It was gorgeous day and fourth grade took the opportunity to go and explore the campus and forage for natural matter to be used at the Nature Playdate. The students initially were quite upset not to get a regular recess on the playground. Once they were tasked with finding large sticks and tree limbs to make forts with and smaller items for building fairy houses, their chagrin turned to smiles as they set off to explore.
They searched the grounds of the campus and found an abundant amount of interesting material. We ended up by the creek where they found a rather large garter snake and were thrilled with their discovery. The experience was a great success. One student shared that they were uncomfortable with the idea initially because they never play outside or do this kind of thing. I'm not sure we have a convert yet, but by the end of recess they appeared much happier.
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