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Calling together the Adventure Club – come join Wildwood’s naturalists for weekly outdoor excursions. Explore and discover nature through experiments, projects, and exploration. Class takes place outdoors as much as possible. Please pack a water bottle and dress to be comfortable outdoors.

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Explore mythological creatures - the legends and the science - through stories, experiments, engineering and crafts. How might dragons produce fire? How do mermaids and sea monsters float? Whose horns or tusks might have inspired the legend of a unicorn's horn? Make a merperson tail blanket, craft unicorn or centaur horns, design a dragon egg, dissect a kraken's distant cousin, and attempt to catch Big Foot on video!

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Turn your family into scientists and explore fun science concepts with us! Make cool discoveries through experiments, projects, and play. Different activities each month. Please register only one member of your family. January: Satisfying Sounds - make instruments and explore how materials mix to create a wide variety of satisfying sounds February: Inventors' Workshop - with common classroom materials, build toy cars, elevators, and more!

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Spark the natural curiosity in your “Wild One” as we take in the wonders of the outdoors. Inside our classroom, we'll discover leaves, pumpkins, seeds, and other autumn surprises with sensory play and exploration, stories, and themed activities. Then we'll head out for a nature walk around the pond and prairie, and over to visit the animals in the Nature Center. Dress for a mess. No class November 24 and 25.

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Shine your flashlight into the dark, and see who is awake when you are sleeping! Lots of different animals all over the world love the night. Through games, experiments, and crafts discover their unique adaptations, where they hide during the day, and why they love the dark. Greet the Wildwood animals, learn about our night time creature of the week, create a craft, enjoy themed sensory and play activities, listen to a story, and head outside and explore on a hike. No class November 27 and 28.

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