I'm too busy making sure the kids are sharing theirs with each other. The workshop concluded with a Renga poetry activity where the teachers circulated notebooks and wrote individual observations in a quiet circle. Renga poetry is an ancient meditative writing technique used by Samurai warriors. See if you can figure out what habitat the teachers wrote their poem about. One frog jumps across the duckweed.
Calm wind causes the branches to sway.
Cottonwood seeds float through the air. And grapevines entangle a blooming shrub. Elderberry blossoms beckon bees and the summer sun. The South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society is offering three scholarship for educators to attend Audubon Camp in Minnesota this summer. The purpose of the week-long camp is to learn about ecosystems and habitats and the creatures that live within them.