{"id":19369,"date":"2021-11-24T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=19369"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:15:15","slug":"blue-days-are-good-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2021\/11\/24\/blue-days-are-good-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue days are good days!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are so lucky at Cart Mill to have Blue as part of our team.  Blue has visited the centre since she was a tiny puppy and the children love to see her when she visits. It has been such a pleasure to watch her grow and to give children the opportunity to care for her.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2021\/11\/24\/blue-days-are-good-days\/ab279a38-6659-48c5-8986-889ead2fa51a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-rotated.jpeg 945w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130657\/AB279A38-6659-48C5-8986-889EAD2FA51A-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19365\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2021\/11\/24\/blue-days-are-good-days\/b707fe09-b6f3-47cd-bc4c-e15fbf9df9f0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0-768x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0.jpeg 945w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130529\/B707FE09-B6F3-47CD-BC4C-E15FBF9DF9F0-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><br \/>\nThe children benefit so much from having contact with animals. Caring for pets is an enriching experience for children which offers opportunities to experience nurture, relationships and nature. Froebel noted that \u2018The child who has cared for another living thing\u2026 is more easily led to care for his own life\u2019 (Froebel in Lilley, 1967:128).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2021\/11\/405183EF-1EBE-4279-9B8B-414CEB4C4096.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19364\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2021\/11\/020F53D2-C615-4165-8A2E-0C37EFC72FCC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19362\" \/><br \/>\nThe children benefit from outdoor exercise as they accompany her on her walks and understand there are responsibilities from owning a pet.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2021\/11\/7F5A10E3-8D8C-4DA1-8749-5FE7428C59DB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19363\" \/><br \/>\nWe love having Blue days in our centre!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are so lucky at Cart Mill to have Blue as part of our team. Blue has visited the centre since she was a tiny puppy and the children love to see her when she visits. It has been such a pleasure to watch her grow and to give children the opportunity to care for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2021\/11\/24\/blue-days-are-good-days\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue days are good days!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3233,"featured_media":19367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,5556],"tags":[446922,446336,3543],"class_list":["post-19369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-wellbeing","category-outdoor-learning","tag-dogs","tag-nurture","tag-pets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2021\/11\/24130703\/D4C8DE5B-A413-42AE-999A-61B38F81F08D.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19369"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19373,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19369\/revisions\/19373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}