Sylvain Thomassin
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The author of My friend the eldertree! has nothing to fear from online games when he runs nature workshops with children and teenagers. He knows that his audience would love nothing more than to balance their leisure time between sedentary and motor activities if they were offered motivating alternatives to their connected console or the menu at the local MacDonald’s. And the elder tree lends itself marvellously well to this challenge. The elder tree lends itself wonderfully well to this challenge: making a kazoo, a pearl bracelet, a Polynesian arrow or a potato gun from the young stems of the shrub will gently distract them