Tag: education
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My “Very Spoiled” Nervous System
This morning I lay in bed musing about my life as it is right now. The health problems I am experiencing prevent me from doing anything the least bit stressful. I had to miss my 40 year class reunion last weekend because every time I thought about going, my body would hurt as if…
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My "Very Spoiled" Nervous System
This morning I lay in bed musing about my life as it is right now. The health problems I am experiencing prevent me from doing anything the least bit stressful. I had to miss my 40 year class reunion last weekend because every time I thought about going, my body would hurt as if…
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My Amazing Crew of Young Men!
Digging out a bush is hard work! With my health so poor that exertion makes me winded and my heart race, having a crew of young men is an amazing thing. When my two young grandchildren begged to stay with me for a couple days, I warned them I would put them to work. They…
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Making a Cottage Art Studio : Part 2 – A Zen Attitude
When Melanie left I felt sad, partly because I would miss her and partly because I wanted us to keep working on the art studio!!! We put one of the 8 paned windows in before she left, and I put the other one in the next day with the help of my sister, niece, and…
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Camouflage Capture The Flag In the Dark Game
When I had a bunch of homeschool families over to play capture the flag in the dark, trackerschool style, I had fun demonstrating to the kids and adults how to use mud and oily charcoal to camouflage yourself for the game we were about to play. ONE of the most fun parts of the night,…
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Kids and Bows and Arrows!
In 2010 the kids and I attended Rick Berry’s 4 Element Earth Education class in Northern California, and had a great time. Rick is one of the original people in charge of Coyote Tracks, an appendage of Tom Brown Jr.’s Trackerschool, in New Jersey. One of the activities the kids liked best was hunting…
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Wilderness Survival Workshop going well.
This past January I joined a homeschool group. The administrators have allowed me to teach a group of 10 kids ages 8 to 12, and in class I have been sharing some of the most fun things I learned in survival school. We have played some stalking and awareness games, made clay bowls that we…
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Gardening With Kids!
These kids really impressed me. The 3 older boys practically fought over who was going to shovel the bedding mix out of the truck! We had to set a timer so they could switch out every 5 minutes so they could each get a turn. Of course, getting a tiny little tootsie roll when they…
Michele Ballantyne 