Little Explorers Programs Available 

Little Explorer's Programs Currently Available

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A fun and exciting way

to learn about nature

Little Explorers

1 hour programs for

parents and

3-6 year old children

All programs will be held at the Lake Katherine Environmental Learning Center. Reservations are required for all programs. Registration and payment must be made1week before the

program by mail or in person at

Lake Katherine.

NO TELEPHONE

REGISTRATION  ACCEPTED

Space is limited. Early registration is

recommended. For more

Information, please contact our

Naturalists at 708/361-1873.

Lake Katherine is owned and

supported by the

City of Palos Heights

and managed by Lake Katherine

Nature Center and Botanic Gardens,

a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3)

charitable organization.

Cost: $5.00

Min/Max: 3/10

Wednesdays Go Wild

-Nature Center Open

10:00am-5:00pm

Drop in projects

every week beginning June 3rd

Drop-in anytime between 10:00am and 5:00pm

and create a different nature related project each week. Enjoy the

nature center and spend a few minutes making a take home project to remember your visit. Begins June 3rd.

Cost: Free-Donations welcome

Maypole Time

We’ll bow and curtsy just as they did many years ago then dance around the maypole to celebrate spring. We will end our time with a craft to take home.

Day  Date  Time

Thursday   May 20  9:30 am

Friday   May 21  9:30 am

Saturday   May 22  10:30 am

Ants on Parade- We’ll march one by one and two by two to the prairie to see how ants live and work. Viewing the ants will help us learn about the insect body parts. Singing songs and a project to take home will finish our fun together.

Day  Date  Time

Thursday  June 17  9:30am

Friday  June 18  9:30am

Saturday  June 19  10:30 am

Fishing Fun-

Children will school together in a fishing game, examine a fish skeleton then head outdoors to fish on the lake. A fishy project to take home is included. 

Day  Date  Time

Thursday  July 8    9:30am

Friday  July 9  9:30am

Saturday  July 10  10:30 am

Wildlife Water Safari-

Our safari will lead us to find out where animals go to drink water; their tracks will lead us to the spots. A bird bath project to take home is included.

Day  Date          Time

Thursday  July 22      9:30am

Friday  July 23      9:30am

Saturday  July 24     10:30 am

Grasshoppers- Look closely at a grasshopper, jump like a grasshopper and make grasshopper music.  A grasshopper project to take home is included. We’ll have a hopping good time.

Day  Date     Time

Thursday  August 12    9:30am

Friday  August 13     9:30am

Saturday  August 14  10:30 am