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Programs & Events
National Take a Child Outside Week
September 24-30
National Take a Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break
down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world.
By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor
activities, the goal is to help children across the country develop a
better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they
live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration. Learn more about
what you can do: http://takeachildoutside.org/
Organizations in Tompkins and Cortland Counties have teamed up to offer activates to celebrate National Take a Child Outside Week. Check out all that's going on at the Ithaca Children's Garden, Cornell Plantations, Lime Hollow Center for Environment and Culture, Cayuga Nature Center, Finger Lakes Land Trust, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the program brochure (pdf).
Wetlands and Wildflowers: Ithaca Children's Garden
Saturday, September 27: 10am-noon
Field and Forest Frolic: Cornell Plantations
Saturday, September 27: 2-5pm
Beaver Tail Trail Grand Opening: Lime Hollow Center for Environment
& Culture
Saturday, September 27: 1-2:30pm
Living Willow Workshop: Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture
Saturday, September 27: 9am-4pm
Cayuga Nature Center Open House: Cayuga Nature Center
Sunday, September 28: 10am-4pm
Early Fall Nature Walk at the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve:
Finger Lakes Land Trust
Saturday, October 4: 10-11:30am
Connecting to Nature through Birds: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sunday, October 5: 1-4pm
More details in the National Take a Child Outside Week Programs Brochure.
Wetlands and Wildflowers
Saturday, September 27: 10am-noon
Get lost in the Wildflower Meadow; get wet and muddy in the Wetland Swale
while celebrating "National Take a Child Outside Week" at the
Ithaca Children's Garden. Children of all ages and their grown-ups are
invited to have fun exploring with us. Hunt for insects in the Wildflower
Meadow and search for aquatic creatures in the Wetland Swale. Pull up
cattails and see what their roots look like. Use their leaves to make
paintbrushes and weave mats. Press flowers, catch frogs, and see what's
ready to harvest.
Pumpkin Jam and Scarecrow Jubilee
Pumpkin Jam * Friday, October 17th: 5:30-7:30pm
Scarecrow Jubilee * Saturday, October 18th: 1-4pm
A duo of fun, family, fall events at the Ithaca Children's Garden. Join
us Friday evening for a celebration of pumpkin art with jack-o-lanterns
a glow in the Garden. Inexpensive pumpkins for sale and kid-safe carving
tools available to create great pumpkin art. Pumpkin activities, live
music, food, and fun.. Saturday afternoon is all about scarecrows and
we'll have all the fixings for you to create your very own as well as
tons of harvest activities and more music. Great for all ages.
Pumpkin Jam and Scarecrow Jubilee are made possible in part by grant
support from the Community Arts Partnership.
Summer 2008 Programs and Events
Download a print the summer program calendar and the summer program brochure!
Weekly Programs
Turtle Time * Tuesdays, 6-7pm
July 1st - September 16th
This family program interprets Gaia the Turtle and her wetlands habitat
with family fun that encourage learning about the natural environment
through hands-on activities. Tuesday evenings all ages are invited hang
out with Gaia the Turtle for Turtle Time. With a new theme each time you
can explore Gaia's wetland, hear stories about turtles from around the
world, and learn about telling time in the garden and on turtle shells.
Free and appropriate for all ages.
| July 1: Wetlands Explorers | August 19: The Art of Gaia |
| July 8: The Amazing Cattail | August 26: All About Turtles |
| July 15: Special Guest Surprise! | September 2: Make and Take Terrariums |
| July 22: Water Fun | September 9: Special Guest Surprise |
| July 29: Special Guest Surprise! | September 16: To the Moon: |
| August 5: Wetland Explorers | Lunar Calendars on Turtle's Back |
Summer Sprouts * Wednesdays, 10-11am
June 18th - September 17th
Experience the wonders of gardening through stories and hands-on gardening
projects. For preschoolers ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers. Meet at the
Ithaca Children's Garden for stories about gardens and the creatures that
live there. Help grow vegetables and flowers: plant seeds, pull weeds,
dig in the soil, water, smell flowers, taste veggies, and more! This free,
drop-in program meets in the Growing Gardens near the colorful shed.
June 18: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
June 25: How Groundhog's Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
July 2: Sunflower Houses by Eve Bunting
July 9: One Bean by Ann Rockwell
July 16: Allison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel
July 23: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
July 30: Two Old Potatoes and Me by John Coy
August 2: Little Cloud by Eric Carle
August 13: Peek at a Pond by Neecy Twinem
August 20: A Tree is Nice by Janice Urdy
August 27: Jabuti the Tortoise by Gerald McDermott
September 3: I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren
Child
September 10: Muncha, Muncha, Muncha by Candance Fleming
September 17: Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
Garden Discoveries * Thursdays, 10-11am
July 10th - August 28th; no program July 31
There are TONS of discoveries to be made at the Garden. Drop by every
Thursday morning to explore the Garden through science experiments, art
projects, scavenger hunts, and garden activities.
July 10: Amazing Seed Experiments
July 17: Tree-mendous Trees
July 24: Soil Safari
July 31: no program
August 7: Wacky Weather
August 14: Paper Making
August 21: A Buzz About Bugs
Kid's Gardening Club * Saturdays, 10-11am
June 28th - August 30th; no program July 5, August 2, and August
9
Young gardeners welcome! Drop by and dig in. We'll learn all about gardening
by getting dirty in the Growing Gardens where we'll be growing veggies,
flowers, and herbs! Learn basic gardening skills Adopt a plot and choose
what to grow. Kid's Gardening Club even offers projects and plants to
take home to your own garden.
June 26: Planting the Garden
July 5: no program
July 12: Planting the Garden
July 19: Soil Safari
July 26: Water Wonder
August 2: no program
August 9: no program
August 16: What Weed Where
August 23: Wacky Weather
August 30: Harvest and Salsa Making
Family Fun Workshops
Sign-up and bring your favorite grown-up to the Children's Garden for fun and educational workshops. Learn and do together with a broad range of topics to meet any interest. Workshops are $6 per child/adult pair or $12 per family. Registration is suggested because space is limited. To register, contact Leigh MacDonald-Rizzo at 272-2292 ext. 186 or lam26@cornell.edu. You can also download the registration form to mail in or drop off. Take a look at the 2007 Family Fun Workshops.
