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

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    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 […]

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  • 3:30-5:30pm Girls into the Wild Series

    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play outdoors! Girls into the Wild is designed to get girls outside, playing and engaging with nature in their own way. Instructor Katie Koerten […]

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  • 3:30-5:30pm Girls into the Wild Series (In-person)

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play outdoors! Girls into the Wild is designed to get girls outside, playing and engaging with nature in their own way. Instructor Katie Koerten […]

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  • 10:00-11:30am Nature Discovery Preschool Adventure: Ladybug Love

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    This award-winning adult and child preschool program–the adult accompanies their child(ren)--offers weekly outdoor exploration together combined with multi-modal learning experiences to foster wonder and curiosity about the natural world. Sign up for one or […]

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  • 10:00am-12:00pm Nature-based Field Trip: Life in a Stream

    Family Programs

    Streams are an excellent place for the science of discovery and investigation. The critters who make their home in the stream demonstrate a beautiful web of life, from algae and microscopic organisms, to insect larvae and amphibians. We’ll begin at the Hitchcock Center and use our limnology lab tools to practice techniques for observing small […]

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  • 1:00-2:30pm Nature Discovery Preschool Adventure: Ladybug Love

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    This award-winning adult and child preschool program–the adult accompanies their child(ren)--offers weekly outdoor exploration together combined with multi-modal learning experiences to foster wonder and curiosity about the natural world. Sign up for one or or more days and choose one of two time offerings: Friday mornings or afternoons. with Colleen Kelley Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K Fridays, 10:00–11:30am or 1–2:30pm […]

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  • Fall Birding Series with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    Join Scott Surner for outdoor birding this fall. Good news,  in spite of all that isn’t safe right now watching birds outdoors is still to be enjoyed. Field trips will […]

    $216 – $360

  • 10:00am-12:00pm Nature-based Field Trip: Life in a Stream

    Family Programs

    Streams are an excellent place for the science of discovery and investigation. The critters who make their home in the stream demonstrate a beautiful web of life, from algae and microscopic organisms, to insect larvae and amphibians. We’ll begin at the Hitchcock Center and use our limnology lab tools to practice techniques for observing small […]

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

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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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  • 1:30-5:30pm Nature Play Afterschool Monday Series

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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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