Where Leisure Meets Learning
At Auburn’s CityFest, this weekend, the KPNC will be selling unique t-shirts. Come and see us at our tent in the Children’s Imagination Station – Sunday, April 25, anytime between 12 – 6 PM. We’ll have live animals and tons of nature education displays for you to explore!!
Come and celebrate the incredible world we call home on Earth Day, April 22, from 3 to 5 PM!! We have all kinds of fun and educational activities lined up, including the grand opening of our Tree Walk.
Activities include a craft to build your own Earth Day mobile, a recycling relay game, demonstrations on solar power and LED lighting, ‘bombing’ the earth with seed bombs, and an exercise to examine how long trash really lasts!
Earth Day cookies will be provided by Publix. The Tree walk will be unveiled at 4 PM and guided walks will take you down the trail to explore the more than 65 labeled tree species. And at 4:45, relax and enjoy Earth Day readings – poems and stories that will inspire you to appreciate and care for the nature world!
Create your own planters out of recycled plastic bottles at this month’s Nature Art Workshop, Saturday, April 17th, 2 to 4 PM.
Science on Saturdays: Tales from a Wildlife Vet, has been postponed until May 1st, 10-11 AM. If you already purchased tickets, they will transfer automatically and there is nothing you need to do. If you cannot attend the May 1st date, you may email us for a refund or a gift receipt if you want to make your ticket purchase a donation to the Nature Center.
Join us for the first class of our new gardening workshop series, In The Garden With Cyndi! Want a gardening class that is casual and fun, but teaches you everything you need to know to have a successful and beautiful garden? Then come and learn with Cyndi Czerkawski – local gardening and horticulture expert.
Read Across the Preserve will happen today!
Join us anytime between 3:30 and 4:30 PM today. You’ll be able to explore our story trail, as well as stop and read with one of our teachers at several of the favorite locations across the KPNC. What’s better than a great book, in a beautiful place, on a beautiful day?
Visit our calendar page for more information about Read Across the Preserve.
Registration for the 2021/2022 Woodland Wonders Nature Preschool school year is now open. To register, click here. Woodland Wonders is Auburn’s first nature preschool and the second nature preschool in Alabama. “Nature preschool” is an innovative educational strategy that allows your child to learn about, with, and through nature, embracing the great outdoors as their classroom. Classes are offered to preschool children (ages 3-5) each day of the week and students can sign up for a 2-day, 3-day, or 5-day option. More information on the program can be found on the Woodland Wonders website, or feel free to email us at natureeducation@auburn.edu to discuss the program.
Registration is now open for our spring break camps!! Learn more and register at https://aub.ie/springbreakcamp!
Alabama Winter months are made for exploring with your children and we are offering some great programs to help you continue to enjoy the great outdoors!
Tree Tots (ages crawling to 3 years) and Forest Friends (ages 2 to 5 years) are part of the KPNC’s award-winning Forest Friends series. This series offers unique, hands-on, nature-based education for children and their caregivers, creating a meaningful and impactful connection to nature that will last a lifetime. Tree Tots meets on Thursday’s from 9:30-11:00am and Forest Friends meets on Friday’s from 9:30-11:00am. Both programs begin the second week of January (14th for TT and 15th for FF) and continue for six weeks until February 18 & 19 respectively. The cost for either program is $45 for the full six week session and registration can be found here: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20021_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=175
For any questions, please feel free to email us at natureeducation@auburn.edu
