2010 Kindergarten Programs 2011

These programs are appropriate for Kindergarten classes.   Some are seasonal; others are offered throughout the school year.  When choosing chaperones, keep in mind that our insurance does not allow tag-a-longs of any age, including babies.  Please impress on your chaperones that they should find a caregiver for their other children. 

Autumn Nature Adventure  (October)
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 Provide your students the unusual opportunity of visiting a protected nature sanctuary where they participate in the sights, sounds and scents of autumn.  While on a hike and hayride through various habitats, students observe how native plants and wildlife are adapting to seasonal changes.  This program incudes a season story and concludes with the always fun selection of the perfect "take home" pumpkin. Weekdays, October 11-October 29, 10:00-11:30 AM or 12:00-1:30 PM.  Cost: $7/person, $70.00 minimum/class. Limit:  3 classes or 75 students per visit. This program must be paid in full in advance.

Animals in Winter  (January through March) 
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Combine science and math skills while looking for winter homes and cold weather adaptations of native plants and animals.  Discover which animal is the only true hibernator in Middle Tennessee and how it prepares for the cold.  Answer questions about migration and find out why Groundhogs are considered weather prognosticators.  Learn to check and compare weather predictions and end with an age appropriate Smithsonian Backyard story in the Owl's Hill  "people burrow."   Cost: $5/person, $50 minimum/class.

Meet a Queen!  (September, March, April, May)  
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A great spring program focusing on the importance of plant and animal interdependence in the food chain.  Students learn about honeybees through an introduction to our observation beehive.  Find out what a bee sees when it looks at a flower!  A guided hike, looking for pollinators and signs of their work, is included. Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class.  Limit 3 classes per visit.

Fall Adventures with Squirrel Nutkin  (September through November)
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This classic Beatrix Potter tale is an introduction to food chain concepts and winter adaptations of native animals.  Enjoy this charming story followed by an autumn orchard exploration hunting for food appropriate for Squirrel Nutkin  and other animals then meet Mr. Brown's relatives in our non-releasable owl exhibit.  This is a  muliti-disciplinary introduction to food chain concepts and winter adaptations of native animals. Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class.

Feather Your Nest  (March, April, May)
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What makes a bird a bird? An introduction to birds for younger children. Learn about different local birds and their various nesting habits, examine the Owl’s Hill nest and feather collection, and meet our resident non-releasable Blue Jay and Owls. Look and listen for wild birds and discover their nests along the trail on a guided birding walk. Cost: $5/person, $50 minimum/class. Limit two classes per visit.

Interpretive Habitat Hike  (September through May) 
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Trained guides encourage students to develop an awareness of the surrounding environment on a guided interpretive hike. The focus of the hike is seasonal and takes advantage of our varied habitats, including old orchard and pond. Look for signs of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, listen for bird and amphibian sounds and consider the adaptations needed to survive in each  habitat. Autumn hikes abound with fruit, seeds, spiders and insects; winter provides burrows, fossils and tracks; and spring offers nesting birds, mating amphibians, and paths of wildflowers.  Designed to encourage observation, stimulate curiosity and increase sensory awareness of the natural world. Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class.

Meet an Owl  (August through May) 
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Meet the non-releasable live owls in the Sanctuary's exhibits and learn about their different habits and the place of each in the ecosystem.  Take a guided hike through owl territory and hear about the Owl's Hill Hacking program - a release program for rehabilitated birds of prey.  Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class. Limit two classes per visit.

Spring Happenings with Mr. Jeremy Fisher  (April and May)
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 Beatrix Potter's beloved tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher and his misadventures offers a perfect opportunity to introduce aquatic habitats and food chains in a non-threatening environment.  British terms for everyday items expand young vocabularies while a "feet dry" exploration of the Owl's Hill ponds and meadow offer students a chance to meet some of Jeremy's relatives and friends in the wild. Don't forget to look for Mr. Jeremy and his fishing pole!  Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class.

To view programs for other grade levels, click on a link below:   
                                
                                                                                 Preschool (4's and 5's)      Third Grade 
                                                                                 Home School                        Fourth and Fifth Grade                     
                                                                                 First Grade                             Middle School
                                                                                 Second Grade                       High School

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