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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Unravelling the mystery

Vonadmin April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

On a walk near some flooded meadows and reeds I found an eggshell. I´m not sure if it´s from a swan or a goose, both are known to breed there and both the size and colour of the eggs can be almost alike. But the time of year and surrounding tracks presented a nice puzzle…

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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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Animal Forms for pre-schoolers – Bird family

Vonadmin Mai 3, 2021Mai 3, 2021

Let the children team up as bird parents or eggs/chicks. Help the “bird parents” build a makeshift nest from twigs, grass, or pillows, whatever you have available. Then place the “eggs” into the nest, have the children kneel there and make themselves very small. Instruct the bird parents to warm the eggs with their wings…

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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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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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Seize the opportunity! Or: Tracking for youngsters

Vonadmin Januar 20, 2021Januar 20, 2021

Usually we get very little snow in my region during the winter. So when we found ourselves in a snow-covered world last week, the children in my kindergarten group were really excited and we decided to go for a walk to a park in our neighbourhood. Under normal conditions this park is quite dull but snow has…

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