1 00:00:00,066 --> 00:00:01,233 >> CARLENE: SO I HEARD A COUPLE 2 00:00:01,233 --> 00:00:02,066 OF YOU NOTICE THAT BIG, GIANT 3 00:00:02,066 --> 00:00:03,066 CREATURE BEHIND ME. 4 00:00:03,066 --> 00:00:06,000 THAT'S A SALAMANDER! 5 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,266 THEIR KINDA LIKE LIZARDS BUT 6 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:09,833 THEY LIKE TO BE IN WATER. 7 00:00:09,833 --> 00:00:10,766 >> TERRI: RESEARCH SHOWS THAT 8 00:00:10,766 --> 00:00:11,933 TIME SPENT IN NATURE HELPS US TO 9 00:00:11,933 --> 00:00:13,000 BE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND MORE 10 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,933 CREATIVE. 11 00:00:16,933 --> 00:00:17,700 WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF 12 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:18,533 CONNECTING TO THE NATURAL WORLD 13 00:00:18,533 --> 00:00:25,300 OUR STRESS LEVELS DROP. 14 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:27,000 YET CHILDREN, ON AVERAGE, SPEND 15 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:27,700 LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES A DAY 16 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:28,066 OUTDOORS. 17 00:00:28,066 --> 00:00:28,800 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE A 18 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:29,500 SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY 19 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:30,200 THAT IS DEDICATED TO CHANGING 20 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,433 THOSE NUMBERS. 21 00:00:31,433 --> 00:00:32,400 JOIN US AS WE VISIT WILDROCK. 22 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,533 COME ON! 23 00:00:37,533 --> 00:00:38,866 >> MICHEL ANN: I WANT TO FISH! 24 00:00:38,866 --> 00:00:39,666 WAIT, FIRST LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE 25 00:00:39,666 --> 00:00:40,133 THERE IS TO SEE. 26 00:00:40,133 --> 00:00:40,866 COME ON FOLLOW MISS MICHEL ANN. 27 00:00:40,866 --> 00:00:43,433 HERE WE GO! 28 00:00:43,433 --> 00:00:44,433 >> SARAH: THE NATURE EXPERIENCES 29 00:00:44,433 --> 00:00:45,200 THAT WE OFFER HERE AT WILDROCK 30 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:46,400 ARE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCES THAT 31 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:47,400 EVERY CHILD SHOULD EXPERIENCE 32 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,233 THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME. 33 00:00:49,233 --> 00:00:52,033 STANDING BESIDE A STREAM AND 34 00:00:52,033 --> 00:00:53,600 WATCHING THE WATER FLOW, LOOKING 35 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,766 UP AT A MOUNTAIN, RUNNING 36 00:00:58,766 --> 00:01:02,766 THROUGH A WIDE OPEN FIELD, A 37 00:01:02,766 --> 00:01:04,066 NATURAL MEADOW, THESE ARE 38 00:01:04,066 --> 00:01:05,833 ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCES THAT 39 00:01:05,833 --> 00:01:06,600 REALLY HELP BENEFIT A CHILD'S 40 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:07,333 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND 41 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:09,566 WELL-BEING. 42 00:01:09,566 --> 00:01:10,533 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, SO MANY 43 00:01:10,533 --> 00:01:11,400 CHILDREN TODAY, EVEN CHILDREN 44 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:12,133 RIGHT HERE OUR AREA DO NOT HAVE 45 00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:12,866 THAT KIND OF ACCESS TO THIS WIDE 46 00:01:12,866 --> 00:01:13,366 OPEN GREEN SPACE. 47 00:01:13,366 --> 00:01:15,233 >> TERRI: AND THIS IS NAMED 48 00:01:15,233 --> 00:01:16,533 AFTER WILDROCK, THIS HUGE ROCK 49 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:17,233 THAT IS UP ON THE HILL IN THE 50 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:17,533 BACK. 51 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:22,600 >> SARAH: YEAH. 52 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:23,433 ONE OF OUR TRAILS GOES RIGHT 53 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:24,266 PAST AN AMAZING LOOKOUT POINT. 54 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:25,333 AND RIGHT AT THE CORNER BEFORE 55 00:01:25,333 --> 00:01:26,400 YOU ENTER THE FOREST, YOU GET TO 56 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,100 THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THERE IS 57 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:32,266 THIS GIGANTIC BOULDER IN THE 58 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:32,933 GROUND, AND CHILDREN LOVE TO 59 00:01:32,933 --> 00:01:33,533 CLIMB UP. 60 00:01:33,533 --> 00:01:35,633 FROM THE TOP OF IT YOU CAN SEE 61 00:01:35,633 --> 00:01:36,766 THIS AMAZING BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF 62 00:01:36,766 --> 00:01:37,500 THE ENTIRE PLAYSCAPE, HAVE A 63 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:40,566 GREAT VISTA OF FOX MOUNTAIN 64 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:41,533 BEHIND US, AND IT REALLY GIVES 65 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:42,766 CHILDREN A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT. 66 00:01:42,766 --> 00:01:44,100 THEY CLIMB UP THERE AND THEY DO 67 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:44,833 THEIR KING OF THE MOUNTAIN POSE. 68 00:01:44,833 --> 00:01:45,200 [LAUGHTER] 69 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:45,933 >> TERRI: AND THEN THE ROCKS IN 70 00:01:45,933 --> 00:01:46,833 THE FRONT, THERE IS A WHOLE 71 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:47,400 MAZE. 72 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,466 >> SARAH: SO THAT'S OUR WALKING 73 00:01:48,466 --> 00:01:53,733 LABYRINTH. 74 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:55,233 THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE 75 00:01:55,233 --> 00:01:55,933 INFLECTION AND MEDITATION AND 76 00:01:55,933 --> 00:01:59,666 SLOWING DOWN THE BODY AND 77 00:01:59,666 --> 00:02:01,900 LOOKING AT THE WORLD FROM 78 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:02,600 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AS YOU 79 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,333 FOLLOW THE WINDING PATH THROUGH 80 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:03,766 THE LABYRINTH. 81 00:02:03,766 --> 00:02:05,700 KIDS ALWAYS RUN ON IT THOUGH, 82 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,466 HOW COULD YOU NOT? 83 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:08,566 >> CARLENE: WELCOME TO WILDROCK, 84 00:02:08,566 --> 00:02:09,300 YOU GUYS LOOK SO EXCITED TO PLAY 85 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:12,400 HERE. 86 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:13,833 >> TERRI: TALK ABOUT WHAT 87 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:14,533 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING HERE 88 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:16,433 TODAY. 89 00:02:16,433 --> 00:02:19,566 >> SARAH: SO TODAY WE HAD 90 00:02:19,566 --> 00:02:20,533 PRESCHOOLERS FROM JACKSON-VIA 91 00:02:20,533 --> 00:02:21,033 ELEMENTARY. 92 00:02:21,033 --> 00:02:21,766 AND THEY CAME OUT TO WILDROCK AS 93 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:22,400 PART OF OUR NATURE FRIENDS 94 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,166 PROGRAM. 95 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:24,133 EVERY SINGLE PRESCHOOLER IN THE 96 00:02:24,133 --> 00:02:26,133 CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PUBLIC 97 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:27,133 SCHOOLS WILL COME OUT TWICE AND 98 00:02:27,133 --> 00:02:27,900 ENGAGE IN FREE PLAY IN OUR 99 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:34,133 PLAYSCAPE. 100 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:35,800 UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE 101 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:36,500 CHILDREN AT THEIR SCHOOLS FOUR 102 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:37,133 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 103 00:02:37,133 --> 00:02:37,500 FANTASTIC. 104 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,666 SO THEY COME OUT HERE, AND WE 105 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:40,566 WILL TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE 106 00:02:40,566 --> 00:02:41,333 DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT 107 00:02:41,333 --> 00:02:42,366 THEY CAN DO, BUT THEN YOU ALL GO 108 00:02:42,366 --> 00:02:43,500 TO THEM AND SHOW THEM WHAT'S 109 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:44,233 RIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARD AT THEIR 110 00:02:44,233 --> 00:02:48,066 SCHOOL. 111 00:02:48,066 --> 00:02:49,566 >> SARAH: ABSOLUTELY, WE WANT TO 112 00:02:49,566 --> 00:02:50,266 IMPRESS UPON THE TEACHERS AND 113 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:52,433 THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES 114 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:53,433 THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO DRIVE OUT 115 00:02:53,433 --> 00:02:54,600 FAR DISTANCES OR GO TO A REMOTE 116 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:55,633 LOCATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE 117 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:56,200 MEANINGFUL NATURE PLAY 118 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,066 EXPERIENCES. 119 00:02:59,066 --> 00:03:00,433 REALLY, JUST SMALL AMOUNTS OF 120 00:03:00,433 --> 00:03:08,533 NATURE AND FINDING POCKETS OF 121 00:03:08,533 --> 00:03:09,633 NATURE IN YOUR OWN HOME AND 122 00:03:09,633 --> 00:03:10,400 AROUND YOUR SCHOOL OR WORKPLACE 123 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,066 OR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE SUCH A 124 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:11,666 POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILD 125 00:03:11,666 --> 00:03:12,300 DEVELOPMENT AND EMOTIONAL 126 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:12,700 WELL-BEING. 127 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:13,433 >> TERRI: YEAH, AND WHEN YOU SAY 128 00:03:13,433 --> 00:03:14,366 NATURE FRIEND, WHAT DOES THAT 129 00:03:14,366 --> 00:03:15,333 MEAN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO 130 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,033 STUDENTS AND YOU ARE TEACHING 131 00:03:16,033 --> 00:03:16,733 THEM ABOUT THAT, WHAT DOES IT 132 00:03:16,733 --> 00:03:19,666 MEAN? 133 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:21,866 >> SARAH: WELL, FIRST OF ALL WE 134 00:03:21,866 --> 00:03:22,600 WANT STUDENTS TO FEEL AT HOME IN 135 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,266 NATURE, WE WANT THEM TO FEEL 136 00:03:23,266 --> 00:03:23,966 COMFORTABLE IN NATURE, SO THEY 137 00:03:23,966 --> 00:03:24,833 CONTINUE TO SEE NATURE AS A 138 00:03:24,833 --> 00:03:25,666 POTENTIAL RESOURCE FOR THEM 139 00:03:25,666 --> 00:03:28,633 THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. 140 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:32,866 AND TO DO THAT WE INTRODUCE THEM 141 00:03:32,866 --> 00:03:34,766 TO OUR NATURE FRIENDS, WHO ARE 142 00:03:34,766 --> 00:03:35,433 THE ANIMALS AND INSECTS THAT 143 00:03:35,433 --> 00:03:38,100 LIVE AROUND US. 144 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,300 NOT ONLY DOES THIS HELP THEIR 145 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:42,433 COMFORT LEVEL, BUT IT SORT OF IS 146 00:03:42,433 --> 00:03:43,766 A PRECURSOR TO STEWARDSHIP, 147 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:45,233 WHERE THE PRESCHOOLERS ARE ABLE 148 00:03:45,233 --> 00:03:45,966 TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE NATURAL 149 00:03:45,966 --> 00:03:47,733 WORLD AND BE INVESTED IN 150 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:49,000 CONSERVATION AND TAKING CARE OF 151 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:49,700 OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. 152 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:50,433 >> TERRI: YEAH. 153 00:03:50,433 --> 00:03:51,200 TELL US ABOUT THE NATURE 154 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,033 PYRAMID. 155 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:54,033 >> SARAH: THE NATURE PYRAMID IS 156 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:58,233 SIMILAR TO THE FOOD PYRAMID. 157 00:03:58,233 --> 00:03:59,766 IT WAS DEVELOPED BY TIM BEATLEY 158 00:03:59,766 --> 00:04:03,033 AND IT'S A TRIANGLE OF YOUR 159 00:04:03,033 --> 00:04:04,433 NATURE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU NEED 160 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:05,066 THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME. 161 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:06,566 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID 162 00:04:06,566 --> 00:04:07,400 THESE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU 163 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,433 NEED ON A DAILY OR HOURLY BASIS. 164 00:04:10,433 --> 00:04:11,466 THIS IS A VIEW OUT YOUR WINDOW 165 00:04:11,466 --> 00:04:12,200 OF NATURE, OR HAVING A PLANT 166 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:12,933 INSIDE YOUR OFFICE. 167 00:04:12,933 --> 00:04:15,500 >> TERRI: RIGHT. 168 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:16,466 >> SARAH: AND THEN THERE ARE 169 00:04:16,466 --> 00:04:17,233 EXPERIENCES WHERE YOU ARE GOING 170 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:19,933 ON A NATURE HIKE. 171 00:04:19,933 --> 00:04:21,566 MAYBE THAT'S NOT EVERY DAY, BUT 172 00:04:21,566 --> 00:04:22,300 HOPEFULLY MAYBE IT COULD BE ONCE 173 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:23,733 A WEEK. 174 00:04:23,733 --> 00:04:24,600 AND THEN THERE ARE IMMERSIVE 175 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,533 EXPERIENCES, LIKE A PLACE LIKE 176 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:30,200 WILDROCK, WHERE YOU CAN AND 177 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,100 REALLY SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY AND 178 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:31,833 IMMERSE IN NATURE AND NATURE 179 00:04:31,833 --> 00:04:32,366 PLAY AND FREE PLAY. 180 00:04:32,366 --> 00:04:36,900 AND AT THE TIPPY TOP OF THAT 181 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:37,900 PYRAMID IS THE SORT OF 182 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:39,033 ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE 183 00:04:39,033 --> 00:04:40,733 WHERE YOU DISCONNECT FROM 184 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:41,933 SOCIETY ALL TOGETHER FOR A TWO 185 00:04:41,933 --> 00:04:42,866 WEEK PERIOD. 186 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:45,233 AND SO TIM BEATLEY'S PYRAMID 187 00:04:45,233 --> 00:04:47,133 JUST SORT OF GIVES YOU A DAILY 188 00:04:47,133 --> 00:04:48,200 REMINDER OF INCORPORATING NATURE 189 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,233 THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY, THROUGHOUT 190 00:04:49,233 --> 00:04:50,266 YOUR WEEK, THROUGHOUT YOUR 191 00:04:50,266 --> 00:04:51,400 MONTH, THROUGHOUT YOUR YEAR. 192 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,100 >> TERRI: YEAH. 193 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,333 >> MICHEL ANN: YUMMY. 194 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:55,700 OKAY. 195 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:57,433 WHAT'S NEXT? 196 00:04:57,433 --> 00:04:58,766 >> MAGGIE: I HAD LOTS OF FUN 197 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:02,033 WITH THE KIDS THERE. 198 00:05:02,033 --> 00:05:03,366 AND I SHARED WITH THE KIDS IN 199 00:05:03,366 --> 00:05:06,133 MUD KITCHEN. 200 00:05:06,133 --> 00:05:08,333 I WAS MAKING SOME SOUP. 201 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:11,200 SOUP. 202 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,333 >> MARY: WILDROCK'S THIS MUCH 203 00:05:12,333 --> 00:05:13,566 FUN. 204 00:05:13,566 --> 00:05:14,866 >> MICHEL ANN: SHE CAME IN THE 205 00:05:14,866 --> 00:05:15,833 MORNING TALKING ABOUT EXCITED 206 00:05:15,833 --> 00:05:16,733 SHE WAS WHEN SHE WOKE UP BECAUSE 207 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:17,433 SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO 208 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:20,700 WILDROCK. 209 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,366 AND I AM SURE WHEN WE GET BACK 210 00:05:22,366 --> 00:05:23,166 THIS AFTERNOON, THAT'S ALL THEY 211 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:24,066 ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 212 00:05:24,066 --> 00:05:24,966 WHAT THEY DID WITH THE STREAM, 213 00:05:24,966 --> 00:05:26,900 WITH THE ANIMALS. 214 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:28,300 HOW THEY GOT TO DRESS UP AND 215 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:30,100 JUST THE EXCITEMENT OF THE DAY. 216 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:35,133 >> SHELIA: EDUCATING THE WHOLE 217 00:05:35,133 --> 00:05:36,466 CHILD IS A HUGE PIECE OF OUR 218 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:37,200 MISSION BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST 219 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:37,866 TAKING CARE OF THEIR BRAIN. 220 00:05:37,866 --> 00:05:38,533 WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR 221 00:05:38,533 --> 00:05:39,266 GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL 222 00:05:39,266 --> 00:05:40,100 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT 223 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,566 BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THEN 224 00:05:41,566 --> 00:05:45,566 THROUGH THEIR PLAY SKILLS IN THE 225 00:05:45,566 --> 00:05:47,733 NATURAL WILDERNESS, SO TO SPEAK. 226 00:05:47,733 --> 00:05:49,166 >> TERRI: WE ARE IN MARTHA'S 227 00:05:49,166 --> 00:05:49,766 MEADOW, RIGHT? 228 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:50,633 >> SARAH: THIS IS MARTHA'S 229 00:05:50,633 --> 00:05:51,166 MEADOW AT WILDROCK. 230 00:05:51,166 --> 00:05:51,900 >> TERRI: SO TELL US JUST REALLY 231 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:52,500 QUICKLY WHY IT IS CALLED 232 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:55,333 MARTHA'S MEADOW. 233 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:56,433 >> SARAH: SO MARTHA'S MEADOW WAS 234 00:05:56,433 --> 00:05:57,966 NAMED IN HONOR OF A CLOSE FRIEND 235 00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,533 OF CAROLYNN SKYER, AND CAROLYNN 236 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:00,433 SKYLER IS OUR FOUNDER AND 237 00:06:00,433 --> 00:06:04,300 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 238 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:05,233 AND HER CLOSE FRIEND MARTHA 239 00:06:05,233 --> 00:06:07,500 RUSSELL WAS JUST CONNECTED SO 240 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:13,566 DEEPLY TO NATURE AND CHILDREN 241 00:06:13,566 --> 00:06:14,933 AND COMMUNITY AND FAMILY, AND AS 242 00:06:14,933 --> 00:06:16,500 SHE WAS BATTLING OVARIAN CANCER, 243 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:17,466 CAROLYNN WAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT 244 00:06:17,466 --> 00:06:19,966 PROCESS OF WILDROCK. 245 00:06:19,966 --> 00:06:21,866 AND SO CAROLYNN REALLY WANTED 246 00:06:21,866 --> 00:06:23,066 WILDROCK TO BE A PLACE NOT ONLY 247 00:06:23,066 --> 00:06:24,566 THAT MARTHA COULD BE HONORED AT 248 00:06:24,566 --> 00:06:30,566 THE END OF HER LIFE, BUT ALSO TO 249 00:06:30,566 --> 00:06:31,700 CREATE A SPACE WHERE MARTHA'S 250 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:32,600 TWO DAUGHTERS COULD HAVE AN 251 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,300 OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND FEEL 252 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:34,033 THAT CONNECTION TO THEIR MOTHER. 253 00:06:34,033 --> 00:06:35,000 >> TERRI: OH. 254 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,233 SHE WOULD LOVE THIS. 255 00:06:37,233 --> 00:06:39,000 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 256 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,100 DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT YOU 257 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,333 HAVE. 258 00:06:43,333 --> 00:06:44,766 SO RIGHT HERE WE HAVE, IT'S SORT 259 00:06:44,766 --> 00:06:45,566 A LITTLE ANIMAL DOCTOR'S OFFICE 260 00:06:45,566 --> 00:06:45,866 RIGHT? 261 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:46,533 >> SARAH: THAT'S RIGHT. 262 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:47,266 THAT'S OUR WILDLIFE RESCUE 263 00:06:47,266 --> 00:06:49,366 CENTER. 264 00:06:49,366 --> 00:06:50,700 AND PART OF NATURE PLAY THAT WE 265 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:51,766 HAVE HERE AT WILDROCK IS REALLY 266 00:06:51,766 --> 00:06:52,400 HONING IN ON THAT SOCIAL 267 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,566 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 268 00:06:54,566 --> 00:06:57,100 AND SO WE HAVE FOXES AND BROWN 269 00:06:57,100 --> 00:06:59,033 BEARS AND DEER AND THE STUDENTS 270 00:06:59,033 --> 00:07:03,733 CAN COME AND PRETEND THAT AND 271 00:07:03,733 --> 00:07:04,666 ANIMAL HAS INJURED A LEG, OR HAS 272 00:07:04,666 --> 00:07:05,333 INJURED A WING - SO THEY CAN 273 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:06,066 PRACTICE THOSE NURTURING SKILLS 274 00:07:06,066 --> 00:07:06,800 THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR EARLY 275 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,733 CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 276 00:07:08,733 --> 00:07:10,033 >> TERRI: AND THEN YOU HAVE A 277 00:07:10,033 --> 00:07:10,766 STREAM RUNNING THOUGH. 278 00:07:10,766 --> 00:07:11,900 THE STREAM IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE 279 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:16,000 MOST POPULAR SPOTS. 280 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,366 THE KIDS ARE PRETENDING TO FISH, 281 00:07:18,366 --> 00:07:19,933 THEY HAVE THEIR NETS. 282 00:07:19,933 --> 00:07:20,866 >> SARAH: ABSOLUTELY. 283 00:07:20,866 --> 00:07:22,600 >> TERRI: PLAYING IN THE MUD. 284 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:23,400 >> SARAH: WE'RE A CATCH AND 285 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:24,666 RELEASE STREAM HERE, SO WE MAKE 286 00:07:24,666 --> 00:07:26,233 SURE WE OBSERVE THE FISH AND 287 00:07:26,233 --> 00:07:27,333 THEN RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE 288 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,233 STREAM. 289 00:07:28,233 --> 00:07:29,233 ON BEAUTIFUL DAYS IT'S HARD TO 290 00:07:29,233 --> 00:07:30,200 GET THE KIDS OUT OF THE WATER 291 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:30,566 FOR SURE. 292 00:07:30,566 --> 00:07:31,100 >> TERRI: OH I BET. 293 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:32,366 ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ELSE IS HERE? 294 00:07:32,366 --> 00:07:33,466 >> SARAH: SO WE HAVE A CREATION 295 00:07:33,466 --> 00:07:34,200 STAGE WHERE THE CHILDREN CAN 296 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,966 PLAY DRESS UP. 297 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:37,233 AND YOU CAN PUT ON A PAIR OF 298 00:07:37,233 --> 00:07:39,700 BUTTERFLY WINGS OR A FOXTAIL. 299 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:41,433 AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THEM 300 00:07:41,433 --> 00:07:42,400 REALLY TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES 301 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,833 AND THEIR PLAY. 302 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:47,000 >> TERRI: AND THEY LOVE THE 303 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:47,766 SALAMANDER, IT'S THE BIGGEST, 304 00:07:47,766 --> 00:07:48,466 LARGEST SALAMANDER I HAVE EVER 305 00:07:48,466 --> 00:07:50,766 SEEN. 306 00:07:50,766 --> 00:07:52,300 >> SARAH: IT'S AMAZING, SO THE 307 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,600 SALAMANDER IS IN THE CENTER OF 308 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,200 OUR LOG OBSTACLE COURSE BECAUSE, 309 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,500 OBVIOUSLY, GROSS MOTOR PLAY IS 310 00:07:57,500 --> 00:07:58,966 SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT 311 00:07:58,966 --> 00:08:00,433 WE DO HERE AT WILDROCK AND 312 00:08:00,433 --> 00:08:02,066 NATURE PLAY IN GENERAL AND THE 313 00:08:02,066 --> 00:08:03,800 SALAMANDER IS ALWAYS A HUGE HIT. 314 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,600 >> TERRI: YOU HAVE A BARN HERE 315 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,600 SO THERE ARE ACTIVITIES INSIDE 316 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,633 AS WELL, THAT ALL RELATE TO 317 00:08:07,633 --> 00:08:07,966 NATURE. 318 00:08:07,966 --> 00:08:11,933 TELL US ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE. 319 00:08:11,933 --> 00:08:12,933 >> SARAH: SO WE WERE SO LUCKY TO 320 00:08:12,933 --> 00:08:13,500 HAVE BUILDING GOODNESS 321 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:14,200 FOUNDATION COME AND DO SO MUCH 322 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:14,866 OF OUR CONSTRUCTION HERE AT 323 00:08:14,866 --> 00:08:15,366 WILDROCK. 324 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:17,666 THEY DID A LOT OF THE WORK 325 00:08:17,666 --> 00:08:18,700 INSIDE THE BARN AND CREATED A 326 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:21,200 REALLY AMAZING SPACE FOR US TO 327 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,133 BRING LOOSE PARTS PLAY INTO OUR 328 00:08:22,133 --> 00:08:26,100 PROGRAMMING HERE AT WILDROCK. 329 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:26,866 >> TERRI: SO WHAT IS LOOSE 330 00:08:26,866 --> 00:08:27,866 PARTS PLAY? 331 00:08:27,866 --> 00:08:28,833 >>SARAH: LOOSE PARTS PLAY IS 332 00:08:28,833 --> 00:08:30,833 A REALLY IMPORTANT FACET OF 333 00:08:30,833 --> 00:08:33,100 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. 334 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:34,066 IT'S WHEN YOU GIVE CHILDREN 335 00:08:34,066 --> 00:08:35,566 LOOSE PARTS. 336 00:08:35,566 --> 00:08:37,200 IT COULD BE STICKS AND ROCKS AND 337 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,600 PINE CONES AND BRANCHES AND AS 338 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,200 MANY NATURAL MATERIALS AS YOU 339 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,533 CAN FIND. 340 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:44,633 AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 341 00:08:44,633 --> 00:08:46,066 THE BEST PART IS THAT IT BUILDS 342 00:08:46,066 --> 00:08:47,133 CONFIDENCE. 343 00:08:47,133 --> 00:08:48,300 BECAUSE WITH LOOSE PARTS PLAY 344 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:49,866 THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO PLAY. 345 00:08:49,866 --> 00:08:51,600 >> CARLENE: DID YOU COME TO COOK 346 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,733 SOME FOOD? 347 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:53,700 COME ON UP, WE ARE MAKING 348 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,100 DIFFERENT SORTS OF STUFF TODAY. 349 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:56,200 >> SHELIA: I THINK IT IS 350 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:56,933 IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE 351 00:08:56,933 --> 00:08:57,833 ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE OF THEIR 352 00:08:57,833 --> 00:08:59,300 HOME ENVIRONMENT, THE 353 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:00,433 CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PROPER 354 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:01,300 AREA. 355 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:02,500 AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE 356 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,766 MOUNTAINS JUST OUTSIDE OF THEIR 357 00:09:04,766 --> 00:09:05,966 BACKYARDS, SO TO SPEAK. 358 00:09:05,966 --> 00:09:07,200 AND THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN 359 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,866 THEIR STREET OR THEIR APARTMENT 360 00:09:08,866 --> 00:09:10,833 COMPLEX OR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 361 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:11,666 >> ARDEN: PLAY ON THE 362 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:16,300 SALAMANDER. 363 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:17,700 >> MARY: I WAS BUILDING 364 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:19,133 SANDCASTLES. 365 00:09:19,133 --> 00:09:20,933 >> MICA: I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM 366 00:09:20,933 --> 00:09:22,866 GET SO ACTIVE. 367 00:09:22,866 --> 00:09:23,900 USING THE NETS AND TRYING TO 368 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:24,833 CATCH THINGS, HE USUALLY ISN'T 369 00:09:24,833 --> 00:09:26,033 INTERESTED IN STUFF LIKE THAT, 370 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:27,433 SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HIM DO 371 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:28,133 THAT AND INTERACT WITH ALL THE 372 00:09:28,133 --> 00:09:31,666 OTHER KIDS. 373 00:09:31,666 --> 00:09:32,933 >> TERRI: SO TODAY WE ARE SEEING 374 00:09:32,933 --> 00:09:35,133 PRESCHOOLERS, BUT YOU HAVE 375 00:09:35,133 --> 00:09:36,733 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, YOU 376 00:09:36,733 --> 00:09:38,233 HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, YOU 377 00:09:38,233 --> 00:09:39,600 HAVE SENIORS AND THEN YOU HAVE 378 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,733 BUSINESSES THAT COME THROUGH AND 379 00:09:40,733 --> 00:09:44,500 THEY HAVE ECO-THERAPY RETREATS. 380 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:45,400 >> SARAH: ONE OF MY FAVORITE 381 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,900 PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS 382 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:47,966 WHEN SENIORS COME FROM THE MARY 383 00:09:47,966 --> 00:09:49,333 WILLIAM'S SENIOR CENTER. 384 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:50,400 THEY HAVE PLAY TRAY ACTIVITIES 385 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,400 WHERE THEY ARE GIVEN NATURAL 386 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,500 MATERIALS WHERE THEY CAN CREATE 387 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,166 EXPRESSIVE ART. 388 00:09:54,166 --> 00:09:56,300 WE OFTEN TRY TO SCHEDULE THOSE 389 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:58,833 VISITS FOR THE SAME TIME THAT A 390 00:09:58,833 --> 00:10:03,300 PRESCHOOL VISIT IS GOING ON, 391 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:04,233 BECAUSE THE INTERACTION OF TWO 392 00:10:04,233 --> 00:10:04,966 GROUPS FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE 393 00:10:04,966 --> 00:10:05,566 AGE SPECTRUM IS JUST SO 394 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:06,266 BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH GROUPS. 395 00:10:06,266 --> 00:10:07,366 >> TERRI: YEAH, 396 00:10:07,366 --> 00:10:08,266 INTER-GENERATIONAL FREE PLAY. 397 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:09,233 >> SARAH: ABSOLUTELY. 398 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:10,266 ABSOLUTELY. 399 00:10:10,266 --> 00:10:11,400 >> TERRI: THAT'S FANTASTIC, YOU 400 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,166 CAN'T BEAT THAT. 401 00:10:15,166 --> 00:10:16,900 AND THEN TALK ABOUT -- I MEAN WE 402 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:17,533 HAVE LOCAL NONPROFITS AND 403 00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:18,266 BUSINESSES WHO COME OUT HERE AND 404 00:10:18,266 --> 00:10:18,966 THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR 405 00:10:18,966 --> 00:10:22,066 RETREATS. 406 00:10:22,066 --> 00:10:23,033 >> SARAH: SO ONE OF THE THINGS 407 00:10:23,033 --> 00:10:23,866 WE A REALLY COMMITTED TO IS 408 00:10:23,866 --> 00:10:24,633 ENSURING THAT THE SOCIAL 409 00:10:24,633 --> 00:10:27,866 SERVICES PROVIDERS OF OUR 410 00:10:27,866 --> 00:10:33,000 COMMUNITY ARE TAKING THE TIME TO 411 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,233 FOCUS ON THEIR OWN SELF-CARE. 412 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,233 SO WE WELCOME GROUPS, LOCAL 413 00:10:35,233 --> 00:10:36,000 NONPROFITS, THE STAFF THEMSELVES 414 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,700 TO COME OUT FOR RETREAT AND TO 415 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:40,300 SHARE THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCES 416 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:41,933 AND TO SHARE THEIR CHALLENGES, 417 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:44,100 SELF-CARE HERE IN NATURE. 418 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:44,833 WE'VE WORKED WITH, BIG BROTHERS 419 00:10:44,833 --> 00:10:45,533 BIG SISTERS, AND SARA WHICH IS 420 00:10:45,533 --> 00:10:46,200 THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESEARCH 421 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:46,800 AGENCY, AND THE WOMEN'S 422 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,333 INITIATIVE. 423 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:49,433 >> TERRI: WILDROCK IS OPEN TO 424 00:10:49,433 --> 00:10:52,700 THE PUBLIC TOO. 425 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:54,000 YOU HAVE SET HOURS AND YOU HAVE 426 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:54,700 TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT RIGHT? 427 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,133 >> SARAH: SO WE ARE OPEN TO THE 428 00:10:56,133 --> 00:10:58,533 PUBLIC DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR ON 429 00:10:58,533 --> 00:10:59,600 SATURDAYS AND THEN THROUGHOUT 430 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,500 THE SUMMER ON MONDAYS, 431 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,200 WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 432 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,766 AND THE REASON WE REQUIRE 433 00:11:04,766 --> 00:11:07,866 RESERVATIONS IS BECAUSE WE WANT 434 00:11:07,866 --> 00:11:10,566 WILDROCK TO KEEP THAT WIDE OPEN 435 00:11:10,566 --> 00:11:11,866 WILD AND FREE FEELING, BUT OUR 436 00:11:11,866 --> 00:11:13,133 ADMISSION IS PAY WHAT YOU CAN, 437 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:15,166 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT COST TO 438 00:11:15,166 --> 00:11:16,166 EVER BE AN OBSTACLE IN 439 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:18,633 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COMING 440 00:11:18,633 --> 00:11:19,566 OUT AND ENJOYING THE NATURE 441 00:11:19,566 --> 00:11:20,600 PROGRAMMING THAT WE OFFER HERE 442 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,933 AT WILDROCK. 443 00:11:24,933 --> 00:11:25,833 >> TERRI: AND I KNOW YOU HAVE 444 00:11:25,833 --> 00:11:28,300 BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THE 445 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:30,133 WORK HERE DONE THROUGH BAMA 446 00:11:30,133 --> 00:11:31,000 WORKS, GRANTS. 447 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:31,733 YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS, TALK ABOUT 448 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:32,400 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THE 449 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,066 COMMUNITY BEING BEHIND THIS. 450 00:11:33,066 --> 00:11:33,766 >> SARAH: THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A 451 00:11:33,766 --> 00:11:34,766 LABOR OF LOVE FOR HUNDREDS OF 452 00:11:34,766 --> 00:11:37,733 VOLUNTEERS. 453 00:11:37,733 --> 00:11:39,966 I MENTIONED BUILDING GOODNESS, 454 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:41,700 UVA AND LOCAL CHURCH GROUPS AND 455 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:42,866 ALSO ALL OF OUR MATERIALS INSIDE 456 00:11:42,866 --> 00:11:47,700 THE BARN HAVE BEEN DONATED BY 457 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:49,133 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE JUST REALLY 458 00:11:49,133 --> 00:11:49,866 SHARED THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR 459 00:11:49,866 --> 00:11:50,666 CREATIVITY AND THEIR PASSION FOR 460 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,800 PROVIDING THIS NATURE EXPERIENCE 461 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:53,966 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF 462 00:11:53,966 --> 00:11:55,200 OUR COMMUNITY. 463 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:56,833 >> CARLENE: IS IT ECHOING? 464 00:11:56,833 --> 00:12:00,633 GO HELLO -- HELLO. 465 00:12:00,633 --> 00:12:02,566 >> MICHEL ANN: OH, THEY ARE 466 00:12:02,566 --> 00:12:03,500 CREATING, THEY ARE EXPLORING, 467 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:04,200 THEY ARE ENJOYING AND THEY ARE 468 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,833 JUST LOVING NATURE. 469 00:12:07,833 --> 00:12:09,166 >> MICA: IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ME. 470 00:12:09,166 --> 00:12:09,633 I'M A CITY GIRL. 471 00:12:09,633 --> 00:12:10,333 SO I LIKED IT A LOT, GETTING A 472 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:12,766 LITTLE BIT DIRTY IS FUN. 473 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:14,133 BUT, YEAH, JUST INTERACTING WITH 474 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:18,266 EVERYBODY HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY.