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Earlier this week, Wooster School's Pre-K class enjoyed a visit from the Woodcock Nature Center. As part of the Center's PreSchool Outreach Program, a professional naturalist came to the Pre-K classroom. This outreach program builds on children's inherent curiosity about the world by using hands-on, nature-based activities to foster social, physical, and academic skill development. This interactive program provided the students with an awareness and early understanding of nature while encouraging exploration in their own backyards.

Our youngest learners, enjoyed a program about winter animals and hibernation. How do animals survive when the snow starts falling? By examining furs, the students learned about the different winter strategies that local animals use to stay warm.

About Woodcock Nature Center

Located on 149 acres of state-protected land, the Woodcock Nature Preserve includes a pond, wetlands and 3 miles of publicly accessible woodland trails. The Center is home to a variety of living local and exotic creatures including snakes, frogs and lizards. We also house a handful of injured birds of prey.

The full-time staff works with the local protected wildlife to serve as a resource for educating the community about our natural surroundings through public outreach, school field trips and visits, on-site birthday parties and our extremely popular summer camps.

Learn more by visiting: https://www.woodcocknaturecenter.org/