It’s published and ready for you! It’s the Nature Trail Interpretative Guide for the Sheldon Community Forest. As you follow the narrow path from the kiosk you see green and white signs that lead you along this Nature Trail. As you follow the numbered posts, each stop tells a different story the about this amazing [...]
Kids had a great time sledding on the hill, going on a storywalk and listening to Bilijean Smith tell a Native American story by the campfire. Click on this link to hear Bilijean’s story. Native American Tale
One early Wednesday morning in February members of the forest committee and other community volunteers hiked with Kindergartners in the forest. Kurt Valenta shows children animal tracks along with other findings like where animals eat and browse from the branches of trees. The children were eager learners.
Links to Websites about Forests and Trees Educational Games on food chains and more. (Grades K-2) Interactive & Informative Treetures (Grades K-3) Teachers Domain: science lesson plans, video, short clips (Grades 3-12) Nature Walks(Grades 1- 6) Dr. Arbor talks about the parts of a Tree( Grades 1-6) Take 4 Different Walks in the Forest (Grades [...]
A cloudy Saturday morning in October turned into a beautiful sunny afternoon, just in time for the Fall ‘Fest. A campfire blaze kept all participants warm as the sun began to set. Kurt Valenta roasted hot dogs and marshmallows for everyone. The kids painted faces on pumpkins and on did face painting for each other. [...]
Parents and children walked the trails and stopped at posts to read from a book titled, Leaves, during the school’s Open House on September 17th. The Franklin-Grand Isle Bookmobile provided us with the story and materials from the Kellog Library in Montpelier. The Sheldon Community Forest Committee plans to purchase picture books and materials for [...]
Summer rain and wind changes the forest making it time for a trail clean up before school starts. A couple of days may be necessary to ready the trails for the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year since the trails need to be repainted. Several forest committee members will lead the school staff through the [...]
