Drop-in Discovery
Who: All ages
What: Each week drop-in and discover nature right in your neighborhood park! Come explore in the park, investigate curiosities, engage in art or experimentation. Each visit offers a different option for nature exploring — such as meeting live animals, dissecting an owl pellet, touching furs or skulls, and much more! No need to register, just stop on by for FREE naturalist-guided exploration!
Get Times & LocationsNature Play Group
Who: 1.5-4 years with an adult care-giver
What: Get those inquisitive minds and bodies exploring nature and socializing with peers! Bring your little one to play and have fun outside with other children and their grown-ups. Each day will focus on a different seasonal nature theme and offer opportunities for observing, following curiosity, and sensory investigation during this outdoor exploration time! This is an Adult/Child interactive program.
Browse & RegisterNature Corner
Who: 0 – 6 years with an adult care-giver
What: Bring your little one to play and get some energy out with other children and their grown ups. A Neighborhood Naturalist will have a drop-in nature corner set up as part of the registration-based Indoor Playground program at various neighborhood parks. Each week the naturalist activities and materials will focus on a different seasonal nature theme that offers opportunities for curiosity and sensory investigation for families with young children.
Get Times & LocationsPreschool Nature Camps
Who: 3.5 – 5 years
What: Explore the sights, sounds, smells, touches, and even tastes of season at Wirth Park! We’ll experience the park using all our senses, and search for animals with incredible senses (or the evidence they leave behind). Expect hikes in the woods, visits to gardens, up-close encounters with education animals, and plenty of fun!
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