Nature Centers Rock

This is a small nature center called Secret Woods with a Tot Program that was packed with so much information and activities in the one-hour period, it was definitely worth the visit and 3.00 fee.

This lesson was on Crustaceans. We started off reading about an Octopus and his body and then making one making sure to add 8 legs.

Paulina is looking at some snails the teacher brought. Alex is showing her the octopus.

Listening to hear the ocean. No crustacean living in it now!

Now we are making spirals like a snail's shell.

Using water guns to demonstrate how some crustaceans spit water in order to move. They did move some leaves around as well as splashing themselves and each other.

Painted a mollusk or some sort of Crustacean. We also colored imprints of their fossils. Even though it was very hot and sweat was pouring off me, I found the lesson to really hold my kids attention and the teacher was really great. I just wish they had it more than once a month.

Afterwards we walked the trails and hung out at this interactive center.

Dexter was attracted to the Turtles.

We were lucky in that as we were there some workers were taking snakes out to show at some other event, and they let my kids touch them. They were thrilled.

We even saw an albino. Paulina needed reminders not to squeeze.

They had puzzles and dress-up clothes.

They also had a small butterfly garden. We saw this emormous spider on our way out.

All in all a nice clean facility. Not that much for kids to do, but that lesson was top rate.