Nature’s Classroom Day One
Not a tear was shed as the Fifth Grade jubilantly embarked on their 4-day adventure to Nature’s Classroom in cloudy, Wakefield, Rhode Island. After a brief tour of the Charlton rest stop mid-way through the bus ride, we arrived at Nature’s Classroom where we unloaded the bus, ran around to get out some transportive ya-yas, and headed to our cabin, fondly called “Aspen” by the nature-y staff here at Nature’s Classroom.
The girls and I “settled” into our side of the cabin. While Samantha collapsed into a fit of unstoppable giggles on her bed, Gabi took turns showing of her martial arts moves (blue belt Karate) on Sophie (a Tae Kwon Do master) and Alice (master of faking it and twirling with a long ribbon) and Kachina climbed up on her top bunk to perform a human puppet show. I’m not sure what the boys were doing with Tim….unpacking, perhaps?
Lunch was a masterful presentation of chicken tenders and French fries. Salad and fresh fruit rounded out this culinary delight catered by Chef Derek. At my table, Jake was the responsible waitron who organized the dispensing and cleaning up of nourishment. He took his task quite seriously until he had to do a small dance with Hawk (the head counselor) and with Everett at the conclusion of the meal to announce how much ort we had produced—ort being the non-compostable, non-recyclable waste from the meal. We weighed in at 2.5 pounds. Bryce suggested we try for 2.15 pound at dinner time, to which Hawk responded that her scale doesn’t do decimal points…but I was thrilled that our unit on decimals is sinking in…..go Bryce!
After lunch, the students split into field groups with their counselors, Kai and Luna to do a variety of team building activities. Currently, the kids are outside building a geodesic dome while a warm wind is whipping up the salt marsh.
YES! Your kids are spirited, fun and keep me and Tim laughing all the way. Now, go have a kid-free dinner and use that time you are not making tomorrow’s lunch or signing the planner to do something for yourself!!
Cheers!
Jilly
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