This Wednesday was our last day at the Wylde Center until February and it was a memorable one! The rain and wind gave us a fresh way to see the environment. The children know the Wylde Center well now. They have explored it in a deep way. They’ve made maps of it, taken risks by going further down the creek which they have coined the spiny forest and exploring the dark tunnel to the “magical wonderland” on the other side. They discovered chickens like to eat worms. They have met the many volunteers there who have invited them to help plant trees and learned about the different types of plants there. They have built boobie traps, forts and dams. They’ve discovered frogs and fairy doors and built boats and houses for them. It has been a wonderful few months and Faith and I have been so grateful for the experience with your children every week!
A boobie trap for the yellow jackets.
Discovering fairy doors.
“It’s a machine.” Dante
Looking for frogs in the pond.
Meeting some new chicken friends.
Keoki makes a fairy boat
A volunteer gardner tells us about the plants.
First Day with our boots in the creek.
We painted some rocks for the fairy house garden and took them to the Wylde Center for thier fairy house building area.
Finding worms for the chickens.
Is their a bat wing in the tree?
Exploring the tunnel.
Olivia makes a map of the Wylde Center.
Emyrsen and Bo make up names of all the different types of mud they encountered in their boots.
Tennyson shows his map of the spiny forest.
This Wednesday, we went to check out the dam but it had disappeared. Dante said it was because, “It was too deep and soggy.” We discovered a baby snail in the dirt. The children were fascinated. It’s wonderful what critters the rain brings out. We built a sturdy and beautiful fort out of sticks and leaves to protect us from the rain. Bo, Jacob and Jaylie were so engaged in gathering large and heavy sticks to create the ceiling while Tennyson, Olivia and Harper found leaves to cover the ceiling. Harper said, “It looks like we made art out of sticks!” We can’t wait to go back in a few months!!
