ST. JOHNSBURY – The Fairbanks Museum summer offerings range from playgroup series to week-long themed discovery camps.
The Nature Buddies playgroup series will focus on summer topics: animals, insects, plants, gardening, fruits and vegetables. With eight gatherings, registration is required, as space is limited to 10 children in each playgroup.
Parents or guardians attend each hour-long playgroup gathering with their children. There is a small fee. This playgroup is for children ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers. Nature Buddies Playgroup meets from 10 to 11 a.m., at the Fairbanks Museum on June 21 and 28; July 12,19 and 26 then August 2, 9 and 16.
From June through August, Discovery camps will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, with all camps taking place at the Fairbanks Museum. Limited extended day options are available until 3 p.m. Admission costs may be found at fairbanksmuseum.org. Register one child at a time. Registration is complete and a place is reserved when payment has been received.
Discovery themes include Northern Forests Revealed. Attendees will explore the conditions and characteristics that make a temperate forest. Rooted in Adventure Camp, campers will investigate the diversity of moss, fungi, wildflowers and trees that grow in northern forests. Days will be full of crafts, storytime and hands-on activities all about plants found in Vermont.
The Woodland Wildlife session will explore the animals of the northern forests through games, art projects and stories that focus on these creatures.
Each theme is repeated to welcome more campers. Campers should register for a theme only once.
Sessions for 4- and 5-years-olds run concurrently with those for 6-and 7-year-olds, sessions include Woodland Wildlife, June 15 through 19 or June 22 through 26; Rooted in Adventure: July 6 through 10 or July 13 through 17; Northern Forests Revealed: July 27 through 31 or August 3 through 7.
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