I just got back from an exciting week at Camp Emmaus. I was a counselor for 3rd and 4th graders as well as helping to teach nature stuff to them. These kids couldn't get enough of me teaching them tracking, fox walking, wide-angle vision and much more pertaining to the natural world. At our closing circle, when the kids were asked about what they liked and will remember about camp; more than half the kids talked about tracking, fox walking etc...
I was blown away!
I didn't know if these kids would really get some of the things that I'd learned at Tracker School but they just ate it up! I was talking to one of the camp board members and mentioned the possibility of doing a wilderness camp next year, one for elementary kids and one for high school youth. She was instantly excited about those ideas and asked me to submit a summary for those camps at the next camp board meeting in July!
Some good things are happening here in Illinois and I saw this as an opportunity to test some of the things I would be teaching the girl scouts this coming week as well. Maybe this is part of what I'm supposed to be doing... helping others to be more connected to the earth and ultimately to the Creator.
This looks to be a very good summer, if the past two and a half weeks have been any indication. Trust me, you'll be hearing much more to come.
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