We've been noticing the children engaging in all of the Super 7 Play Urges every day. Here are some of our observations from this week. Transporting wood blocks, pails of water, and blocks to make a path across the creek. Connecting blocks and loose parts into structures. Crushing up chunks of ice and dissecting an old hornet's nest (destroying) Gathering mushrooms Playing a game from Sweden called Kubb that involves throwing wooden batons to try and knock down the other te

This week found us up in the trees, drawing in our journals, climbing, and chatting with our friends. We've also been carving wood creatures, eating chickweed and green sorrel, making pine needle tea, finding hidden acorns, creating with paint, yarn and nails, helping to care for the farm animals, practicing bow and arrow with a target, and playing one of our new favorite tag games called Stuck in the Mud.