Skills of a Naturalist: Classrooms without Walls

It's the cry heard from parents and caregivers around the world when children play and explore the great outdoors. A child's sense of wonder is something to be celebrated and developed. Families can strengthen and deepen this curiosity with their children using some simple tools and scientific habits of mind!

On our fun hike together, we'll explore YOUR questions and follow your child's curiosity. What do ladybugs eat? Do we have any venomous snakes in the Puget Sound area? And how can you tell the difference between a fir, a spruce, and a pine tree anyway?

Learn and be able to teach the "Fab Five" native trees, common bird species, and gain skills to use your senses to unravel nature mysteries and observed phenomena.

Friendly educators will lead this program and share tools and resources on how to continue your journey as naturalists and curious intellectuals, and we'll model how to use these tools during the program. We won't walk far, less than one mile... but we'll see a LOT!

We hope you join us for this late summer exploration!

THINGS TO KNOW

• This class is rain or shine, so please dress comfortably and always bring a rain layer.
• If we cancel due to weather (wildfire, windstorm, etc.), which is extremely rare, we will send a message in email and by phone as well. As such, please make sure you register for this program with an email account you check regularly, not a "junk" email account you don't look at. We want to be able to reach you - and we promise, we won't Spam you!
• All ages welcome! Kids or not - you are welcome to participate! Just please note that our learning with be multigenerational - which we absolutely love here!
• Please no dogs unless they are a service animal, thank you.
• Some of our trails accommodate strollers and wheelchairs, for more information please email us.

Classrooms without walls are our favorite kind!

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