Our first Adventure Report of the season comes from the Crownsville location. At Natural Leaders, our students gain experience through doing. They learn skills by researching and sharing with others, they hone skills by teaching fellow students, they gain leadership by working with people and together the students create for themselves an experience to remember. With a mentor nearby, young people have available a knowledgeable, patient, and experienced adult to guide them along the way.
This week's report was written by R.E. with photos from A.G.
Today we started out with a circle for the beginning of the session. The day was partly cloudy. We went around saying our names and what were excited to do in class. We had a number of new students and we all enjoyed getting to know each other. Nick talked about the importance of facing our inner dragons (fears) this session. Afterward we played a game of Infection which is similar to a game of tag.
After the game, S, our navigator, led us into the forest. Before we got there, Sa. was stung by a yellow jacket wasp. We gathered some plantain for the sting and Nick went over bee safety with us. Sa. chewed the plantain and then applied the paste to the sting. She reported that this helped ease the pain.
S. led us into the forest to the creek. Once we arrived we noticed it was more eroded then last session. We spent some time there playing.
This week's report was written by R.E. with photos from A.G.
Today we started out with a circle for the beginning of the session. The day was partly cloudy. We went around saying our names and what were excited to do in class. We had a number of new students and we all enjoyed getting to know each other. Nick talked about the importance of facing our inner dragons (fears) this session. Afterward we played a game of Infection which is similar to a game of tag.
After the game, S, our navigator, led us into the forest. Before we got there, Sa. was stung by a yellow jacket wasp. We gathered some plantain for the sting and Nick went over bee safety with us. Sa. chewed the plantain and then applied the paste to the sting. She reported that this helped ease the pain.
S. led us into the forest to the creek. Once we arrived we noticed it was more eroded then last session. We spent some time there playing.
Next we were all led toward the main camp. On our way there H, A and Sa (and Au. too!) fell of the same log and they made a group calling themselves the Falling Group
Once we got to main camp we ate lunch. After lunch we discussed the topic of knife safety and then we built a fire.
Once we got to main camp we ate lunch. After lunch we discussed the topic of knife safety and then we built a fire.
After we went down the hill to another part of the forest and played Ghost in the Grave Yard. It was soon the end of class so we walked up, packed up and went back to the parking lot to get picked up. It was a great day!!
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