Fwd: My son's comments of Shinrinyoku Experience.
Ferry Sutrisna Widjaja
From: 北埜智子 <kit...@bombsight.net>
Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Subject: My son's comments of Shinrinyoku Experience.
To: shierly...@yahoo.com
Cc: "shierly...@yahoo.co.id" <shierly...@yahoo.co.id>, Ferry SW <ecolear...@gmail.com>, Makoto Matsuura <mats...@bombsight.net>
My son enjoyed the time so much and every time he remembers that, he says he wants to go back again.
The part that he enjoyed the most was the time we went to see the cows. It was right after the weather stopped raining and many butterflies were flying. As he found butterflies he got so excited and said "There are butterflies! There are many!". He is usually does not like to get dirty or touching insects by hands. Though he used be like that, he was enthusiastic to go see the cows and he leads me to do so. It seems that he was not afraid at all. He had a great time to watching cows so long time. We were at huge field after spend some time to watching the cows. My son ask me to go to the other part of the huge field, I told him to go alone and come back after aim to the tree on the side. When I tell him to do something by himself, he used to ask me to do that together again and again. However, this time he said "yes." at once. I was so surprised at his different attitude toward challenging without his mom and dad.
Through this forest tour, I felt the power of the activeness and curiosity of my son. He express his own will to do something by himself, will to lead the others, will to explore. I think those change of my son are thanks to the environment of forest which make my son possible to express his active identity.
I bet forest has power to heal. Through touching butterflies and animals, running fields, send time in play park, drinking fresh milk, he has been smiling whole time. To Touch cows or many butterflies is almost impossible in the place we are living, it was for his first time to experience those. He seemed that he enjoyed the time so much. He even started to cry before he get on the car because he did not want to leave the forest.
Then you showed the forest near forest cafe, he kept saying "The sunlight looks shining.Feels good and fun." He follow his dad and called him and collecting leaves.
Especially, he enjoy walking in the darkness of cave of Japanese army. He was proactive to lead me and mention the dangerous point. I was surprised at his words because he could not care about the others in daily lives. He was smiling and said "I will go faster and wait for you." when I told him "thank you".
He kept enjoying that environment by walking on the tiles and collecting leaves we went outside again.
Usually, he is not that active to talk much and lead the others but this time he was so enthusiastic to do so.
We said we will be there again sometime, and went sleep at that night.
Thanks to you my son got great experiences. The forest make my sons mind open. I really appreciate for this great opportunity. I will take him to walk in forest more often.
I appreciate for you from bottom of my heart. Thank you so much.
regards,
Tomoko,