Demonstration

[arborworks1]

Make sure the kids are mindful of the pretend hardhats...

 

[Tucker943]

Teach them how to spot you backing onto a chipper.

But seriously, bring the k boom with a nasty pig of a piece of wood on it as a display. Unload and reload it for them at some point.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

a little raised bed for the fruit trees would help to delineate where the kids should and shouldn't run.

you can make a wicked sandbox for kids and that's very stimulating to the preschool mine out of wood rounds partially buried, put in a plastic liner maybe with some drain holes. Filled with sand. make a bungeed tarp cover. Done!

dahlias preschool teacher asked if I can triple the size of the sandbox that we made.

 

[sotc]

They don't want fruit trees.
Chris, my boys can back me onto my trailers. It's funny when they realize they made a mistake and throw their hands over their faces! I don't even ask their mother to do it!....

 

[Husabud]

Same her Willie. My boy is a very quick learner and a great teacher as well.

 

[NickfromWI]

My gut reaction is to not bring log loaders or chainsaws. Focus on the planting and pruning.

Is there a tree on site with a big dead limb it in that you could go up and prune out. Rope it down....let the kids rope it down?

Have the kids make a list of all the things trees give us. Kids are usually good at that. Food, shade, medicine, wood, rubber, etc.


love
nick

 

[sotc]

There really isn't any work to be done there or we'd be all over that.
I like the questions idea. I have to give a 10 minute presentation in 3 class rooms before I go outside with them. Still not sure what to do as they have the attention span of gnats at that age

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wear your helmet when making your presentation!

 

[Tucker943]

4-5 year olds don't want an earth day presentation. Show them a hollow section of tree and a little lesson about wildlife utilizing it and another little lesson about why you have to cut down certain flawed trees. A slab of a log so they can guess how old it is at a glance. Whoever is closest wins a ball cap. Do a burnout style repel off a tree or the bucket and those kids will shit themselves. Those kids want to be entertained.

 

[MasterBlaster]

And backflips!

Don't forget backflips!!!

 

[sotc]

Back flops maybe

 

[sotc]

We had a lot of fun with the kids this morning. The remote controlled stumper was by far the favorite!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Love the hard hats! Bob the builder... er.... tree guy convention

 

[MasterBlaster]

Outstanding! I bet you had a lot of fun!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Those pics are EPIC! Sea of hardhats and colorful hoodies!

They looked very attentive as well.

 

[Fiddler]

Outstanding!

Looks like it was a great day for all!

 

[sawinredneck]

Way cool! Good on you!

 

[Steve Mack]

Looks like they had a good day.

The remote controlled stumper was by far the favorite!

All that equipment and they liked the remote. That's like people that comment on my big rake after a hard job.

 

[Cobleskill]

I remember in 3rd grade our teacher had a former student give us a demonstration on bees and beekeeping. All the kids were spellbound and I bet most still remember it. Good to expose kids to a variety of things. Gives them something to think about and remember.

 

[Tarzan]

Good on you for doing that Willie It seems that when youngsters watch me do my thing, the thing that entertains them the most is the apta.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Way to go, Willie. At least some of them will Always remember that!! Some are probably more dolly-oriented.

 

[pantheraba]

Willie, you guys ROCK!! Great pictures...the kids had to be enthralled. I bet the foot locking had some of them scratching their head.

 

[Tucker943]

Awesome job. I wasn't sure if you were going to do a science day snooze fest for the little tikes or dazzle them with an exciting show of a tree company in motion. You rocked it.

 

[sotc]

Haha, we showed them a video and a bunch of tackle. My foreman started talking about mechanical advantage.... so I had Kyle put on his saddle to get the attention back.

 

[pantheraba]

MA!!! First graders? Has he got kids??? Good for Kyle.