It was the most beautiful fall day and our new Thursday Roly-Polies Forest Kindergarten group had a wonderful day in the sunny field and cool streams at Daley Road!
The day began with games and animal movements. After some snack, we got chopping and splicing apples for the apple press. With four 5-gallon buckets of apples, we started to press and squeeze all the juice we possibly could. It was delicious!
The Woolly Bears group also made apple juice this week! The group learned how to safely cut, using their bear claws, and we had not a single cut! Hooray! Cider never tasted so good, after we practiced a mindfulness exercise to slow down and seriously enjoy every drop.
After a morning of hard work, the two groups met up and played a lively game of Mosquito, Salmon, Bear. We learned about how even the smallest creature can eat the biggest and how the cycle repeats itself again and again. Then we played out the drama in the game!
We spent the rest of the afternoon wading in the stream, discovering seeds, making mud people, running around in the field, giving mud foot massages and so much more.
Playtime was filled with cooperation this week, including rolling a tire down hill, working on nature art in the stream and our medicine tree has continued to grow.
—Julie, JJ, Chris, Raei, and the counselors
October 7, 2021