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Adventure Report: Week 2, Lorton

9/25/2018

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This week we have a report from our Lorton location. The biggest story of the day was a successful one-match fire IN THE RAIN! 

Students take turns each week with the necessary responsibilities a assure each class runs smoothly and safely - safety officer, story teller, field reporter, photographer, navigator, master of games (a highly coveted position!), to name a few.

Check out this field report by B (photos by J) to get a sense of what class was like last week.

This Monday we practiced our fire making skills students were challenged to light a fire with just one match. First the more experienced students were called upon by the coordinator to demonstrate fire making techniques. New students were able to observe their attempts at lighting a fire. After the demonstration E gave a fire safety presentation, instructing us in picking and clearing out the safest spot for a fire. Then L gave a story based on life experience. In anticipation of the predicted rain we went about setting up a tarp shelter to shield us from the rain while we ate lunch. After we had filled our stomachs with lunch, we split into groups. Each group was challenged to build a fire and light it with one match. During the challenge it started raining. Due to these circumstances only one team managed to light a fire with only one match but valuable experience was gained all around. After that we wrapped up by playing a game of “Fire in the Forest”. And then headed home.
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Adventure Reports: First of the Season!

9/22/2018

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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.


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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.
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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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