All About Robbie!


Robbie has been taking courses at Wachusett Meadows, an Audubon Sanctuary since last fall. The last session has been on the native people of Princeton, and the settlers who came into this area. Since we have been on that same learning continuum, I was thrilled that WM was offering this as one of their homeschooling sessions. The first week the class focused on the native peoples of the Wachusett area, and they built a wigwam from materials garnered on site. The picture shows the wigwam framed, and with some bark on it. They ran out of bark...the wigwam was large enough for the 12 kids in the class, the 3 adult leaders, 4 or 5 parents and younger sibs to fit in, comfortably around the fire pit in the center! Rob had a wonderful time, commenting to me on the drive back home that he had gotten to use the saw to cut one of the saplings and "I didn't even get cut even a tiny bit" thank goodnes! Turns out one of the adults did cut themselves!
Wachusett Meadows has opened Robbie up to nature in a wonderful and positive way. In the second shot he is pausing during one of our family hikes there. Isn't he handsome as can be??!!
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