Alexandra Harper
@aharper1.bsky.social
PhD student investigating the impact of nature play on primary students wellbeing and school engagement | Western Sydney University
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"This article highlights the importance of listening to children to fully understand their lived experience and the true essence of nature play... co-authoring articles with children fosters high levels of engagement and ownership." Via @aharper1.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
‘We Love Nature and Nature Loves Us’: Children’s Observations on their Relationship with the More-than-Human World - International Journal of Early Childhood
Nature play is gaining momentum in primary schools. However, few studies have actively incorporated children’s voices. Even rarer are articles authored by the children themselves, as academics predomi...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"This article highlights the importance of listening to children to fully understand their lived experience and the true essence of nature play... co-authoring articles with children fosters high levels of engagement and ownership." Via @aharper1.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Alexandra Harper
This is a beautiful, insightful and powerful article.
Extremely excited to share this article. Co-authors include 6 year olds, @toniagray.bsky.social & @pasisahlberg.bsky.social
The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
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The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ezhlo
‘We Love Nature and Nature Loves Us’: Children’s Observations on their Relationship with the More-than-Human World
rdcu.be
August 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is a beautiful, insightful and powerful article.
Extremely excited to share this article. Co-authors include 6 year olds, @toniagray.bsky.social & @pasisahlberg.bsky.social
The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ezhlo
The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ezhlo
‘We Love Nature and Nature Loves Us’: Children’s Observations on their Relationship with the More-than-Human World
rdcu.be
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Extremely excited to share this article. Co-authors include 6 year olds, @toniagray.bsky.social & @pasisahlberg.bsky.social
The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ezhlo
The children’s insights on nature and nature play are profound. You may like it @ahargreaves.bsky.social @srincongallardo.bsky.social @creativestar.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ezhlo
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5 names for the Polar Bear:
🐻❄️ Nanook – Inuit for ‘an animal worthy of great respect’
🐻❄️ Ursus maritimus – Latin for ‘sea bear’
🐻❄️ Isbjørn – Norwegian for ‘ice bear’
🐻❄️ God’s dog – A name from the Sámi people
🐻❄️ Tornassuk – In Greenlandic, ‘the master of helping spirits’
#PolarBearDay
📸: Joe Bunni
🐻❄️ Nanook – Inuit for ‘an animal worthy of great respect’
🐻❄️ Ursus maritimus – Latin for ‘sea bear’
🐻❄️ Isbjørn – Norwegian for ‘ice bear’
🐻❄️ God’s dog – A name from the Sámi people
🐻❄️ Tornassuk – In Greenlandic, ‘the master of helping spirits’
#PolarBearDay
📸: Joe Bunni
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
5 names for the Polar Bear:
🐻❄️ Nanook – Inuit for ‘an animal worthy of great respect’
🐻❄️ Ursus maritimus – Latin for ‘sea bear’
🐻❄️ Isbjørn – Norwegian for ‘ice bear’
🐻❄️ God’s dog – A name from the Sámi people
🐻❄️ Tornassuk – In Greenlandic, ‘the master of helping spirits’
#PolarBearDay
📸: Joe Bunni
🐻❄️ Nanook – Inuit for ‘an animal worthy of great respect’
🐻❄️ Ursus maritimus – Latin for ‘sea bear’
🐻❄️ Isbjørn – Norwegian for ‘ice bear’
🐻❄️ God’s dog – A name from the Sámi people
🐻❄️ Tornassuk – In Greenlandic, ‘the master of helping spirits’
#PolarBearDay
📸: Joe Bunni
Reposted by Alexandra Harper
“We can’t use 1950s vibes to fight 2025 vibes. They have social media and algorithms, we have collective responsibility.” – Ann Lopez #icsei2025
February 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“We can’t use 1950s vibes to fight 2025 vibes. They have social media and algorithms, we have collective responsibility.” – Ann Lopez #icsei2025
Feeling blessed to have spent 5 days at #ICSEI25 and to have had the opportunity to share my research. Thanks for your support @pasisahlberg.bsky.social You’re a true gem.
February 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Feeling blessed to have spent 5 days at #ICSEI25 and to have had the opportunity to share my research. Thanks for your support @pasisahlberg.bsky.social You’re a true gem.
What a beautiful story.
I live in a forest my parents planted when I was a child. It’s not too late for you to grow one too | Jessie Cole
I live in a forest my parents planted when I was a child. It’s not too late for you to grow one too | Jessie Cole
Sometimes a branch grows so low and bushy that it blocks access to my room. I diligently cut it back
* More summer essentials
In the late 1970s when my parents built the house I still live in, there was no forest. The property was a disused cow…
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February 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What a beautiful story.
Imagine a world where funding is not an educational narrative. The possibilities…
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Imagine a world where funding is not an educational narrative. The possibilities…
Vale John Marsden - a literary and educational legend. Candlebark, which you established and led, is a pioneering school. Thank you amp.abc.net.au/article/1047...
Acclaimed Australian writer John Marsden, author of the Tomorrow series, dies aged 74 - ABC News
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December 18, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Vale John Marsden - a literary and educational legend. Candlebark, which you established and led, is a pioneering school. Thank you amp.abc.net.au/article/1047...
🤔 Still percolating, reflecting & pondering after my first #aare conference.
🙏🏼 Thank you @australianare.bsky.social for the depth & range of presentations, excellent.
📣 Amazing advocacy for early childhood. Ta.
🗣️Humbled to share my research on nature play (twice!) & SO grateful for the feedback.
🙏🏼 Thank you @australianare.bsky.social for the depth & range of presentations, excellent.
📣 Amazing advocacy for early childhood. Ta.
🗣️Humbled to share my research on nature play (twice!) & SO grateful for the feedback.
December 7, 2024 at 8:27 PM
🤔 Still percolating, reflecting & pondering after my first #aare conference.
🙏🏼 Thank you @australianare.bsky.social for the depth & range of presentations, excellent.
📣 Amazing advocacy for early childhood. Ta.
🗣️Humbled to share my research on nature play (twice!) & SO grateful for the feedback.
🙏🏼 Thank you @australianare.bsky.social for the depth & range of presentations, excellent.
📣 Amazing advocacy for early childhood. Ta.
🗣️Humbled to share my research on nature play (twice!) & SO grateful for the feedback.
📣 Applications for the 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award now open! Don’t wait. This is an amazing opportunity. Let’s raise the profile of play in primary schools.
Applications for the 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award now open. This is an annual award for a primary school for a practical idea that brings more play back to kids' lives. More here: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/schools/play...
Play Award
Nominate your school! The Sydney Opera House Play Award is an annual award for a school, learning program, class or an individual student or teacher, who has made a remarkable and ongoing contribution...
www.sydneyoperahouse.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:43 PM
📣 Applications for the 2025 Sydney Opera House Play Award now open! Don’t wait. This is an amazing opportunity. Let’s raise the profile of play in primary schools.
📚My PhD is taking me to wonderful places & connecting me with awesome people. My latest adventure - the AEE Conference in Estes Park Colorado.
🗣️ Fun chatting about nature play in my poster & workshop sessions. I was overwhelmed by the encouragement to publish. I will, I promise! #NaturePlayIsTheWay
🗣️ Fun chatting about nature play in my poster & workshop sessions. I was overwhelmed by the encouragement to publish. I will, I promise! #NaturePlayIsTheWay
November 26, 2024 at 7:39 PM
📚My PhD is taking me to wonderful places & connecting me with awesome people. My latest adventure - the AEE Conference in Estes Park Colorado.
🗣️ Fun chatting about nature play in my poster & workshop sessions. I was overwhelmed by the encouragement to publish. I will, I promise! #NaturePlayIsTheWay
🗣️ Fun chatting about nature play in my poster & workshop sessions. I was overwhelmed by the encouragement to publish. I will, I promise! #NaturePlayIsTheWay