Early Childhood Programs
For a complete listing of Early Childhood Programs, download our brochure.
**Please note that NNC staff can work with your group and are not just limited by what is listed. Bring your ideas to NNC and see what staff can help you achieve for your group.
Mammal Tracks
Ages: 2 and up
Limit: 25 students
Length: 1 hour
Make a plaster cast animal track to paint and take home. Look at some animal photos. Which ones are wild and which ones are domestic?
Where: Can be at your facility or at NNC.
When: Year-round
*Offered offsite
*Can be done in conjunction with Marvelous Mammals.
Marvelous Mammals
Ages: 2 and up
Limit: 25 students
Length: 1 hour
Have you ever wondered what a bear skin feels like? Have you ever felt a badger's claws? How big are a beaver’s teeth? Look at, touch, and study the pelts and skulls of our Wisconsin mammals.
When: Year-round
*Offered offsite
*Can be done in conjunction with Mammal Tracks
To Be A Tree
Ages: 3 and up
Limit: 25 students
Length: 1 hour
Children learn about trees by pretending to be a tree and gaining an awareness of the tree’s structure and function. Make a tree vest and do the Town and Country tree dance.
When: Year-round
*Offered offsite
*Ask about our special tree snack
Puddle Watchers
Ages: 3 and up
Limit: 25 students
Length: 1 hour
Children explore the animals that are just below of the surface of our puddles and ponds. Look at tadpoles, back-swimmers, water boatmen, and many others through our viewers.
When:
April, May
Prairie Life
Ages: 3 and up
Limit: 25 students
Length: 1 hour
Look at pictures of prairie flowers and animals, or visit one of the Navarino prairies. Where are the animals? What do they eat? How long do they live?
When: Year-round