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Monday, 03 August 2009 17:00 |
 Wolf Kids offers a nature immersion program where students interact with their natural environment through adventure, challenges, and a lot of fun. A core principal of the program focuses on experience in nature, as it has always been fundamental to the education of young developing human beings. For instance, climbing trees and running, tracking animals, building shelter and watercraft, making fire, discovering edible and medicinal plants, students acquire a keen knowledge of the taxonomy of flora and fauna, as well as traditional outdoor skills. These activities lead to an ecological integrity, which answers the call for affirmation and maximization of the potential of our children. Their classroom is the forest, ocean, fields, streams, and mountains. Their teachers are the otters, birds, shifting winds, and the people who make up our tribe. This full immersion program, utilizes both scientific and indigenous studies. Through hands-on outdoor experiences, students develop an ingrained knowledge and awareness of the natural world, and their place in it. They become eager and quick learners, the stewards and unshakeable voices of our environment, in whatever they choose to do for the future. |
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2008 Journal Entry Overview |
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 09:36 |
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2008 Program Journals Overview We started this semester with trees. Since February, part of everyday has been spent out in the woods exploring, discovering and collecting. Our first project consisted of identifying 10 trees (one for each kid and one for David, Tashmyra and Jean Claude) and making something out of each one, such as spoons, bowls, throwing sticks, baskets, firemaking kits. As our final project, the kids will also be doing a canvas painting of their trees.
Beginning in March, we have added plants to our daily routine, and we are planning on compiling a booklet of 50 plants, identification and their uses. We will also be making some medicines. As our final project, we will be putting together a film, which will include storytelling, storyboards, writing, photography and filming. |
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 09:35 |
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Journal Entry - WEEK 1 Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Fire, opening circle (welcoming new Wolf Kid)
Adventure to the Beach-looking for rocks, shells, seaweeds, oysters, limpets
Lodge- drawings collections, changing objects, guessing what is missing
Lunch- ate seaweed (nori, sea lettuce), oysters, raw and cooked
Freeplay
Skills- bowls, pounding cedar bark for baskets
Beach- digging clams
closing circle Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Fire, opening circle
Adventure in the woods-looking for Grand Fir (to make blocks to shape baskets)
collecting, sawing, chopping
Lunch and freeplay
Skills- bowls, baskets, blocks
Games in the Field- Skittles
Closing circle Thursday, March 13, 2008
Bowdrill (burning in the first set), opening circle
Physical training- run to Weston Lake, swim and run back
(Hana and Zaira made the fire for after the swim)
Lunch at the Lodge
Freeplay
Skills, Storytelling (cont of Inuit story)
Mind training- sitspot thanksgiving
Closing circle |
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