Today we traveled to the Burchfield Art Center. The students were so excited to be outside exploring nature. 
Students were instructed to pay attention to their senses; What did they see? What could they hear? smell? How did different objects feel?
My group began by exploring the creek. It was very shallow, but slippery. Two boys immediately began exploring the different rocks under their feet. I listened as they compared the shapes and sizes of the different rocks.
Other students enjoyed throwing them into the water, trying to skip a stone. They were experimenting with the different ways to throw the stone, in order to get it to skip in the water. Yet another student really enjoyed trying to climb up the embankment.
Next we began our hike through the woods.....although any chance of running into an animal was lost on our group. They were so excited to begin exploring, many were running and yelling down the trails. I think I actually saw animals running for cover when they heard us coming. 
The students were very observant; they commented on the leaves, the sticks, the bird houses. We discovered several arrangements of branches that could be forts for the children to play under. The colors of the leaves were really accented by the dark, gloomy skies. As we began our observational drawings, the collection of beautiful leaves that had fallen to the ground, became a fun game, and also souvenirs of our trek through the woods.
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| My friend Orfrelis was captivated by this sculpture, and insisted that he had dreamed about it. |
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