Fungi Walking

One of the fantastic things about co-op is the sharing of knowledge, within the group and across generations. By learning together, we share skills and new ideas and parents learn alongside children, meaning information can be delved into more deeply away from co-op as more questions arise… And it keeps us adults inspired to learn new things too!

One of our parents is an avid fungi enthusiast and offered to lead a fungi walk in some bushland just down the road from our cottage. We were a bit amazed by the diversity so close to town! Highlights included seeing a number of earth star fungi and some beautiful early orchids hiding along the bank, beside a creek. So much beauty around us everywhere and it's wonderful to slow down and acknowledge it together, if only fleetingly.

Springtime Explorers at Co-op

We were blessed with the most perfect of spring days at co-op last week. Beautiful sunshine, just the right amount of breeze and lots of open spaces to explore. We went on a scavenger hunt. We collected furry, shiny, sharp things. Flowers, sticks, rocks and treasures...



Then we headed down to the beach behind co-op for a paddle and a play in the sand.



And back to the playgound again for a last play...



We didn't want it to end! In fact the play continued at our house until bedtime. We're looking forward to Tuesday!

This week we are meeting wildlife carer Stephanie. She'll be talking to us about how to become wildlife carers and what's involved... She may even bring a furry friend as a surprise! If you intend to come, please let us know before Monday night (that's tomorrow!), so Stephanie can prepare. Hope to see you then. xx

exploring

Seeing as yoga was cancelled for this week, we thought it might be a good idea to have a wander around the surrounds of the cottage. Perhaps a scavenger hunt and wander through the gully, to the beach, or even a wander up the hill, past the community garden and skate park and down to the beach that way... or maybe all of the above! Some children might like to bring along or borrow a camera and document what they see... perhaps they can email in their photos for a blog post so they can look at each other's photography of the day?



Or perhaps they'll come home with a handful of treasure?

Here's some photography inspiration: Capturing Signs of Spring with Photography (kids, nature and cameras)

And a fab scavenger hunt I'll bring along, here.

See you on Tuesday. xx