Wet Wednesday

ECO day brought an icy field and a muddy forest, but this didn't stop children from learning, exploring and having fun.  Prior to heading out to Harrison, children explored the concept of a trail and its relation to tracks.  Students discussed how animals and people use trails and how a trail often has a story that goes along with it.  While out in Harrison Field, students thought of a Vermont animal and created a story using some natural items (sticks, leaves, stones) and some unnatural items (string, cloth, feathers) to mark their trail. Students laid out a story along a trail for other groups to follow. This work will lead to a service learning project in the spring and fall that will have children looking at ways to make Harrison Forest more accessible to the community.

Before exploration in the forest, students played relay race games with Animal Gaits. The object of the game was to get all your animals to the other side for a midday snack and return to the homebase. Students moved in a particular way, depending on what gait was called out. Sometimes, an animal was called out and students had to think about how that particular animal moved - and then move in that way! Students showed exemplary cooperation and empathy during these relay races!