The Spider Web

In the forest, we stumbled upon an area with large tree trunks, branches, sticks, and vines intertwined. The children stood together on this entangled mass almost in awe, possibly wondering “What is this? Why is it here?”

Some of the children started walking towards it and the rest followed. As we got to the edge, the children stopped and seemed hesitant to proceed. We entered slowly at first, ducking under the low branches to go further inside. Some of the children observed how the entangled mass resembled a spider web.  Some wished to climb it. A small group began not only ducking under but climbing over top of the branches, sticks, and vines.

At the centre, one of the children began drawing with charcoal on the paper. “This is the spider web. It’s messy.” He drew several lines (some thick and dark and some light and thin). He held his arm above the paper with charcoal in hand. He moved his arm up and down while describing how he navigated through the web: “I went up and down, up and down.”