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How was the session for you?
Please select the answer that best reflects the statement
I felt happy and motivated to work with this group of kids
I feel like this was a successful session
I felt like I had the tools and skills needed to teach this group
I learned something new because of this session- Also please write what you learned in the blank space below
What did you learn during this group?
20 Curriculum Points
How did the kids do with the curriculum?
1. The kids can identify and demonstrate good prevention techniques for main local natural hazards? (For ex poison oak, ticks etc.)
2. The kids know how to build and tend a fire made from found materials
3. The kids helped out with a fire being made by friction
4. The kids can find their way in the outdoors and have a few good techniques for not getting lost, and know what to do if they get lost.
5. The kids know the order of survival and have some ideas for what to do in a survival situation as well as knowing how to prevent a survival situation from occurring if possible.
6. The kids can identify and use 10 edible wild plants, harvesting them in a responsible safe way.
7. The kids identify 5 common local songbirds and their vocalizations.
8. The kids use knives safely as tools in the wilderness.
9. The kids can identify the tracks and sign of 5 common local mammals.
10. The kids can identify five common trees and be able to use them in all seasons.
11. The kids are familiar with the qualities and names of local wildlife including one endangered species.
12. The kids can tie three basic knots and they know what they are best used for.
13. The kids know how to practice the nature awareness routines of fox walking, deer ears, owl eyes, raccoon paws, bear nose, sit spot and journaling.
14. The kids been exposed and gotten to try some nature based crafts or ancestral skills.
15. The kids know how to take care of their basic needs outdoors in all seasons. (Clothing, Eating, Bathroom etc.)
16. The kids feel like they can have a positive impact in the natural world and know of a few ways how they can do that. (For ex. Restoration skills, gratitude)
17. The kids been exposed to nature connection cultural practices of gratitude, song, talking stick circle, and story of the day.
18. The kids have examples or possibilities on how to take what they learned into their home environment.
19. The kids have become more aware of the natural, seasonal cycles of the area.
20. The kids have an awareness of how the ecology of a place is doing and a respect for the natural environment.
Vilda Goals
Please answer how true you feel the following statements are about the group.
The children in the group seemed to get progressively more excited about being outdoors and at the program
The children in the group started thinking about nice things to do for nature increasingly by themselves (such as picking up trash, making up songs, helping plants and animals)
The children in the group seemed to get more and more comfortable in their natural place as time went on
The children in the group started noticing things more easily as time went on. For example bird sounds, things out of place, you hiding, small things.
The children in the group made new friends.
The children started talking about the place in a familiar way knowing names and trails. They started to expect seeing a certain plant or animal in a certain place or in a certain season.
The children became more confident and positive about themselves.
Did you use Nurtured Heart as a main management method in this group?
About what percentage of the time did you use traditional teacher led instruction methods in this group?
What percentage of the time did you “lead from the back” mentoring and teaching through play ?
What percentage of your days did you plan?
What percentage did you free flow and improv?
Did you use the Vilda routines of sit spot, forest mode, story of the day, journaling in the group almost every time you met?
Did you use badges in the group?
Were the children excited about badges?
How many badges did the group earn?
What did you find worked best for this group?
What was one of your favorite days or moments with this group?
What did you find yourself being most excited about when being with this group?
Any other comments or reflections?
