Tracking mammals

Vonadmin Januar 29, 2022Dezember 8, 2022

Just another rainy day. Perfect conditions for spotting animal footprints that got stuck in the ground. Watch the video to get an idea of the basics of tracking mammal footprints as well as walking patterns. Document your findings by taking photos or drawing pictures. That way keep records of single tracks and full cycles of footfalls. Follow the track to find out about the way of locomotion the animal was using. Ask questions. If more advanced in that you might measure width and length of a single footprint as well as stride (step length) and straddle (trail width). Send little stories of your personal tracking experiences in the comment section. Happy tracking! AP

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Bees and trees and pandemic stipulations

Vonadmin September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

I must admit, I´m fed up with pandemic stipulations. Period. At home we are less affected and can work our way around them. But at work in an urban kindergarten with a rather blank outdoor area and without the opportunity to bring the children to places with more nature … my, it´s a real challenge!…

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Wilderness Training: Winter Friluftsliv

Vonadmin Oktober 15, 2020Dezember 8, 2020

In January 2020 five Romanian Outward Bound instructors, five German future childcare practitioners specialising to be Coyote Mentors and seven Swedish QVF Mentors in training went on a winter Friluftsliv Färd to Northern Dalarna. When we left the Campus of Sjovik Folkhögskola in Folkärna it was not until we had arrived to Särna after about…

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Sitspot routine as a mentor

Vonadmin März 7, 2022März 13, 2022

`Core routines of nature connection` as starting point and fundament of `Coyote Mentoring` In wilderness education and deep ecology it is assumed, that modern people are often not connected with the signs, sensations and voices of their inner self and of the natural world around them. Our body system is tuned into the daily routines…

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Coyote camp for youngsters

Vonadmin November 13, 2021November 23, 2021

Early November European Wilderness Mentors of BSH der Hoffbauer gGmbH organised a wilderness camp for their own children or younger siblings. A mixed age group of kids (4-12 years) spent a day and a night outside in the area of Seddiner See south of Potsdam. The camp was set up on a meadow embedded in…

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Outdoor learning in Romania

Vonadmin Februar 28, 2022März 29, 2022

In February wildnismentors of three countries got to know the Outward Bound experiential learning approach in a 10 day Erasmus+ funded mobility in Sovata/Romania. We enjoyed team building as well as energizing games, cooperatively climbing the Jakob´s ladder in the ropes course and an expedition to the Gurghiului mountains. Watch our video to get to…

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Teaching Idea: Taste of the place – sensory connection to nature

Vonadmin Oktober 22, 2020

If we want to deepen our connection to nature and our surroundings, we have to engage all senses. We use our visual sense nearly all the time and often even remember to listen and to feel, but to really address our reptilian brain and embed a place in our sensory memory, taste and smell are…

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