Hello everyone! We finally had a day without rain so we spent all day outside.
Issei uses a match to start their fire
Montana and Alayna watch Issei strike a match
In the morning, we built fires. The two methods we used were matches and a magnifying glass. The magnifying glass uses the sun to help create a fire with a concentrated beam. This method takes a lot of patience to keep the beam of sun in one place for so long.
Mr. Alan demonstrates how to use the paddle in the canoe
We had such great weather for canoeing today. No one fell in today so it was a success. A huge thank you to Heavner Canoe for bringing canoes and kayaks!
Kanta and Lane rip up purslane for their foraging salad.
Ruby mashes up the strawberries for the dressing
Natasha mixes the strawberry dressing.
Almost all mixed!
We made a foraging salad with lettuce and the other foraged leaves they found. For our dressing, we used strawberries with balsamic vinegar and mashed them together.
Each group went on “quests” to find little boxes of stickers. They each had cards which gave them directions then they used the compasses to direct them each way.
Using tarps and rope, they made shelters. Some of the groups got very creative by including “fireplaces” and buckets to collect the runoff water from the tarp.
We had Inquiry Fish this week, which is a program through 4-H which lets them explore engineering type activities by building a device to feed fish. They only had limited materials, so it took a lot of communication and cooperation. This is a program that is only in eight states currently and allows for kids to build critical thinking skills.
We had a session on American Sign Language today and learned the alphabet and some basic signs. A huge thank you to Sandria Graham, a nutrition educator in Wayne County, for teaching us the session!
I hope you’re all excited for archery tomorrow!
Garden Kitchen Recipes
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 pint strawberries, sliced and muddled
- Add sugar to taste (just a tiny bit)
Put all ingredients in a bowl then mix well.