Forest Tots

Our weekly outdoor learning experiences are designed for youth to explore, engage, learn and play! Find a program which may interest your child! Please check the Calendar of Events for dates and times.

 

• Date: Saturdays

• Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

• Ages: 3yrs - 5yrs

• Fee: $5.00 - ticketleap.events/events/quintamazatlan

• Program description: Drop in with your tot and participate in an Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE!) and nature-based driven curriculum where seasonal phenomena will be explored though story, sensory play, nature art and walks through the forest.

Participants will:

• Develop an understanding of seasonal changes in the Rio Grande Valley by exploring plant and wildlife.
• Learn ecological processes through age appropriate activities.
• Practice stewardship and reciprocity through acts of service and kindness around our urban sanctuary.
• Gain confidence and autonomy through socialization between children of a similar age range and the ecological community.
• Generate a lasting and caring relationship with the more-than-human world, developing leadership and interest in civic engagement.

 

 

August 1 - Summer Abundance 

We're celebrating summer's abundance and invite you and your tot to explore the season's colorful fruits, blooms and creatures on a "nature's colors" trail walk.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story.
  • · Participate in Sun shapes provocation.  
  • · Engage in Nature’s Colors Trail Walk.
  • · Practice noticing patterns of colors with a walk on the trails, discovering fruiting plants and other wildlife.

 

August 8 - For the love of lichen!

What are lichens and how are they growing all throughout the world? Bring your tot to explore amazing Lichen and learn about the partnership which created them.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story.
  • · Participate in shades of green provocation.  
  • · Engage in a Lichen Hunt!
  • · Practice noticing details and making observations and comparisons of lichen in South Texas.

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