It started with looking at the stuff found out of the pond 3 years back which were on the old electrical cable table also dug out of the ponds when dregged: Old boots, an old frying pan probably used by the Americans (it was big!) when they were stationed here during the war), and some… Continue reading 2018 Archeology and Evidence
It was a day of ANIMALS - a veritable ZOO First we found mouse and squirrel in the woods, swinging in a basket on a swing, snuggled up in leaves. Returning to base the tribe found that the Dragon food they prepared last week was missing from the oven. "Did the toothless dragon come?', they… Continue reading KFS2019 – Monday Tribe
The official and last gathering of our wonderful toddler group. We will miss you! Come back in the summer, when the days lengthen. Of course we had skipping. A mum took the prize of 20 skips! The gift to Luis Eating pheasant and popping pop corn The tour of the wood, which began in the… Continue reading KFS December – Last day of Term
We couldn't have planned it better. Luis bought along his very much alive bantum chickens, on this day that for random reasons, we bought along 4 dead game birds, 2 pheasants and 2 partridge. We all felt the the life in the bantum chicks who were amazingly tame and easy to be handled. Their names… Continue reading KFS – December12 – Birds alive and dead and their insides
The frog story with toddler group Mell teaching Gracie to saw We are at the final stages of preparing our oak boards - gifts from this wood to our kitchens. 3 years ago, 9 oaks were felled, and once planked they were used to make the cabin in the wood. We are using their left… Continue reading KFS – December – Oak boards, sawing, and millions of moths
Two news. A new more permanent sign - a good omen - put up by Tino over the weekend, and decorated with Holly, which was our tree of the day. A new roundabout enabling a more fluid circulatory system around the hardstanding - tested and kinda worked. Needs a bit more tweaking. Our tree was… Continue reading KFS November 28 – Stone soups to brilliant bodging
The seasonal cold finally arrived with the east wind, but once again we were safe from rain. Wrapped up toddlers (no Ivy or Holly to light the fire) arrived, gloves essential. Only the Twilight kids needed the fire. The great news was Mell was one tooth less. With great courage and far too long in… Continue reading KFS – November 21, Mells tooth, oak boards and shadow puppets
Wallace the wormery - it's the circle of life! At the Toddler group two potential carpenters and wood workerss cut their first logs for our fire. With Mells on the other end of the saw, NAME and NAME cut logs from a Hazel cord to the rhythm of Row, Row Row the boat. For the… Continue reading KFS – November – sawing, sitting, fire making
Thanks to the great John Esling, the Kaliwood ponds are now framed with woven hazel and some willow. In fact there are 6 different styles used, including one done exclusively by Kinda kids. Here are the photographs and here's a video of John teaching the kids
It was a day of Guests and H's. With our Toddler group, and encouraged by Sage, we made a Hedgehog Hibernation Home, complete with Leaf Kebabs for when the Hedgehog came back late at night after a few hedge-lagers and felt a bit peckish. (Thank you Holly for this ingenious sport). The actual hedgehog home… Continue reading KFS November – day of H’s and WORMS
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