Preschool & Kindergarten Environmental Education Programs

Peace Valley Nature Center offers exciting outdoor education for young children!

Meandering streams, fields, thickets, woodlands, wetlands and Lake Galena offer diverse habitats to enhance your child's experience and awaken their senses to the wonders of the natural world. Working with small groups, our environmental educators will lead each activity in our 750 acre outdoor classroom.

All Preschool & Kindergarten programs are 1.5 hours long.

(2-3 chaperones per group of 10 students; Teachers and Aides are not counted in # of chaperones allowed)

If your group has students with special needs, please notify us at the time of scheduling so we may provide the best possible experience for your group.

Environmental Education Programs for School Groups

For questions regarding programming or to schedule a program:

Please fill out this Environmental Education Program Booking Inquiry Form.

Environmental Education Manager Jenn Bilger will respond once received.

Jenn Bilger, Environmental Education Manager

Email: v-jlbilger@buckscounty.org

Phone: 267-880-5047

ANIMAL SKELETONS

Bones give animals shape. Look at differentanimal skeletons, compare animals skulls, classify bones by shape and size. Take a walk and discover bones where these animals might live and how their bones help them.

SEASON: ALL YEAR

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

The skeleton of a frog is shown on a piece of paper

BIRDS & THEIR NESTSWhy is a bird different from other animals? Take a close look at their feathers to find out what helps them fly. Discover how birds use their beaks tobuild a nest. Visit the bird blind towatch birds feeding.

SEASON: ALL YEAR

FEE: $8.00 per student (minimum $80)

A bird is perched on top of a nest on a tree branch.

SENSORY WALKUse your senses to discover the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Sniff a spicy smelling bush, find a tickly, compare colors in nature, share shadows and listen to the sounds around you.

SEASON: ALL YEAR

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

A field of tall grass growing next to a body of water.

HOMES & HIDEAWAYS

Every animal has a home. Discover raccoon’s den in a hollow tree, follow mouse trails and look for those large and small critters under rocks and logs.

SEASON: SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

A raccoon is sticking its head out of a tree trunk.

BUGS & BEASTIESEnter the weird and wonderful world of small critters. Look for shiny black beetles and salamanders under logs in the woods. Investigate the diversity of insects.

SEASON: LATE SPRING, SUMMER, EARLY FALL

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

Three ladybugs are sitting on a white flower with asian lady beatles written on the bottom

PONDS & PUDDLESTadpoles and frogs are not the only critters in the water. Children will collect and observe diving beetles, nymphs, waterboatman and other fascinating water creatures.

SEASON: LATE SPRING, SUMMER, EARLY FALL

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

A turtle is sitting on a log in the water

WINNIE THE POOH WALK

Search the “100 Acre Woods” for Piglet, Tigger and Pooh’s other friends. Surprise Winnie the Pooh in his special treehouse. Language skills can be enhanced while role playing A.A. Milne’s story.

SEASON: LATE SPRING, SUMMER, EARLY FALL

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90.00)

Eeyore from winnie the pooh is standing under a cloud in the rain.

SEED PRESENTSSeeds are wonderfully designed packages. Take apart a seed to find the tiny new plant inside. Walk the trails to discover the different ways seeds travel and who might eat them.

SEASON: FALL

FEE: $9.00 per student (minimum $90)

A close up of a plant with seeds coming out of it.

ANIMALS IN WINTERWhere do they go? What do they do? Groundhogs sleep soundly, while frogs snuggle down in the mud at the bottom of the pond. Beetles and many other small critters hide in rotting logs, deer search for sunny places. These and many other questions will be answered through observation and discovery.

SEASON: WINTER

FEE: $9.00 per child (minimum $90)