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    <description>Mindstretchers provide inspiring educational materials to help children learn through a multi sensory environment, both indoors and out.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Mindstretchers Enthusiasm for Nature International Conference June 2009</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/enthusiasm-for-nature-2009.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In June 2009 Perthshire, Scotland was the site of the Enthusiasm for Nature Conference 2009. Following the World Forum programme in Belfast, 65 delegates from 12 countries across the world assembled to listen to speakers whose work provided inspiration into naturalistic play and to visit the Mindstretchers Nature Kindergartens and Centre for Educational Excellence.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Swap the cotton wool for a mud pie</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-200902.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Who would be a parent? You want to let your children race about outside - run, hide, fall over, scream, snivel
        (and then get up to go on the rampage again) - but if you do, there's always the chance that their cuts and bruises
        could graduate to gashes, fractures and worse.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Mindstretchers' second Nature Kindergarten - Auchlone, Scotland</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-200808.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Claire Warden's dream of enabling children to closely connect to nature has become reality with the opening of Auchlone Nature Kindergarten - only the second Nature Kindergarten in Scotland! Children from the ages of 2 to 12 years are offered the opportunity to experience the wonderful changing  and nurturing world of the outdoor environment both in the garden and in the wild woodland site.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Newsletter - March 2008</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-200803.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Children need to have access to nature so that they can connect to their world and therefore start the process
        of understanding it. One of our underlying objectives at mindstretchers is to enable this to happen through the
        creation of a dynamic network of enthusiastic people.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Newsletter - February 2008</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-200802.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the launch of our new Catalogue. We have a wonderful selection of 
        new items to share with you. We have sourced the majority of the items from 
        small local suppliers, fair-trade routes and from companies that have 
        ethical/environmental policies to try to create a range of Educational resources 
        that support the environment and people who live in it.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Newsletter #2</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-02.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mindstretchers' International conference in Edinburgh;
        Launch of Claire Warden's latest book, "Nurture Through Nature";
        New article "Curiosity and Wonder" by Karen Stephens;
        Launch of our first series of children's books.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Newsletter #1</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/newsletter-01.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[New article "Motivational Maths" by Claire Warden;
        Launch of Mindstretchers new online shop;
        Opening of Scotland's first Nature Kindergarten.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Whistlebrae - Scotland's first Nature Kindergarten</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/whistlebrae-opening.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mindstretchers opens Scotland's first Nature Kindergarten.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Latest Catalogue and Website Launch</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/launch.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We've launched our our latest <a href="http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/catalogue.html">catalogue</a> and
        a brand new website.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>New Nature Kindergarten</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/whistlebrae.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Mindstretchers will be opening Perthshire's first Nature Kindergarten in January 2007.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Nature Education in Nebraska.</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/nebraska.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The first meeting of the World Nature Collaborative for Nature Education.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>Childspace Conference New Zealand</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/new-zealand.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Claire Warden was invited to travel to The North Island of New Zealand to
    speak at a Childspace conference entitled  'Enthusiasm for Education'.]]></description>    </item>
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      <title>EECERA Conference in Iceland</title><guid>http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/news/iceland.html</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Claire Warden was invited to speak at a research conference in Reykjavik.]]></description>    </item>
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