Woodland Survival Camp at the Darke County Parks’ was another week of success for the Parks. We had fifteen 8-9 year olds who enjoined learning about how an individual would survive in the wildness. The week consisted of Shelter Building 101, Fire Starting, Compass and Water, Medicine, Food Gathering and Archery.
Monday morning introduced campers to the theme of the week... survival when lost! During Shelter Building 101 the campers worked in small groups to construct a single person shelter.
Campers met a "200 year-old Longhunter" who has been living in Shawnee Prairie Preserve since the 1790's looking for Fort Greenville...
On Tuesday, we determined numerous different ways to make a primitive fire, which consisted of Fire Trough, Hand-Drill, Bow-Drill,
Compasses were used on Wednesday to locate their team’s bucket of water, which is the most important item for life. Jewel-weed Tincture is a medicine that we made this week after we gathered the top 1/3 portion of the Jewel-weed plant. Jewel-weed Tincture is used to take the itch/sting out of poison ivy; mosquitoes; wasps/bee; etc.
To wrap up the week we gathered several food items such as mulberries, Danelien flowers, Red Clover Flowers, which were added into cornbread. Other ‘wild foods’ were tried throughout the week including Mint Tea and Mealworm Chocolate Cookies! The Woodland Survival Campers also enjoyed the archery range on Friday to simulate food gathering tools.
The children were excited each and everyday to explore what else they could use to survive if they were lost in the wilderness.
Can you find the shelter in this picture?
Team 1's Shelter
Team 2's Shelter
8 & 9 Year old camp is over... see you next year!
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