I would be stunned if any institution was teaching children under 9 how to start or build a fire in the U.S. Teaching such things to kids in elementary school in the U.S. would probably get you fired.

I would be more stunned if a school was allowing chidren under 9 to use knives. A few months ago, a Florida girl was arrested for bringing a kitchen knife to school, using it to cut her food, not threatening anyone or anything else, simply because it was a WEAPON. And here, a school in Denmark is giving knives, that might be sharp as anything, to children half that age and letting them whittle! NICE!!