Activity Instructions - Wetlands Siesta Station


Help each child find a comfortable hammock (Be sure you have tested each one before anyone gets in it). Chaperones and teachers may also have a hammock as far as they go. Whoever doesn't have one can get a comfy spot leaning against a tree.

Tell them that we have hammocks so we can see the forest from a different perspective, and so that we can be so quiet hanging in the air, instead of with our big tromping feet. Tell them we can take advantage of this quiet time to make a sound map.

Hand each student and chaperone a 3 x 5 card and a pencil and tell them to make a small mark right in the middle of the blank (unlined) side to represent themselves. Now make a sound like an owl or bird, and tell them that the next time they hear that sound, it is time to silently work on their sound map for 3 minutes, by your watch. They should make a mark for any sound they hear on their card, in the direction they hear it. It can be a word, or a squiggle, or a picture, just as long as they can remember the different sounds when they look at it. Tell them it is great to close their eyes when they listen too.

Make the owl call and settle quietly down, carefully noticing your watch.

At the end of 3 minutes, make the call again, and congratulate everyone on how silent they could be in the forest.

Ask them to hold on to their cards while you read them a story. Tell them they can close their eyes if they like, or they can enjoy watching the leaves overhead.

Read the kids a story, either Water Guided Imagery or Tree Guided Imagery

Tell them they can have one more minute in the hammocks if they like, and you are going around to each hammock so they can tell you one thing they heard that maybe no one else heard. Take up their pencils and cards, if they don't want them.

After you have heard everyone's sound, help them roll out, and move on towards the wildlife station (to the right at the trail and over the boardwalk). Remind them to keep their eyes open for Bingo items.

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