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: Tuesdays and Thursdays

• Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

• Ages: 3yrs - 5yrs

• Fee: $5.00 - quintamazatlan.ticketleap.com

• 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.

 

 

November 11 - Fragrant Flowers

Bring your tot to explore the scents of the ThornScrub, from flower to trees, and learn why they give off the smells that they do.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Engage in a flower sensory trail walk and create scent bracelets
  • · Exercise perceptual and cognitive development by associating color with smell.

 

 

November 13 - What is Kindness?

It’s World Kindness Day! Bring your tot to explore acts of kindness for the more than human world, others around them, and through imaginative play!

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in an open heart embodiment exercise
  • · Engage in Kindness Kreature Companions - Scavenger Hunt
  • · Practice relationship-building with acts of kindness

 

 

November 18 - Life of a Butterfly

Monarch, Queens and Soldiers are at their peak this season! Bring your tot to learn all about the life stages of the butterfly and which flowers they may be attracted to!

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in butterfly sorting provocation
  • · Take a trail walk to find the butterflies!
  • · Practice language and literacy by making predictions about butterfly behavior

 

 

November 20 - Thankful Tots

There’s so much to be thankful for this season! Bring your tot to meet one of the Thorn Scrub’s most giving trees: Honey Mesquite!

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in meeting Honey Mesquite Trail and Mesquite Bean Tea Circle
  • · Engage in crafting clay nature impressions
  • · Practice social-emotional skills by identifying emotions around gratitude

 

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