While we all know how to go about our lives with roofs over our heads and light switches at our fingertips, this week at Audubon we learned how to survive in the woods. Navigating by compass and sticking under shelters bound by ferns are a couple of many outdoor skills we acquired.
Started the day by learning knots and bracelet making
How do you make a shelter out of nature you ask?
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We would not be able to venture the forest alone!
Being lead to identify trees by touch and scent
Finding a woodpecker's lunch while feeling these trees
Finding our way with a compass after a day of map-making
Introduced to Fire
Supervising each other while striking matches
Didn't take long before we took the next step
Three fire methods included: Log cabin, A-frame and Teepee
