This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Groups will light a light bulb with a potato, see the reaction of baking soda and vinegar volcanoes, and get creative with messy Mentos geysers.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Learn how to tap a maple tree! Families will learn about the process of creating maple syrup and get a tour of our Sugar Shed.
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Do all birds fly south for the winter? Learn about the birds who live at Rye Nature Center during these snowy months.

We will learn about glaciers, ice cores, and even pot holes, as children investigate the properties of water when it freezes and how it impacts the living and nonliving things surrounding us!

Join us as we tap a tree and learn the process of making sweet maple syrup.

Children will join FRNC educators to design and build their very own structures out of natural and recycled materials.

Learn how to tap a maple tree! Families will learn about the process of creating maple syrup and get a tour of our Sugar Shed.
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Enjoy log-sawing, maple sugaring, crafts, winter-themed carnival games, and more at this 48-year-old Rye tradition!
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Join us for a day of hands-on gardening education. 
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Join the FRNC team as we play a large, group session of hide and seek in the RNC forest.
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Spring into spring, roll up your sleeves and dive into the vibrant world of gardening. As nature awakens from its winter slumber, it's the perfect time to prepare our gardens for a season of abundant growth and beauty. 
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Children will learn to identify common dinosaurs by name and search for clues that dinosaurs once ruled Rye!

Join us as we learn about our local pollinators including honeybees, butterflies, bats, hummingbirds, and moths. 

Dive into the mesmerizing world of natural phenomena, from the delicate dance of seeds falling from trees to the majestic flow of rivers downhill. 

We will learn about two fascinating group of animals - reptiles and amphibians.  We will hike in search of local reptiles and amphibians including eastern box turtles and spring peepers. 

Guided by a FRNC naturalist, children will visit the pond to search for clues of aquatic lifecycles.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Learn more about our local birds as they start to migrate back to the area.
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Come to the Nature Center and learn all about the animals that call our pond home!
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This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

This program uses Swiss concepts and the principles of place-based education to encourage children's connection with the natural world and nurture their curiosities.

Take the next step in your naturalist education! This immersive outside program challenges participants to use their imagination, energy, and teamwork to better understand our local woodlands.

Stop by this fun-filled hour with your child(ren). Learn all about nature through fun activities like animal meet and greets, crafts, and short hikes.

Join us for a muddy adventure in nature! While the chefs are cooking, learn more about the Forest School’s approach to play-based and nature-based education from FRNC Educator(s). 
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