Science Enrichment at Wehr Nature Center for Home Schoolers & Kids on Summer Vacation
Kids get to be entomologists for the day, as they explore the world of insects during “Arthropod Adventures,” August 12, 2013 at 1 p.m., at Wehr Nature Center, located at 9701 W. College Ave., Hales Corners.
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From ants to wasps, kids will learn about the ways insects adapt to their surroundings to survive. Kids will put on costumes to become “bugs” for a game of “Is It an Insect.” For outdoor adventure, kids will take some gear into Wehr’s woodland and prairie for an insect safari.
“We engage the kids in hands-on, minds-on activities,” said Beverly Bryant, Parks Naturalist, “and we have a lot of fun in the process.”
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The program is part of the Nature Wizards series of science and nature enrichment programs designed especially for homeschoolers. Each program offers a new science topic with time outdoors exploring the natural world. Programs are offered once a month on Monday afternoons throughout the year. In the summer, all children age 7-12 are welcomed.
A recent article in The Huffington Post quoted Gary Huggins of the National Summer Learning Association. He said, “Summer is a great break from school but not a great break from learning.” He also recommended that students participate in programs with “enrichment activities with real academic rigor, connected in line with what districts are trying to accomplish.”
Bryant has received the Wisconsin Environmental Education Association’s Non-Formal Educator of the Year Award, for developing natural science programs that support State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction standards.
For more information or to register by , call Wehr Nature Center at (414) 425-8550.
