Fuzzy Caterpillars
Fall 2024 Fuzzy Caterpillars Class will meet at County Farm Park Wednesdays
9:30-11:30am Oct 9-Nov 20th for 7 sessions.
Join our fun group of caregivers and kids for weekly exploration of nature, storytelling, playing games, experiencing camp life, and doing crafts! We will learn about safety in wild spaces, study local plants and animals, practice outdoors skills, stretch our sensory awareness with games and activities, and enjoy open time to explore nature at the pace of a fuzzy caterpillar. Class closes with sharing a light snack and tea.
This class meets outdoors in the forest and children and their caregivers share community in nature.
This class meets outdoors in the forest and children and their caregivers share community in nature.
Details
Fuzzy Caterpillars is a caregiver/child class for children ages 3-6.
Wednesday Mornings
County Farm Park in Ann Arbor on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 am until 11:30 pm. Cost for parent/child pair $196 for the session.
Payment and health/liability forms are required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies).
Fuzzy Caterpillars is a caregiver/child class for children ages 3-6.
Wednesday Mornings
County Farm Park in Ann Arbor on Wednesday mornings from 9:30 am until 11:30 pm. Cost for parent/child pair $196 for the session.
Payment and health/liability forms are required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies).
Lead Instructor
Syndallas Baughman grew up on the water and in the forests of Michigan and Florida and earned a B.S. in Biology at University of Michigan and M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. Along the way she’s camped and studied plants and pollinators in the Siskiyous in S.W. Oregon, swamps, forests and fields of Michigan, Kauai, coastal and desert California, and the California Sierra Nevada. She taught at El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative, learning from wise and loving mentors to step back and follow and support kids’ ideas. At Wildcat Community Free School she followed kids through creeks and forests, set up experiments, supervised the use of power tools, knives and fire, facilitated democratic decision making and mediated a lot of arguments about Pokemon Card trades. She’s planted native gardens with preschoolers to high school students, and camped all over the U.S.A. with her two college age sons. She holds her secondary teaching certificate in biology and is currently in a service year with Americorps working in adult literacy with Washtenaw Literacy. The beautiful wild world is the place Syndallas wants to be! She loves sharing nature connection with people and other living things and you! |
Lead Instructor
Sacha Dansky Sacha is passionate about the natural world and education. While living in San Diego for the past 15 years, she designed elementary science curriculum for Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center. She was also a Naturalist/Field Guide for Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego Audobon Society and other environmental and conservation organizations. She spent many happy hours with children exploring ecological reserves in and around San Diego. Sacha enjoys traveling, camping and exploring with her husband and two young kids. Having recently returned to Michigan, she is excited to continue sharing her love of the outdoors. |
