Summer

Nature

Program

Montessori School at Lone Tree

SUMMER NATURE PROGRAM

Our Summer Nature Program is designed to take advantage of each child’s innate instincts to

explore and observe. Presentations are interspersed with field trips as well as nature walks

and talks. Respect and concern for our natural world can only be fostered though knowledge

and observation.

SCHEDULE: 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Montessori Full Day Program begins.

Breakfast is served to children who arrive

before 8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Montessori indoor and outdoor class activities

will be available. There will be science

presentations and nature discovery as well as

snack and outdoor play.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch: Lunch Provided

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Outdoor Play

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Projects featuring the theme of the week OR

nap time.

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Full Day activities include arts, crafts, music,

cooking, and “Splash Days.”

“In our time amidst the

civilized environment of our society

children live very distant from nature

and have few opportunities

to enter into intimate contact with it.”

Maria Montessori

Summer Session I

Special Presentation:

Botanic Gardens: “Sensory

Adventures”

Special Presentation:

Plant-a-Plant

Seed Sprouting

Do You Eat Plants?

Identify Flowers

Types of Leaves

Week 1

Bota

ny

Special Presentation:

Cloud Experiments

Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus

Water Cycle

Seasons and Safety

WWW: Wild Wacky Weather

Week 2

Weath

er

Special Presentation:

“Lift Off”

Special Presentation:

The Great Kapok Tree Participation Play

Workshop with Pam Clifton

Layers of the Earth

Volcanoes

Air, Land, Water

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Week 3

Ou

r E

art

h

Special Presentation:

CO Parks & Wildlife - Ecosystems

Rainforest Terrarium

Deserts, Grasslands, Oceans, Polar Regions, Tropical Forests,

Temperate Forests

Habitats

Colorado Mountains

Week 5

Bio

sp

he

re

s

Special Presentation:

Denver Children’s Museum: “Circle of Life”

Herbivores, Omnivores,

and Carnivores

What if all living things were Herbivores?

Food Chain

What’s for Lunch?

Week 4 Food C

ha

in

Summer Session II

Special Presentation:

“One Rainbow Fish” Participation Play

Workshop with Pamela Clifton

Special Presentation:

Parts of a Fish

Gyotaku (Japanese fish prints)

Ponds and Streams

Who Lives in the Deep?

Flying Fish??

Week 1

Fis

h

Special Presentation:

Douglas County 4-H

“Baby Chicks Hatch”

Special Presentation:

Raptor Education Foundation

Beaks and Claws

Dissect Owl Pellets

Make Bird Food Ornaments

Week 2

Bir

ds

Special Presentations:

Project Wild: Bats

and

Park Ranger: Colorado Mammals

Whales

Marvelous Marsupials

What is a Nocturnal Animal?

Week 3

Ma

mm

al

s

Special Presentation:

Butterfly Pavilion

“Miss Muffet Story Time”

Special Presentation:

Butterfly Garden

Metamorphosis

Spinning a Web

Legs, Legs, Legs

Week 4

Insects and Arach

nids

Special Presentation:

Safari Sally will bring

animals for the children to enjoy.

Snakes and Frogs and Turtles, Oh My!

Life Cycle of a Frog

Are Reptiles Slimy?

“I thought only birds

hatched from eggs!”

Week 5

Am

ph

ibia

ns

an

d R

ep

til

es