After our Wild Ed in-school program, here are some of my students' responses:

“I really liked the wild ed program because I learned a lot of new information about the wilderness and nature. One of my favourite activities was when we played the interview game. It was awesome, and the song that we sang was so catchy. I bet lots of people would like to play it. I also really enjoyed the nature walk because we saw animals and plants that I had never seen before, like the spittle bug... it spits when it is scared. But my favourite game was the interview one because we were all having so much fun. I would want to do WILD ED next year.” (Priya, grade 6)

“Thank you for coming to our school and playing really fun games with us. My favourite game in particular was Forest Fire. I also really liked when we played the game called Wolf & Dear, and we had to use our hearing abilities to hear out the wolf. The part when we did the slide show was really awesome, and it was nice of you to share your holiday with us... so thanks Jay! The best thing I learned was that you're amazing for being so nice and taking us on the best adventure ever.” (Manni, grade 5)

“There's two things I liked about this wilderness education program. One is when we played the deer and wolf game. I thought I had a lot of fun playing this game because it's sort of like hide and seek... and I used to like playing that game. The second part I liked about this program was when we were solving the puzzle for the lower mainland. I liked that because I like geography.” (Shadib, grade 6)

“I loved the game that Jay taught us, but the best game he taught us was forest fire! It was so fun when we got to choose the animal we wanted, and tried to get away from the fire. Also, the nature walk was great, when Jay showed us the aspirin tree and cool flowers from our own Langara Golf Course. It was fun to see Jay teach us... it was like a kid talking to a kid when he talked to us. Nick showed us the rap that he did (sorry, i forgot what it was called... it was the “something” rap). Wild Ed was the best indoor field trip of my life! Thank you Wild Ed!” (Shane, grade 6)

“ During Wild Ed, our educator showed us a slide show of one of his adventures. It was an exciting way to see the places he had been to and things he had seen. It was fun. One of the things we were interested in about Wild Ed was the 'Touch Table' which had lots of cool artifacts. Everyone took turns looking at and touching bones, nests, claws and many more. It was interesting, cool, and exciting to see.” (Fiona, grade 6)

It was so much fun playing eagle eye. I won the game and we played only one game. Our class went to Seymour mountain and we had so much fun. We had to walk so much. There were so many stairs. A kid in our class put a slug on his head.We stopped at a place which was a really big rock, and we had our lunch there. After this I learnt that sustainability is important because we need to save trees.

Going on the hike was really fun. I loved playing eagle eye it was fun. I want to go on that hike again but next time a little bit higher and longer.

This made me care more about the wilderness and I think everyone should have a white board instead of wasting all that paper.

I loved this trip and I don't want to waste as much energy and save the trees and plants so everyone can have a really nice place to live.

I like the game eagle eye! It was almost like playing hide and seek. I even found a spider nest with my friends. When we played eagle eye I was hiding behind a fallen tree with a whole bunch of these spiders.

The bug I saw on the way was a Banana slug. One of my classmates put it on his head and I was really really excited for him. When he did, everybody went, "eww" or "awesome"!

One of my ideas to help the earth is to pick up bottles or other garbage. When i go to the streets everyday there is a pile of these wrappers. Other things that I see is Tim Hortons coffee lids or cups which lots of adults leave around. Adults should also stop littering.

It was fun on the hike.
I hope we go there again.
The best part was when we played the game in the forest. The forest is importent because it's good for hikeing, and the trees have oxygen so we can breath.

from Parmveer.