HOME

Other Spring and Summer Programs
Programs for Families
Interpretive walks
Campfires

Fall Programs
Interpretive Walks
Programs for Kids
Programs for Families
Campfires

Winter Programs
Snowshoe Hikes
Programs for Kids
Programs for Families

Adirondack Treasures
What precious gems and minerals can we find in Adirondack rock? Search for gems like garnet, minerals that flash like labradorite and pyrite or sparkle like quartz. Even those that glow! Bring your rocks to show and Iíll bring samples to show and share. Start your own Adirondack treasure collection

"Snail Spell"
 Uncover the secret life of snails as we shrink to snail size in our story. Some live snail friends will join us to demonstrate why snails are so cool.

"A Snake in the House"
Why its about snakes! Its also about where things belong, their proper habitats that is. Some snakes will join us. Yikes! It really is "a snake in the house!"

I Love Bats and Toads and Spiders
Do you love to hate these creepy crawlies? Now's the time to get up close and personal and find out how important they really are

It Ain't Easy Being Green
The grass is green, leaves are green, green stuff grows in rocks. It's everywhere! find out why its so cool to be green.
 

A Mountain that loved a bird: 
Where did it all start? A bare rock, a piece of dirt and a seed are the beginning of a great story about how things change, decompose, erode and make something new.

Animal Babies:
No bottles, diapers or nuks here! Learn how insect, fish, bird, amphibians and mammales take care of their babies. Program consists of a childrenís story, short walk to look for animal babies and a hands-on activity

Every Autumn Comes A Bear:
We're going to be "beary" crazy for bears as we play bear for this program. Can you smell as well as a bear does? Can you find a good place to make a den? You'll also make a pop up book to bring home to read to Mom and Dad about all the things you found out about bears.

NYS Mammal: Beavers
Beavers have the coolest equipment for the life they lead: nose plugs, wetsuits, goggles to mention a few. Learn all about these and more as you try to be a "beaver for a day"

Bugs Are My Life:
Insects are cool! Bring in your bugs to visit with my bugs. Find out what you have and learn about their neat lifestyles

Crow's Journey:
Follow a drop of water from the melting spring snow down to the river and beyond. Be prepared to get wet!

Feathers for Lunch:
Sylvester and Tweety, Wily Coyote and the Roadrunner, this kitty wants some the birds in our backyard for lunch, but these birdies always get away. Learn about backyard birds and their special adaptations allowing them to escape from kitty.

Planting A Rainbow
Discover the secret lives of seeds and the plants they grow into a rainbow of colors by creating a window box of colors to take home.

Chipmunks
They're so cute and perky but really smart too. explore the world of a chipmunk and make yourself a storybook about life as a chipmunk

Dirt Made My Lunch:
... and some of the clothes we wear and the houses we live in too! We're going to "dig" into the truth about dirt, exploring what  kind of mountains made it and all the little critters that live in it. Kids will make their own little window on the underworld to bring home and watch "lunch grow".

Mountains to Sand:
Its a mystery! That poor little speck of sand of the beach started out as a majestic mountain miles away from here. How did it get here? What happened to it? Solve the mystery.

How to Hide:
...you thought you knew how to hide? Learn how animals use all kinds of tricks to hide themselves and we play some hide and seek ourselves. You'll make a pop up book to bring home to Mom and Dad to show them "how to hide"

I can make that!:
Turn stuff you have around the house into fun toys to play wit. Its a great way to make something useful and recycle! Bring a few plastic grocery bags and a half gallon paper milk carton. Kids will come away with five different projects.

NYS Insect: Ladybugs:
Did you know there are more than one kind of ladybug? Just look at the number of spots. Have fun with ladybugs and their babies, maybe we can hatch some eggs! You can try the same when you build your own beetle observatory.

North Country Night:
What does go bump in the night outside? But night is not such a scary place when you know what's going on, and there's a lot! Owls, bats, fireflies and coyotes all call the night "day." We'll have fun with the adaptations animals have for the night. 

Nuts to You:
We'll get squirrelly to as we search for red and gray squirrels. How would you do as a squirrel find out in our game of squirrel survivor

Oddhopper Opera:
The cricket chirrups, the frog croaks, the trees creak and you have the makings of a wonderful musical. You'll make some muscial instruments of your own and we'll put together our own Oddhopper Opera

Salamander Room
They look like lizards but they are not! Secret and elusive we'll search for these ancient looking critters, but don't worry I always bring some of my own.

Squish
I love that sound when my boots Squish through the mud. Its all about those places where water makes the ground go Squish and the crtters that make their home there