Sugar Grove Nature Center Announces…
Summer time activities for May and June

[May 17, 2014]  Little Wonders: Super Snakes -- Ages 3-5 with an adult chaperone. --
Wednesday, May 21; 10:00-11:30 a.m. or 1:00-2:30 p.m. -- What has no legs, smells with its tongue, and is covered in scales? Snakes, of course! Meet the snakes of Sugar Grove Nature Center and learn all about them from the tips of their tongues to the tips of their tails! Enjoy a snakey story, snack, and craft to round out this fun class. Fee:   For more information or to register for this program, phone [phone] or email [e-mail].

Campfire Program: Snakes & Sssssssssss’mores
Saturday, May 24; 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Bring your family out for the first campfire program
of the year! After learning all about these fascinating creatures, we’ll create a fun snake craft, then head out to the campfire for s’mores!
 

Fee:  For more information or to register for this
program, phone [phone] or email  [e-mail].

Nature Fun Club
Ages 6-8
Tuesdays, June 17-July 22 (6 classes); 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Discovery and exploration will be emphasized in this exciting program. Along with environmental themes, show-and-tell, and projects, participants will enjoy plenty of unstructured time in nature. While this program is meeting at the same time as Nature Adventurer’s Club, ages will be divided.
 

Fee for the series: Registration and prepayment required by filling out a form at sugargrovenaturecenter.org/forms/
SummerRegForm.pdf and mailing it in with a check. Registration deadline: June 3.

Nature Adventurer’s Club
Ages 9-12
Tuesdays, June 17-July 22 (6 classes); 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Investigation, experiments, and citizen science will be the focus of this inquiry-based program. We’ll find out what the kids are interested in, then plan the sessions from there. While this program is meeting at the same time as Nature Adventurer’s Club, age groups will be divided.

Fee for the series: Registration and prepayment required by filling out a form at sugargrovenaturecenter.org/forms/
SummerRegForm.pdf and mailing it in with a check. If you do not have computer access, please call us for other arrangements. Registration deadline: June 3.

Nature Journey
Ages 13-16
Thursday, June 26; 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
On this day, we will follow the trails wherever they take us...and maybe even go off the trail! Spend a day hiking and learning about habitats, plants, animals, and anything else we find! 
Fee: Registration and prepayment required by filling out a form at  sugargrovenaturecenter.org/forms/
SummerRegForm.pdf and mailing it in with a check. If you do not have computer access, please call us for other arrangements. Registration deadline: June 12.

For more information phone [phone] or email [e-mail].

Sugar Grove Nature Center is located in beautiful, historic Funks Grove, just south of Bloomington-Normal.  For a map and directions to the Nature Center, membership and program information visit us on-line at www.sugargrovenaturecenter.org.

[Text received;  JANET RASMUSSEN, ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST]