The Little Miss had a blast at her nature class. They learned to build fires, identify plants, animals, and animal tracks, use knives safely, build shelters, and so on. And they got to spend all day out in the woods :) What's not to enjoy?
she got warm so she took her long pants off and wrapped them around her neck.
not sure how that kept her cool, but at least she didn't lose them.
whittling stick arrows at home.
notice that she's sitting with her legs spread apart and holding her knife carefully
we were a bit nervous at the thought of her learning to whittle- her knife is very sharp, after all, but watching her use proper safety techniques reassured us that she's not being irresponsible about it.
she's very careful about maintaining the "blood bubble" :)
making spice bush leaf "soup" while waiting to be picked up
the stick, again
they used dirt (soot, maybe?) to paint their faces
They were supposed to have an end-of-class overnighter, but the forecast called for temps in the 20s that night. Needless to say, they didn't feel comfortable taking a bunch of 7-12 year olds out in the woods in below-freezing temps. The adjusted schedule had them staying till 8 pm, so they still got to do a campfire and cook dinner over it.
One of the activities was also a trade blanket, where they got to trade items they brought for things brought by others.
I helped her make some twig stars to bring, and she came back with a deer bone and some interesting rocks :)
We'll definitely do this class again next fall, but I'm still deciding about the spring session. It's in a different location that's quite a bit further away and I'm not sure I'm willing to do the drive.
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