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Nature's Play - Coggle Diagram
Nature's Play
GAIA: Mother Earth Willow Space as a permanent fixture for people to go to. Based on concept of how having a deity can provide a sense of secure attachment. It is also a safe 'womb' to go to as well as representative of nature
SENSORY TREASURE HUNT: Create a sensory space inside the dome created by the children going on a sensory treasure hunt
Hanging worries or space to tuck worries into
How is Mother Earth like a mother? What does it mean to be a mother and how does Gaia do this?
The Thanksgiving Address: 'And now all our minds are one' giving thanks and gratitude due to everything nature has to offer.
Giving thanks to all the park has to offer (creatures, trees, the man-made objects too)
Giving thanks for the food at lunch time, thanks for the wheat that made the bread, the animals that gave their lives to feed us etc
Giving back for anything we use in the park
The Pollen Path: A path through life true to the individual & their passions. Each path and direction is filled with possibility
MINDFULNESS EXERCISE
The Navajo say "Oh, beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty to the right of me, beauty to the left of me, beauty above me, beauty below me, I'm on the pollen path"
CREATIVE ACTIVITY: Creat a map of their own pollen path. Where would they like it to go?
Story: The making of honey
Eating a teaspoonful of honey: what does it taste like? Sensory experience
The story of the honey from sunshine to teaspoon
Diversity: Bees look the same at first glance but every Bee is has a slightly unique pattern. What makes each of us unique on the outside and inside?
Every being on Earth brings a gift to the world. What is your gift?
Make a little pine cone Bee that represents you- hang words from it that represents what makes you unique
If you were a Bee how would you move? What would your pollen be? Where would you go? What would your buzz sound like?
The Park through the eyes of children: What is this space to the children? Where are the safe place? Where are the good places to hide? Where are the good places to climb? A map from the viewpoint of the children followed by an exploration of the spaces from the persepctive of different creatures who live in the space.
Start with a huge blank basic map drawn on a large wooden canvas. During the sessions through discussion and activities the map is filled in to bring the park to life labelling different areas of the park. Ideally the map could stay in the park and it would be amazing if there could also be signs around the park marking out significant spaces.
Session on sensory exploration. Where in the park is a soft space, dark space, cold space, warm space, prickly space... What creates these sensory areas? What can we call them?
Session on animal exploration. What creatures can you find in the park? Watch them and follow where they take you. Draw their path across the park. Where did they go and why? Name and mark out trails on the map like the ant trail or bee trail or squirrel trail. Notice how big the ant world is tiny on the big map. A micro map for the insects? Two sessions, one for insects and one for larger animals or those who traverse greater distances i.e bees
Session on the imaginary spaces in the park: Is there a good place for a fort or a swamp or a prison? Create a story or performance that takes place in the park?
potential Buckfastleigh session: embodied exploration of what animals or creature you feel like today, explore the space as that creature, and then perhaps create a map of where that creature likes or doesn't like to go, where does he eat? What does he eat? Where does he go to play? etc Perhaps each child leads the rest of the group on their path?
Nature's Stories: Bringing nature alive by telling stories of the characters in nature and what they tell us about our relationship with each other & the world around us
The Beehive as a safe place- what would your hive be like?