This was the day for the Henage family to set out on a quest - in search of Robin Hood!
The destination was a little forest near the Cox home, where Brittany had earlier posted Key Points on some of the trees.
Upon entering the forest the Henage boys found a wanted poster announcing the search for the outlaw, Robin Hood.
As they forged deeper into the forest they found many additional posts that outlined information about Robin Hood's life and legend.
One of the boys reads a post.
The Robin Hood Key Points:
They discussed each Key Point. Brittany answered the boys questions about each one and explained what being an outlaw meant and the actions that produced that title for Robin Hood.
The family settled in on the forest floor and worked on their Journals of Discovery. They added feathers and leaves from the forest and wrote about their experience.
Brittany brought a book to read to them, but since
I was there, I read while they ALL worked on their
Journals of Discovery.
A painting on a page from Brittany's Journal of Discovery.
They always carry Journals of Discovery on their treks, and supplies such as pencils, pens, tape, glue sticks, scissors and other specialty items, depending upon the current needs.
Brittany made the colored pencil holder for traveling.
They cut green felt into the shapes of Robin Hood's cape and hat to add to their pages.
One of the boy's Journals of Discovery, handmade by Brittany before the Adventure began. He wanted to stow it on this tree!
Time to walk back to the house, where they continued to work on their Journals and listen to more of the story.
I pulled out the Kindrick family Memory Book containing our trip to England in 1992. We went to visit our dear friends, Debbie and Doug Carter and family, and together wandered all over England.
We had previously read my favorite version of the Robin Hood story, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle. Our trip was filled with purposeful, literary connections.
We had to visit Nottingham and see the area of the legendary Robin Hood.
We visited a museum called, The Tales of Robin Hood. We were each given a challenge at the beginning of the tour to decide, once the evidence was presented, whether we believed Robin Hood was real or simply legend.
The Kindrick and Carter families at The Tales of Robin Hood Museum, in Nottingham, England.
Statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham.
Next we went on to Sherwood Forest.
Below, the Major Oak Tree in Sherwood Forest.
The tree is thought to be the place where Robin Hood and his merry men gathered.
Lastly, I shared the Robin Hood pages from my Book of Thoughts, moving accounts from the Howard Pyle book, and his epitat in both Medieval and modern English, purportedly from a stone inscription at Kirklees.
"Many lived to hand down these tales to their children and their children's children..."
Hear undernead dis laitl stean
Lais robert earl of huntingtun
nea arcir ver as hie sae gend
an pipl kauld im Robin Heud
Sick utlaws as hi an is men
vil England nidir si agen.
ahiit 24 kal. dekembris 1247
Here underneath this little stream
lays Robert Earl of Huntington
Never archer were as he so good
and people called him Robin Hood
such outlaws as high as is men
will England never see again.
"And now, dear friend, we also must part, for our merry journeyings have ended, and here, at the grave of Robin Hood, we turn each going his own way."
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
What a special time!
I have to say that Grandma had as much fun as everyone else!
