Kindergarten Programs
All school programs are offered at no cost. These free programs are designed to support Michigan academic standards.
School Field Learning Sequence
Wonderful World
New to our program offerings for the 2026–2027 school year are School Field Learning Sequences. Each sequence is three visits across fall, winter, and spring, designed as a single experience rather than three separate field trips. Winter programs are built to be flexible, taking place in the field on snowshoes or in the classroom, to allow for uncertain weather or for groups without winter gear. By the third visit students stop managing the newness and start paying attention to their surroundings. They recognize what they found in the fall and connect it to what is in front of them now.
Students in a program sequence design a wood cookie name tag on the first visit. We hold them between visits and hand them back each time the group returns, and students keep theirs at the end of the spring program.
Booking a sequence means one conversation and a set of dates held for your year.
Fall: Fall is for Leaves
Winter: Winter Wonders
Spring: Sharpening Our Senses
Standard: K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Kindergarteners meet the natural world through their senses and bodies before they meet it through concepts. Wonderful World is built for that. Each visit centers on direct contact with nature; gathering and sorting leaves in the fall, reading a quiet snow-covered forest in winter, and sharpening their ears, eyes, hands, and noses in the spring. Students come back to the classroom with steadier observation skills, more language for describing what they notice, and a sense that the outdoors is a place they belong.
One-off programs
These programs can also be booked as single visits.
This hands-on lesson invites children to explore the wonders of leaves, including why they change colors, how they help trees grow, and what makes each leaf unique. Through a guided hike, scavenger hunts, and creative activities, students will discover the magic of autumn while building a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Students will embark on a nature hike to sharpen their senses, observing the natural world and using their five senses to gather information. Their natural curiosity will be guided to enhance their awareness of everything around them.
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Small animals are everywhere once you know how to look. On this slow, close to the ground hike, students turn over logs, peer into leaf litter, and search the grass for the creatures living there. Using bug jars and hand lenses, students hold their finds gently, look closely at what they have caught, and share it with the group before letting it go. Students leave knowing the ground under their feet is full of life, and that they can find it themselves.
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Winter is a wonderful time of year to get outside and have some fun! As we adapt to the colder months, so do animals. Traveling by snowshoe, students will learn about what different animals do during this season to survive northern Michigan’s winters. This program encourages younger students to experience winter using their senses!
K-LS1-1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.