During week 2 we asked children to map out things they smelt around their neighbourhoods. However during the days we actually facilitated there was dense wildfire smoke. One child pulled me aside to ask me about the wild fires and when they might get extinguished. I explained that sometimes when fires get as big as the ones causing the smoke they create their own weather patterns. Which would create rain then put the fire out.
The child seemed to want more reassurance about our world and what they were observing in our environment. I think the child was comforted a bit by the idea that fires that get too big will be put out, whether or not humans intervene.