Over the summer a camp group built a labyrinth behind White River School
adjacent to the school garden. Above is the design of our labyrinth.
Once last week and again today our class walked the labyrinth together
as a five-minute energy break in the middle of our afternoon.
We've learned that
labyrinths are often confused with mazes. A maze is a puzzle to solve.
It has dead ends and can trick you. A labyrinth on the other hand has a
single, winding path from the outside to the center and back. If you
start on the path it's just a matter of following it through to the end.
Labyrinths are said to help with focus. In a labyrinth, things are
iterative, not linear; it's a cycle. Labyrinth can be simple or complex,
have been made for centuries, and can be formed with various
materials. 
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