What do you do when you see a raccoon in the morning? Why is there a raccoon walking in the woods? Hey, isn't he a night animal? If you are a member of forest school you know all these answers. If you see a wild animal or a loose dog you stand like a statue and wait. (The teachers will let us know if we need to move) We wait until the animal has left. Why is it awake? We guess. Did someone wake him? Did his home fall down? Did his home flood? Maybe he is late for bed/dinner/party? Yes a raccoon is a nocturnal animal. They are awake during the night and sleep all day. On this day we were doing a lot of problem solving. How to get were we need to be when we keep coming across obstacles. We came across giant puddle and large patches of ice. While we were trying to figure out how to cross a large patch of ice we noticed a stream of water flowing over the ice.
We were watching a leaf float down the stream when we noticed a raccoon on the other side watching us. The raccoon was walking through the trees watching us. We stood like statues together, quietly, carefully, watching the raccoon watching us. The raccoon came to the edge of the ice and tip toed across it keeping a safe distance away. The raccoon was scared of us and we were scared of it. Not a sound was made. The raccoon landed on some grass and ran. It made a giant circle around us. When the coast was clear the raccoon ran along the edge of the soccer field to find it's home. When the coast was clear we breathed. We found our voices again. Back to problem solving, how to cross the icy path. We learned from the raccoon how to cross safely. Little steps and slowly. Written by S Robitaille
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