2024-Fall-Guide

NATURE PROGRAMS

RASCAL RACCOON’S TRAVELING ZOO

FAMILY FISHING FUN! Interested in taking your family fishing but don’t know where to start? Join us for this fun fishing class! You’ll learn about the parts of the pole, how to safely cast, bait, and reel in a rod, and hopefully catch some fish in the process! Bait and fishing rods will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own equipment. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Fee is for child/parent pair. Please register each child attending.

Let us bring the wildlife to you! Join us in your neighborhood park to enjoy fun stories, interactive games, and meet a featured animal from our nature center! Rascal Raccoon, our cheerful Lyman Woods friend, will lead the story-time and activities while you eat a seasonal treat and learn about local wildlife at the same time! Park location and times change program to program, so please look carefully at locations and times listed below. Please register everyone attending. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Age: All Min/Max: 5/40 Fee: $6 Time: 4:30-5:00pm Class # Date Day Location Animal 4500P29-01 9/13 F McCollum Park Honey Bees 4500P29-02 9/24 TU Gilbert Park Land Turtles 4500P29-03 10/11 F Washington Park Chickens & Birds NATURE WALKING TOURS Take a guided stroll through a beautiful natural area to see rare plants and abundant wildlife. Each tour will highlight plants in bloom, special animals one might find, and fascinating local history from pioneer times and beyond. Please sign up in advance and enroll all family members attending. The Gilbert Park tour will include Maple Grove Forest Preserve. The November tour (Creek Peek) will include waders for creek walking. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Age: All Min/Max: 6/30 Fee: Free Time: 1:00-2:00pm Class # Date Day Location Topic 4500P20-01 9/14 SA Belmont Prairie Orchids & Tropicals 4500P20-02 10/12 SA Lyman Woods Venom, Poisons & Witches’ Brews 4500P20-03 11/9 SA Gilbert Park Creek Peek-Life in a Stream 4500P20-04 12/7 SA Lyman Woods Extreme Nature

Age: 3-15 Min/Max: 5/20 Fee: $20 Location: Patriots Park-Barth Pond Class # Date Day

Time

4500P11-01 9/14

SA

10:00-11:30am

4500P11-02 10/13

SU

10:00-11:30am

QUEEN BEES & WANNA BEES NEW! There’s a lot of confusion about bees, wasps and other flying insects that give some of our most beautiful bugs a bad rap. We’ll cut through the myths in this interactive program all about the itty bitty things with wings and stings that may or may not be bees, and learn about the beneficial roles they play in our environment We’ll explore bumblebees, solitary bees and more while doing songs, crafts and fun games as we look through our pollinator gardens in search of bee and bee-lookalike habitats. And to top it all off, we’ll end the program with a delicious honey tasting! Please register everyone attending. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Age: 3+ Min/Max: 6/20 Fee: $15 William F Sherman Jr Interpretive Center - Lyman Woods Class # Date Day Time 4500P01-01 9/15 SU 3:00-4:00pm View NATUREPLAY SCHOOL ON PAGES 82-83

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