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 = Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K
 = Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3
 = Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6
 = Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6
 = Teen Programs
 = Family and Learning Pod Programs
 = Grades 1-6
 = ages-12-15-or-grades-7-9

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3:30-5:30pm Games in Nature Afterschool Series

Play is an essential part of childhood, and playing games can cultivate social-emotional skills that keep us connected. Games in Nature After School will use a combination of structured games and free nature play to build interpersonal skills and to just have fun in an increasingly stressful world. Each week the group will spend time together beginning […]

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10:00am-12:00pm Junior Discovery Day: Wonderful Water

Attention kindergartners and first graders! Junior Discovery Days are one-time nature programs where we notice what’s happening in nature and explore specific topics. Sign up for as many days as you like. Our morning includes snack time, story, a nature project and a game. With Katie Koerten Ages 5–7 or Grades K–1 Wednesdays, 10am–12pm September 23–December […]

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1:30-5:30pm Nature Play Afterschool Wednesday Series

Our Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range children, all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. We will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the leaves, build forts, climb trees, make new discoveries about ourselves and […]

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10:00am-12:00pm Junior Nature Play (In-person)

We are pleased to offer for the first time a new Nature Play program that includes kindergartners— Junior Nature Play! Children in kindergarten and first grade may sign up for this immersive, lightly-structured program that lets kids be “free-range” while being safely supervised. Instructor Katie Koerten will lead us to our favorite places to play […]

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10:00am-12:00pm Junior Nature Play Series

We are pleased to offer for the first time a new Nature Play program that includes kindergartners— Junior Nature Play! Children in kindergarten and first grade may sign up for this immersive, lightly-structured program that lets kids be “free-range” while being safely supervised. Instructor Katie Koerten will lead us to our favorite places to play […]

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3:30-5:30pm Nature Play Afterschool Monday Series

Our Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range children, all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. We will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the leaves, build forts, climb trees, make new discoveries about ourselves and […]

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9:30am-12:30pm Morning Nature Play Series

Spend Tuesday mornings playing outside in the woods! Challenge your body by balancing on logs and climbing trees. Get as dirty as you like as we romp through the forest, explore under logs, make mud pie feasts and splash in puddles. Notice the changes in nature as we go through the season together. Instructor Katie […]

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10:00am-12:00pm Junior Discovery Day: Spiders Are Friends

Attention kindergartners and first graders! Junior Discovery Days are one-time nature programs where we notice what’s happening in nature and explore specific topics. Sign up for as many days as you like. Our morning includes snack time, story, a nature project and a game. With Katie Koerten Ages 5–7 or Grades K–1 Wednesdays, 10am–12pm September 23–December […]

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3:30pm-5:30pm Nature Play Afterschool Wednesday Series

Our Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range children, all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. We will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the leaves, build forts, climb trees, make new discoveries about ourselves and […]

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10:00am-12:00pm Junior Nature Play (In-person)

We are pleased to offer for the first time a new Nature Play program that includes kindergartners— Junior Nature Play! Children in kindergarten and first grade may sign up for this immersive, lightly-structured program that lets kids be “free-range” while being safely supervised. Instructor Katie Koerten will lead us to our favorite places to play […]

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