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At Home with Nature: Nature Weaving (Ages 5-12)
You’ll need: Cardboard, scissors, tape, and yarn. Children may need help making their loom. Optional extras: Markers to decorate the
Sierra is Scared of Snakes
When we mention snakes could be around during programs at the Nature Center, a lot of people seem to cringe or have a little internal freak-out. This isn’t just the case here, but everywhere I go it seems somebody
Backpacking Basics
By Tess Mulrey, Cincinnati Nature Center Naturalist For me, one of the best ways to wake up is in the middle of the woods – awoken by the sun’s steady rise, the birds letting each other know they made
Interpreting Our Internship Experience
Each year, five interns and one senior intern (the Education Fellow) join the Education Team for nine months to learn about and participate in educational and public programming at Cincinnati Nature Center. Our goal is
What's Stopping You From Planting Native
Spring has arrived! The smell of mulch fills the air on these warm spring Saturdays. Garden center parking lots are filling up with cars loaded with flats of Begonias, Geraniums, and Pansies. As I watched wagon loads of
The Power of Parents
By Melissa Sabo, School Programs Manager On a cold morning in early March several years ago, the Rowe Visitor Center was filled with excited second graders here for a field trip. As their introduction to the