tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855316484359062791.post191761976514386252..comments2023-04-29T04:13:48.494-06:00Comments on Sanborn Western Camps Blog: Nature ActivitiesSanborn Western Campshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09578981260468265961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855316484359062791.post-58165355696331056172009-04-03T10:11:00.000-06:002009-04-03T10:11:00.000-06:00Eighth graders from Manitou participated in progra...Eighth graders from Manitou participated in programs at High Trails this week as we opened the school weeks season with a bang. Special spots are an important activity we use to 'Set the Mood' with students, raise sensory awareness and try to create a personal connection between the students and their natural surroundings. We ask students to write down their thoughts, and they create brilliant, emotional comments, that consistently, weekly reflect their comfort and sense of freedom in the woods. Here are a few things they wrote while sitting in a spring snowstorm at their special spots...<BR/><BR/>"My perspective has changed since this morning about the outdoors. My mom says I don't get out enough, and I didn't realize why she wanted me getting outside more, but now I do, because the world is a great place."<BR/><BR/>"A place where you can feel free to be yourself and have no worries. It makes you feel comfortable"<BR/><BR/>"The open, quiet, peaceful, harmonious freedom of nature can teach a person many things about themselves."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104522389043769067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855316484359062791.post-34141573902256662522009-04-01T19:54:00.000-06:002009-04-01T19:54:00.000-06:00Challenge young people around you to see the world...Challenge young people around you to see the world around them and react to it in positive ways. Remember, getting into nature or simply getting outside with children does not have to be a big production. I've seen children make an imaginary bow and arrow from a bent stick or sail a dead tree like pirate ship or search for dragons around a pond. The outdoors is a never ending environment for imagination.Sam C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855316484359062791.post-6776013901291077102009-03-31T22:11:00.000-06:002009-03-31T22:11:00.000-06:00I like any activity considering different perspect...I like any activity considering different perspectives. Thinking of limited outdoor space, you can work in a small area. Sectioning off a portion of land or part of a tree talk to your child about an ant's point of view. How would that area look to a tiny ant? How does that area look at first glance to the child? How would that area look to a bird flying by? This is a simple activity, but allows your child to think in a different way and think about different perspectives. You can take the conversation beyond physically looking from a different perspective to a conversation about people's varying perspectives on life in general.Ashley McGowannoreply@blogger.com