Thursday
Starting our morning indoors, we began with our release/ground/protect routine and then moved into our sit spots and animal magic messages. The students chose to make space for creation afterwards, crafting, drawing and stickering. We of course fit in a dance party, and then chopped up our leftover beets from last week. We boiled them for a yummy addition to our lunches. Once boiled they were tossed in avocado oil and sea salt and enjoyed by all!
Prior to heading out for our hike we read a story and discussed why it rains; referencing the water cycle. Stella and Ethan got to share their Seedling and Sapling knowledge around the topic with the Sprouts and we made connections between rain and snow. We also discussed how to stay aware when walking in icy situations. We then took a hike to the park to visit the ducks and observed some pairing off and some males fighting. We discussed how Spring is near and this is the time when animals start to mate and make babies, to birth in the Spring. We noticed how some females looked larger than usual (making babies).
With the melt happening we were able to forage a few more things that we have lately and had a great sharing board circle.
Friday, Feb 28th
Happy last day of February!
We had a gentle start to our day, with snacks and conversations. We were making lentil Flatbread today, so we started by soaking the lentils for two hours. Everyone touched and smelled the dried rosemary, and agreed it smelled fantastic!
After our morning circle, we moved into action by setting up the yoga mats to be an obstacle pathway to avoid the lava!
After another snack, we settled into a story about Ethan the water droplet.
We used crayons, markers, and pencils to make art and paper arm bands which had super powers.
After lunch, we blended our ingredients together and began experimenting with how best to make a crispy lentil Flatbread. We decided that small, round chip shapes cooked the fastest.
Outside, they climbed Snow Mountain and had fun sliding down. We noticed how crunchy the snow had become.
We wandered over to the park to visit our tree friends, and saw the newly cut tree. We discussed dendrochronology, chronos being the ancient deity of time. We talked about the thickness of each tree ring being a memory of each year - whether it was a dry or a wet year. We counted the rings, and agreed the tree had enjoyed 42 summer and winters.
Lola and Oakley found a melting puddle worthy of doing some ice fishing, and Ethan and I looked at the tree sap, which I call myrrh, and how it was healing the tree. We found a heart shape in one tree where a branch had fallen, and how it could be of interest to creatures looking to make a home this spring.
We found several interesting items for our sharing board which included several pine branches that were thawing on the ground, almost ready to let go of their dry needles, which would return to the Earth. A hollow acorn shell suggested that a squirrel had crunched it in half to eat the yummy nut inside.
We warmed up with a bowl of applesauce before saying farewell for the weekend.
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