Welcome to the Living Earth Playground
The Living Earth Playground is a space for shared moments of joy, curiosity, and connection with the living Earth.
Here you will find simple, playful invitations designed for children and the adults who walk alongside them.
There is no right way to explore this space.
Choose what feels supportive, follow curiosity, and allow connection with Earth to grow naturally through presence, movement, creativity, and rest.
Notice & Wonder
🌱 Listening for Earth Sounds
Close your eyes together and listen to the sounds of the living Earth.
Notice wind, birds, and gentle movement all around you.
☁️ Cloud Watching
& Shape Imagining
Lie back or look up together and watch the clouds drift by.
Imagine shapes, animals, or stories as they slowly move across the sky.
🌿 Sit Spot Moments
Choose a favorite place outside and return to it together from time to time.
Notice what feels familiar and what changes as the days move along.
Care & Kindness
🍃 Helping a Plant or Tree
Choose one plant or tree and care for it together for the day.
Water it, clear space around it, or offer a quiet moment of gratitude and attention.
💧 Thank-You Water Moments
Spend a few moments together offering thanks to water.
Notice it as you wash hands, water plants, or listen to rain, and acknowledge the ways it supports life all around you.
🌍 A Simple Earth Appreciation Ritual
Pause together and offer a small moment of appreciation to the Earth.
This might be a few quiet words, a gentle touch to the ground, or a shared breath of gratitude.
Move & Feel
🌳 Tree Stretching
& Rooting Poses
Stand together like trees and stretch arms toward the sky.
Feel your feet on the ground and imagine roots growing down as you gently sway, bend, or hold still.
🐾 Animal Movement Play
Move together like different animals you see in nature.
Hop, crawl, stretch, or glide, and notice how each movement feels in your body.
👣 Barefoot Grounding Time
Spend a few moments together standing or walking barefoot on the Earth.
Notice the textures, temperatures, and sensations beneath your feet.
Create & Express
🍂 Nature Art Play
Create simple art together using treasures found in nature.
Arrange leaves, stones, sticks, or petals in ways that feel playful and meaningful.
📖 Nature Storytelling
Tell simple stories together using stones, leaves, or shells.
Let each piece become a character, place, or part of the story as it unfolds.
🕯️ Earth Altar Creation
Create a small Earth altar together using natural items you love.
Place stones, leaves, feathers, or shells in a way that feels meaningful and welcoming.
Rest & Remember
🌙 Earth Breathing
at Bedtime
Slow your breath together as the day comes to a close, breathing in calm and breathing out the day.
Feel the Earth holding you safely as you rest and prepare for sleep.
🌍 Feeling Held
by the Earth
Lie down together on the ground and notice how the Earth supports your body.
Rest quietly and feel held, steady, and safe beneath you.
🌱 Earth Gratitude
Sharing
Take turns sharing one small way the Earth supported you today.
Listen together and let gratitude gently settle before rest.