Kids Country Hartville

 

Our Nature Explore Classroom is equipped with a sandbox, rock pit, wooden bridge, mud kitchen and more. We are encouraging children to explore nature using all of their senses. We have an art area with an easel for painting with mud, water, nature brushes etc. Our mud kitchen is home to real life kitchen tools, mud and water. Kids explore the rock pit with various items. Mud Day comes every summer where kids get to be kids and explore all things mud! Our tree tunnel allows for access from one side of the playground to the other and gives the kids a secret tunnel to walk through. Our Nature trellis allows for vines to grow and flower for the kids to watch and smell. The flowers are used in the mud kitchen for creating concoctions as well. In the future we would like to add a garden with vining plants to create a natural Teepee along with an herb garden to really spark our sense of smell! New woodchips were added to continue the natural look of the playground while maintaining safety around our climbers and swings. Each week our Outdoor Educator visits us to teach us various nature topics and often teaches in the Nature Classroom. She brings
animal hides, gardening things, butterfly gardens, etc.