Weekly Home Ed groups back in the woods

It felt great to see all the children after the summer and to be back among the earthy smells and fresh carpet of golden leaves.  

Highlights from our morning group included:
Sharing stories from our summers, creating a slug hotel, weaving rush, whittling, watching life at the pond, lighting their own fires and setting quests for Daniel on his upcoming adventure to America!  It was great how many things the children asked Daniel to find out about on his travels, about the juncos, coyotes, arachnids, what edible plants there are over there and so much more.

Home ed 26 sep from Victoria on Vimeo.

In the afternoon after an epic game of storm the castle in the sunny field, we went into the woods and practiced our core routine of owl eyes and fox walking.  We moved silently through the woods in this way down to a string line that had been set up among the trees and let the string lead us blindfolded.  After this we had a very peaceful sit spot noticing the patterns in the bird songs and alarms, the falling leaves and autumnal colours.  We shared stories whilst eating our snacks and similarly, the children were invited to suggest quests for Daniel's adventures, including finding out about buffalo and other bovines, wolves, sea life and many more.

​Then we had a great scavenger hunt and incorporated our findings into a beautiful autumn mandala.

Home Ed pm sep 2017 from Victoria on Vimeo.