of Injury at Playground - ABC News](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/overprotective-parents-may-put-their-children-at-risk-of-injury-at-playground-abc-news/) - [“How to Spot a Predator” — Really? « FreeRangeKids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-to-spot-a-predator-really-freerangekids/) - [How to reconnect children with nature | Life and style | guardian.co.uk](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-to-reconnect-children-with-nature-life-and-style-guardian-co-uk/) - [Researchers find time in wild boosts creativity, insight and problem solving - KU News](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/researchers-find-time-in-wild-boosts-creativity-insight-and-problem-solving-ku-news/) - [Well: At Playground, Child Plus Lap Can Equal Danger - NYTimes.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/well-at-playground-child-plus-lap-can-equal-danger-nytimes-com/) - [Maria Rodale: The Importance of Trees](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/maria-rodale-the-importance-of-trees/) - [Darell Hammond: Dangerous Playgrounds Are Good for Your Kids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/darell-hammond-dangerous-playgrounds-are-good-for-your-kids/) - [Lack of sun harms children's eyesight](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/lack-of-sun-harms-childrens-eyesight/) - [David Sciarra: Time to Make High Quality Early Education a Legal Right](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/david-sciarra-time-to-make-high-quality-early-education-a-legal-right/) - [Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences | Evolutionary Psychology](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/childrens-risky-play-from-an-evolutionary-perspective-the-anti-phobic-effects-of-thrilling-experiences-evolutionary-psychology/) - [It takes a forest, a field and a stream to raise a child | The Japan Times Online](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/it-takes-a-forest-a-field-and-a-stream-to-raise-a-child-the-japan-times-online/) - [Storytime comes at a cost](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/storytime-comes-at-a-cost/) - [Sticks and dirt](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/sticks-and-dirt/) - ['Symphony Of The Soil': New Documentary Connects Soil Health To Human Health](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/symphony-of-the-soil-new-documentary-connects-soil-health-to-human-health/) - [BBC News - Lack of contact with nature 'increasing allergies'](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/bbc-news-lack-of-contact-with-nature-increasing-allergies/) - [15 Hilariously Inappropriate Playgrounds - Oddee.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/15-hilariously-inappropriate-playgrounds-oddee-com/) - [The screens that are stealing childhood](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-screens-that-are-stealing-childhood/) - [Preschool Access Improvement Crucial To Michigan Economic Development, Business Leaders Say](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschool-access-improvement-crucial-to-michigan-economic-development-business-leaders-say/) - [Preschool numbers drop as parents struggle to pay fees](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschool-numbers-drop-as-parents-struggle-to-pay-fees/) - [Jonah Lehrer on the Perils of Staying Inside | Head Case - WSJ.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/jonah-lehrer-on-the-perils-of-staying-inside-head-case-wsj-com/) - [Schools struggling to make it over the fitness bar](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/schools-struggling-to-make-it-over-the-fitness-bar/) - [Nature: Now Showing on TV - NYTimes.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-now-showing-on-tv-nytimes-com/) - [InsideToronto Article: Students learn ABCs of gardening - literally](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/insidetoronto-article-students-learn-abcs-of-gardening-literally/) - [What are these tablets good for?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/what-are-these-tablets-good-for/) - [What Gives You Hope These Days?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/what-gives-you-hope-these-days/) - [Peru's ambitious laptop program gets mixed grades](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/perus-ambitious-laptop-program-gets-mixed-grades/) - [PlayPumps Provide Water and Fun -- National Geographic Kids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/playpumps-provide-water-and-fun-national-geographic-kids/) - [What’s Black and Blue and Happy All Over? Ask Your Child’s Doctor « FreeRangeKids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/whats-black-and-blue-and-happy-all-over-ask-your-childs-doctor-freerangekids/) - [Arianna Huffington: She Was Right](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/arianna-huffington-she-was-right/) - [How to overcome our 'nature deficit' | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-to-overcome-our-nature-deficit-courier-post-courierpostonline-com/) - [“Dr. Park, I presume?” « City Parks Blog](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/dr-park-i-presume-city-parks-blog/) - [Last Child On The Farm (Guest Post) « Common Sense Agriculture's Blog](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/last-child-on-the-farm-guest-post-common-sense-agricultures-blog/) - [The David Suzuki Foundation's educational guide gets kids outside exploring | Notes from the Panther Lounge | David Suzuki Foundation](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-david-suzuki-foundations-educational-guide-gets-kids-outside-exploring-notes-from-the-panther-lounge-david-suzuki-foundation/) - [Can't run, can't throw - motor skills wide of the mark](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/cant-run-cant-throw-motor-skills-wide-of-the-mark/) - [What Do Lawsuits Have in Common with Predators? « FreeRangeKids](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/what-do-lawsuits-have-in-common-with-predators-freerangekids/) - [New projects - Inaburra Preschool Bangor, Sydney, New South Wales.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/new-projects-inaburra-preschool-bangor-sydney-new-south-wales/) - [Please, Don't Touch the Nature - NYTimes.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/please-dont-touch-the-nature-nytimes-com/) - [Feeling the Deficit? UK Woodlands Offer a Natural Remedy! | Travel News](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/feeling-the-deficit-uk-woodlands-offer-a-natural-remedy-travel-news/) - [Outdoor Play May Protect Children's Eyes From Nearsightedness: Study](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/outdoor-play-may-protect-childrens-eyes-from-nearsightedness-study/) - [How digital culture is rewiring our brains](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-digital-culture-is-rewiring-our-brains/) - [Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part One: Setting the Stage](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/dr-rebecca-palacios-science-for-the-summer-part-one-setting-the-stage/) - [Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part Two: Explorations](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/dr-rebecca-palacios-science-for-the-summer-part-two-explorations/) - [Young People Want To Work Outside In An Online Age | Care2 Causes](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/young-people-want-to-work-outside-in-an-online-age-care2-causes/) - [To Your Good Health: ‘Natural healing’ starts with nature - Park Ridge Herald-Advocate](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/to-your-good-health-natural-healing-starts-with-nature-park-ridge-herald-advocate/) - [MIKE WEILBACHER: Get out! Saving nature - and our kids - Main Line Times - Main Line Media News](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/mike-weilbacher-get-out-saving-nature-and-our-kids-main-line-times-main-line-media-news/) - [Children In Nature - Parents Press - July 2012 - Alameda, CA](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/children-in-nature-parents-press-july-2012-alameda-ca/) - [Let the kids go wild | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/let-the-kids-go-wild-cincinnati-com-cincinnati-com/) - [Evergreen Brick Works programs help combat Toronto kids’ ‘nature deficit’ - thestar.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/evergreen-brick-works-programs-help-combat-toronto-kids-nature-deficit-thestar-com/) - [Careful, they might scare you](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/careful-they-might-scare-you/) - [Disney Develops Plant-Controlled Touch Software That Makes Music | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/disney-develops-plant-controlled-touch-software-that-makes-music-inhabitat-sustainable-design-innovation-eco-architecture-green-building/) - [Developing High Quality Role Play: Learning for Life](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/developing-high-quality-role-play-learning-for-life/) - [Dr. Rebecca Palacios: Science for the Summer! Part Three: Explorations](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/dr-rebecca-palacios-science-for-the-summer-part-three-explorations/) - [Growing Greenies: One Wild! Summer...](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/growing-greenies-one-wild-summer/) - [Children who spend three-quarters of their time in sedentary behavior have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than active peers](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/children-who-spend-three-quarters-of-their-time-in-sedentary-behavior-have-up-to-nine-times-poorer-motor-coordination-than-active-peers/) - [Kindercamp creates opportunities for success in, outside classroom](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/kindercamp-creates-opportunities-for-success-in-outside-classroom/) - [Free Range Kids » Because Logs, Leaves and Branches are SO HARD TO FIND???](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-range-kids-because-logs-leaves-and-branches-are-so-hard-to-find/) - [Finding the cure for city anxieties](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/finding-the-cure-for-city-anxieties/) - [Free Range Kids » I Send My Kids Outside to Play…But They Don’t Know How](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-range-kids-i-send-my-kids-outside-to-playbut-they-dont-know-how/) - [Log in, tune out: is technology driving us crazy?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/log-in-tune-out-is-technology-driving-us-crazy/) - [2012 Australian Kidsafe Awards, Childrens Services category.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/2012-australian-kidsafe-awards-childrens-services-category/) - [Screen-addicted children may have newest mental illness](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/screen-addicted-children-may-have-newest-mental-illness/) - [The Best Playground Is The One Nature Provided | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-best-playground-is-the-one-nature-provided-co-exist-world-changing-ideas-and-innovation/) - [Let them love the land before they need to save it - The Irish Times - Tue, Sep 04, 2012](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/let-them-love-the-land-before-they-need-to-save-it-the-irish-times-tue-sep-04-2012/) - [Philip Chard - Our 'nature deficit disorder' needs a remedy](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/philip-chard-our-nature-deficit-disorder-needs-a-remedy/) - [Grow your own food to protect city from disaster, Sydneysiders urged](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/grow-your-own-food-to-protect-city-from-disaster-sydneysiders-urged/) - [Getting kids outdoors makes them happier, healthier – and smarter](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/getting-kids-outdoors-makes-them-happier-healthier-and-smarter/) - [Free Range Kids » Mom of Nut-Allergic Teens Asks School to Remove Oak Trees](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-range-kids-mom-of-nut-allergic-teens-asks-school-to-remove-oak-trees/) - [Jeanne McCarty: Want to Interest More Kids in Science? Bring Science Down to Earth](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/jeanne-mccarty-want-to-interest-more-kids-in-science-bring-science-down-to-earth/) - [Preschool Education Deserves Expansion, Investment: National Education Policy Center Brief](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/preschool-education-deserves-expansion-investment-national-education-policy-center-brief/) - [Suzuki Foundation and teachers make connecting kids with nature part of the lesson plan - thestar.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/suzuki-foundation-and-teachers-make-connecting-kids-with-nature-part-of-the-lesson-plan-thestar-com/) - [The Ecology of Hope: Reconnecting Children and Nature : Living Green Magazine](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-ecology-of-hope-reconnecting-children-and-nature-living-green-magazine/) - [Let your children go tree-climbing: National Trust attacks parents who mollycoddle | Mail Online](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/let-your-children-go-tree-climbing-national-trust-attacks-parents-who-mollycoddle-mail-online/) - [Learning for Life: Practical Tips for Making Outdoor Learning a Reality (Guest Post by Emily Plank)](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/learning-for-life-practical-tips-for-making-outdoor-learning-a-reality-guest-post-by-emily-plank/) - [Without nature, the little children suffer – Opinion – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/without-nature-the-little-children-suffer-opinion-abc-environment-australian-broadcasting-corporation/) - [The MaxiBox by David Reed on Pozible](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-maxibox-by-david-reed-on-pozible/) - [Free Range Kids » A Playground Accident and the Instinct to Blame](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-range-kids-a-playground-accident-and-the-instinct-to-blame/) - [independent gardening ltd: How on earth....](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/independent-gardening-ltd-how-on-earth/) - [Photos of two new finished 2012 projects.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/photos-of-two-new-finished-2012-projects/) - [Gender-neutral toy catalogues leave the boy holding the baby](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/gender-neutral-toy-catalogues-leave-the-boy-holding-the-baby/) - [NAPLAN: is the pain worth it?](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/naplan-is-the-pain-worth-it/) - [If children lose contact with nature they won't fight for it | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/if-children-lose-contact-with-nature-they-wont-fight-for-it-george-monbiot-comment-is-free-the-guardian/) - [Cover Story — December 2012 | San Diego Metro Magazine](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/cover-story-december-2012-san-diego-metro-magazine/) - [Education | Back to Nature Network](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/education-back-to-nature-network/) - [Recess Is as Important as Class Time, Pediatricians Say | TIME.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/recess-is-as-important-as-class-time-pediatricians-say-time-com/) - [Nature-based playground coming to life in Concord - Concord, MA - The Concord Journal](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-based-playground-coming-to-life-in-concord-concord-ma-the-concord-journal/) - [Nature, children and play - timesofmalta.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/nature-children-and-play-timesofmalta-com/) - [How kids can reconnect with nature on the playground - The Globe and Mail](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/how-kids-can-reconnect-with-nature-on-the-playground-the-globe-and-mail/) - [A report on the introduction of loose materials to three primary schools in North Lanarkshire](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/a-report-on-the-introduction-of-loose-materials-to-three-primary-schools-in-north-lanarkshire/) - [New childcare hygiene rules throw candles in the bin](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/new-childcare-hygiene-rules-throw-candles-in-the-bin/) - [Making a splash! Council invests in outdoor water play for nursery children - News centre - City of Edinburgh Council](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/making-a-splash-council-invests-in-outdoor-water-play-for-nursery-children-news-centre-city-of-edinburgh-council/) - [Free Range Kids » Mind-boggling SENSE About Play, Injuries & Rules](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/free-range-kids-mind-boggling-sense-about-play-injuries-rules/) - [Gym Class Isn’t Just Fun and Games Anymore - NYTimes.com](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/gym-class-isnt-just-fun-and-games-anymore-nytimes-com/) - [What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - The Atlantic](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success-anu-partanen-the-atlantic/) - [Fears over stressed children as how-to books race off shelves](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/fears-over-stressed-children-as-how-to-books-race-off-shelves/) - [Teachers can give technology byte](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/teachers-can-give-technology-byte/) - [7 Wool Felt Play Mats that Inspire Open-Ended Fun | Inhabitots](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/7-wool-felt-play-mats-that-inspire-open-ended-fun-inhabitots/) - [Photos of one of the more recently constructed centres](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/photos-of-one-of-the-more-recently-constructed-centres/) - [Another completed 2012 project, Style Street C.C. LDC. Leichhardt, Sydney](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/another-completed-2012-project-style-street-c-c-ldc-leichhardt-sydney/) - [Newest completed project: Bronte Public School, Bronte Sydney](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/newest-completed-project-bronte-public-school-bronte-sydney/) - [Recycled hardwood table, chair and stool set](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/recycled-hardwood-table-chair-and-stool-set/) - [Knowles Science Teaching Foundation: Food for Thought: Student Perspectives on School Gardens](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/knowles-science-teaching-foundation-food-for-thought-student-perspectives-on-school-gardens/) - [Betty Spears Childcare Centre, Tempe, Sydney, New South Wales](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/betty-spears-childcare-centre-tempe-sydney-new-south-wales/) - [Michigan Preschool Economics: How Investing In Early Childhood Education Pays Off](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/michigan-preschool-economics-how-investing-in-early-childhood-education-pays-off/) - [A recently completed project - Angel Long Day Care, Kirrawee](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/a-recently-completed-project-angel-long-day-care-kirrawee/) - [Federal, State and private funding sources for playspace projects.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/federal-state-and-private-funding-sources-for-playspace-projects/) - [Rozelle Childcare Centre - Stage II, 0-2's & Community area.](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/rozelle-childcare-centre-stage-ii-0-2s-community-area/) - [The Berkeley Adventure Playground](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-berkeley-adventure-playground/) - [Look, Ma – no laptop: kids click with nature - Environmental News | The Irish Times - Sat, Aug 10, 2013](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/look-ma-no-laptop-kids-click-with-nature-environmental-news-the-irish-times-sat-aug-10-2013/) - [In the Digital Age, How to Get Students Excited About Going Outdoors | MindShift](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/in-the-digital-age-how-to-get-students-excited-about-going-outdoors-mindshift/) - [More recycled timber furniture](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/more-recycled-timber-furniture/) - [Teaching The Hudson Valley](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/teaching-the-hudson-valley/) - [Newly completed - Engadine Church of Christ Preschool](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/newly-completed-engadine-church-of-christ-preschool/) - [The kids don’t play any more](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-kids-dont-play-any-more/) - [East Village Childcare Centre](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/east-village-childcare-centre/) - [Newest project for 2014 - Emmerick Street Kindergarten](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/newest-project-for-2014-emmerick-street-kindergarten/) - [Another new 2014 Project](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/another-new-2014-project/) - [Kindy Garden McDowall](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/kindy-garden-mcdowall/) - [The Humble Bumble of the Bee | Anarchy & the EYLF Pirates](https://tessaroselandscapes.com.au/blog/the-humble-bumble-of-the-bee-anarchy-the-eylf-pirates/) - [A. A. 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