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.

 

 

October 9 - Living Breathing Plants

Plants are living, breathing creatures with likes and dislikes! Bring your tot to learn how plants breathe, function and even sing!

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Parts of a Plant Provocation
  • · Engage in Plant Wave Music Trail observing plant function
  • · Create Chlorophyll rubbing leaf art with ethically foraged leaves

 

 

October 14 - Plants and their Habitats

Bring your tot to explore different plant habitat from forest, to desert to water and the different ways they grow.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Plant Shadow Tracing Provocation
  • · Take a trail walk observing plants in different habitat

 

October 16 - In the Grasses: Indigo Bunting

Plants are our ecosystems number one supporters, and some insects, like butterflies, rely on certain plant species alone to survive! Bring your tot to meet Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye and learn about their relationship with the Border Patch

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Shades of Blue Provocations
  • · Engage in pond plant exploration and a search for Indigo bunting
  • · Practice fine motor skills with grass weaving

 

 

October 21 - Cactus Clusters

Cactus grow in clusters and have different shapes and patterns! Bring your tot to explore the wonderous fruiting and blooming cacti this season.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Cactus Shapes Provocation
  • · Engage in a Cactus Cluster Scavenger hunt trail, identifying the Giant Red Dragon

 

 

October 23 - Fruiting Trees

Fall welcomes certain species of Native trees to begin fruiting, like Berlandier’s Fiddlewood and Western Soapberry! Bring your tot to explore why trees grow fruit and who it benefits.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in bark rubbing provocation
  • · Meet Fruiting trees on a trail walk, noting wildlife around
  • · Engage in making soapberry fruit soap

 

 

October 28 - Plants are Good Hosts

Plants are our ecosystems number one supporters, and some insects like butterflies, cannot exist without certain plats. Bring your tot to meet Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye and learn about their relationship with the Border Patch Butterfly.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in flower building Provocation
  • · Engage in a Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye Exploration
  • · Exercise cognitive development by noticing details of insect-plant relationship

 

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