Today, in TOPS, we made a small fire. Turf was dug, birch bark was lit with a flint and steel and kindling was carefully added. We talked about why we have fires and children came out with all the reasons; keep warm, scare away animals, cook on, sit around and sing camp songs and Kaiden Falconer said very thoughtfully, “fires are nice to watch.” Everyone stayed behind the boundary rope and a few children at a time were invited to come and toast a marshmallow.
