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.

 

 

September 16 - Mazanita

Have you ever noticed the tall red flowers loved by hummingbirds and butterflies? Bring your tot to meet Manzanita, their neighbors and explore the parts that make them all they are!

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story: “The Reason for a Flower” by Ruth Heller.
  • · Participate in Nature Play Flower Deconstruction.
  • · Engage in a sensory trail walk, noticing who is around the flowers and ethically harvesting Manzanita for tot tea circle.
  • · Practice verbally describing flowers and feelings through telling and re-telling.

 

 

September 18 - Pollination Pathways

Protecting our Pollinators begins with noticing the paths they take, and who they take them with. Bring your tot to explore the pathway of pollination through wonder and in witness of bees, birds and butterflies.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story: “Protect our Pollinators” by Rachael Rose Zoller.
  • · Participate in Pollination Play Provocation
  • · Engage in child-led Pollinator Pathway trail walk, identifying different pollinators.
  • · Practice predicting patterns through noticing patterns of pollinators during their daily routines.

 

 

September 23 - Magic of Migration

Hummingbirds and other avian friends are at the peak of their migration! Bring your tot to learn the stories of the different birds passing through: I wonder where they are coming from. I wonder where they are going.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Feather Play Provocation
  • · Engage in birding trail walk, noticing details and describing traits of birds.
  • · Create bird seed feeders in reciprocity to our feathered friends.

 

 

September 25 - The Color Brown

From the Bark of Anacua trees to the feathers of Clay Colored Thrush, the color brown is ever lush in our forest. Bring your tot to explore the nature of brown, from Beings gathering to eat Anacua berries, to the living breathing soil that holds us on the ground.

Tots will:

  • · Begin with Welcoming Song and a Tree Trunk Story
  • · Participate in Mud Play Provocations
  • · Engage in a Clay Colored Thrush Connection Trail!
  • · Practice building a sense of place through exploring the color brown.

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