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Play Date with Nature - Forest (@ Newport News Park)

Play Date with Nature – Forest (@ Newport News Park)

Make a “Play Date” with your little naturalist! There is no better way to connect to your child and to nature than with this new interactive outdoor program for children ages 4-10.  Play Date activities will pair students with parent/guardians for activities that will focus on a variety of nature-based themes. Ponder the possibilities of pond life, life on a log, colors, shapes and textures of nature, and more!

Please note: The purpose of the Play Date programs is to help parents connect their children to creative play and learning in the out-of doors.  Therefore, parents will be active participants – along with their children – in activities that VLM educators will model, then help supervise.  For more information.

Fish/Turtle Feeding

Vulture Enrichment

Enrichment activities are designed to elicit natural behaviors: to encourage the Museum’s animals to forage and work for their food, patrol their territory on the lookout for other animals, and just be more active in general.

Aviary Feeding

Aquarium Feeding