This afternoon we headed to our very favorite outdoor education park. We love this place, and visited so much last summer that the naturalists knew us by name.
As we walked in today, naturalist Kathy shouted, “We’ve missed you!” Nancy and I were the only people there, so our seven kids had the run of the place. They ran and played for about an hour, and then settled in for the afternoon class. This week? Maple syrup. Looks like Neko actually will get to learn about this topic after all!
Kathy tailored the whole class to pre-schoolers. The kids got to taste sap (which we discovered tastes and looks almost exactly like water), and then tap a tree stump, including drilling the hole and hammering in the tap. After that hard work? Pancakes! With maple syrup, of course.
After our pancakes, Kathy led us out to a tree they had actually tapped, and the kids watched the sap drip into the bucket.
Totally. Great. Day.