Survival Class (Part 2)...

Mr. T arrived for class

as eager as the children were

and nearly 1 1/2 hours early..

EAGER is WORD

they dashed up the trail

(he complimented me on the trails..)

(blushing)

and got right to work..

first big assignment will be to chip one of these LONG 

wicked vines down close to their base...

Seems they will use the vines to make rope

it's a learning exercise.. to lots of grace

The first thing they learned is when chopping with their

new hatchets

(old super cool hatchets that Mr. T came with as a gift to them)

was that the vine will bounce

and nothing will happen

so..

one needs to place a big stick or piece of wood

BEHIND it

to prevent this bounce

and really get to the job of chopping

Mr. T is a careful instructor

answering questions

and 

demanding

that his students learn to THINK

there is NO 

passive learning

it's active and engaging..

the way my Blessings learn best!

see that stick?

that's where we chop..

(I say "we" like I am

 doing more than just taking photos

ha ha ha)

C.S. and Princess each got their own vine to chop

vines complete

now.. 

to get them DOWN

waiting while they get those vines down off my

beautiful trees

Mr. T 

is having fun

I can tell

here the blessings chopped down two trees for the sake of

making a lean to..

but it ended with only being an

EXAMPLE

and not an actual lean to..

to which I informed all parties

it WAS an actual tree

therefore NEXT time

it needs to be and 

ACTUAL lean to

let us not chop JUST to chop

silly eager children...

here is the vine...

Little Man OUGHT to be napping

but Mr. T came early

and he just adores Mr. T

so no luck in that department

the bigger blessings will need to slice the vine in 

quarters 

Length wise

and then braid it..

so he's giving them instructions on how to braid

just in case they don't already know

they have a day or two to get this assignment done

and have to think 

to do is safely

and not dawdle

because next time they may already be out in the woods

and MAYBE next time

it will be urgent

so do the 

THINKING 

NOW

and work out the problems

as many as you come across NOW

and practice

practice

practice your skills