Legends of the Forest Program Opportunities

FREE PROGRAMS through CBEEN

All programs are subject to travel cost @ 50 cents/km + accommodation

Fire

In class presentation 1 hour ($100.00)

• Book Reading “Cedric the Cedar”

• Why do we need fire to protect our forests?

• Was fire used as a tool for centuries? Is it still used as a tool today?

• What good comes from fires?

• How can we prevent forest fires?

• How do forest fire fighters put out the flames?

• Do you want to become a fire fighter when you get older?

Full day presentation ($300)

*An outdoor green space is required to complete an outdoor activity. This lesson works on teamwork, urban interfacing, fire smart homes and gardens, and problem solving.

**At the end of the lesson, we will create a wonderful nature craft to take home.

The Life of the Forest

In class presentation 1 hour ($100.00)

• The life of the forest is a lesson on Forestry. Starting from seed to final product.

• What is forestry?

• What does the forest industry provide us?

• Is it sustainable?

• How do foresters cut down the trees?

• How do they take it out of the woods?

• What is a feller buncher?

• What is a tree cookie?

• What do you think of forestry?

*At the end of the lesson, we will create a wonderful nature craft to take home.

The Legends of Tree Identification

In class presentation or outside on a field trip 1-4 hours ($300.00)

• Book Reading “Leonard the Larch”

• Have you ever wondered what trees are growing in your backyard, in the schoolyard, or in the forests you love to hike in? Well this program will talk about how to identify trees using clever legends that will warm your heart.

• Best way to utilize this program is to do half of the presentation indoors and then apply all you’ve learned by hiking and identifying trees outside on a short hike.

• Calculating the age of a tree using an increment borer. Tells the life of a tree through it’s rings.

*At the end of the lesson, we will create a wonderful nature craft to take home.

The Plight of the Whitebark Pine

In class presentation 1 hour ($100.00)

• Book Reading “Wendy the Whitebark Pine”

• How does the Whitebark pine protect our watersheds?

• How does the Whitebark pine help Grizzly bears, Nutcrackers, and Red Squirrels?

• Did you know the Whitebark pine is a threatened species?

• What is threating the Whitebark Pine? Global warming, Mountain Pine Beetle, and White pine Blister Rust to name a few.

• Getting to know the Mt. Pine Beetle and Blister Rust.

• How can you help?

*At the end of the lesson, we will create a wonderful nature craft to take home.

Taking a Picture Using Your Senses (Grades 3+)

Best to have 1 hour in class and 1 hour outside in a stand of trees. ($200.00)

• It’s time to unplug and take some pictures the old fashioned way: using your senses.

• This lesson is to bring nature back into your soul by getting to know Mother Nature and slowing everything down and tuning into your senses.

• Sketchbook of some kind is required to interpret what you are seeing, smelling, touching, hearing, and for the brave, tasting.

• Children are instructed to find a quiet spot away from any other children or distractions and sit at the base of a tree or something that they are drawn to. After 10-15 minutes of sketching or creating a story, the kids will come back to the group and share with the rest of the class. If they wish not share then they simply say pass.

• This class is very special and what comes out of the children is sometimes magical. This class would not work for a more anxious group of kids.

*At the end of the lesson, we will create a wonderful nature craft to take home.

Creative Writing and Developing a Mentorship Interpretive Program

Please ask for more details as this program is complex and will take months to complete but worth the effort.

Did you know that if you stop to smell the Ponderosa Pine, you will be reminded of freshly baked cookies. These trees actually smell like vanilla! You can best smell them in the summer when the bark is warm. It is amazing!

This picture is the image which inspired me to write my Legends. I asked myself one day as the sun poked through the trees and shone on raindrops which sparkled through the forest, “If the trees could talk, what would they want to say?” This is how the Legends of the Forest Book series started.