I was wondering if any of you have ever taught this type "course" to elementary school aged children. We go over a lot of survival related things with the Boy Scouts, but, unfortunately, there are many too many children in our schools who are never exposed to even the most basic concepts of survival. Still, they do go out in the woods, and every year we hear about some of them being lost.

I briefly explored the idea of doing something like the "Hug A Tree" program mentioned here with some folks at our local elementary school. They were receptive, so I thought I'd see if any of you have experience with actually teaching an intro to survival for young folks?

There's a great "Kid's Wilderness Survival Primer" on the ETS site that would be a good start for a basic course. I'd be interested hearing what things people have tried to get across the basic concepts to children.