We had such a great time on our Nature Hike last Saturday! We made a trail mix to share, and we learned the hard way not to include chocolate!
We went over hiking safety rules, and played three hiking games; an ABC hunt of items.. though not sure we ever found a z, there were no zebras roaming the forest! We also looked for habitats, we found lots of different homes, including ants, fish, birds, snakes, frogs, and rabbits; then we played a trail marking game. We split up into 2 groups. One group went and left "signs" along a trail with rocks, branches, leaves, litter; and the other team had to follow the clues to find the hiker. Then we switched and the other team got to leave clues. I am happy to report that all hikers were found! To earn the Hiking badge, Otters need to log 4 hours of hiking, and Dolphins 5 hours. We hiked 2 1/2 hours. You can either finish as a family, or we will be hiking again on our Camping Trip.
We also earned the Peace badge. We stopped at a gazebo for a peaceful break. We talked about conflict resolution and how we can only control what WE do in an argument. We also talked about how religion is the number one cause for war in the world, but that religions all have one thing in common.. The Golden Rule! We went over how Jews, Muslims, Hindu's and Christians all say their Golden Rule! Then we all sat quietly for a time to become peaceful and to listen to the world around us, then we worked together to write a poem about peace.
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