Thursday, May 17, 2012
Big Snake!
Today we had homeschoolers for the wetlands program. Two of the older boys pulled a two foot water snake out and took it around to show the other kids. It was great. I could tell they'd caught snakes before and were pretty fearless about it. They even knew about the anticoagulant. I led the hikes and for the scavenger hunt I had them in pairs and asked who wanted to be paper and who was pencil. Then I taped the list on one kids back and the partner had to look for things and mark them off. Then they would switch. It was silly and they seemed to enjoy it. Plus it kept them together in pairs and they didn't have to deal with keeping up with a piece of paper. The older kids were too advanced for a scavenger hunt so we pretty much just hiked around and talked about things. I think I taught them a few things they didn't know. Many of them hadn't eaten cattails before or knew how a red winged blackbird builds its nest in the cattails.
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The pair write and tape bit was funny to see. I bet it worked great. Such great ideas you have...
ReplyDeleteThe older group of homeschoolers is a good group. Quite different from my normal students that age.
What a cool idea - taping the papers on their backs! Your creativity is really delightful.
ReplyDeleteYou told me the story of the child scooping the water snake last week. I've told several people about it since. It somehow resonates as a classic ML hike experience.