Give me shelter

This year we are giving kids at camp the opportunity to build a shelter, a space of their own in the woods at Crow's Nest. People donated some wood and we found pallets, tarps, and rope. We divided the campers into three small groups; each is making their own hut. This photo is from the first day, where the kids are working out the collective decision-making: where, what, and how? By today, day two, they have built some pretty respectable shelters (photos forthcoming). Tomorrow perhaps they'll play in them, Thursday we'll visit the other groups and welcome them to ours, and Friday they'll take them down so we can do it again at next week's camp.