Little Brigham Aggies
at Utah State University
Brigham City Campus
Little Brigham Aggies is part of Utah State University. We are a childcare center that helps students complete their goal of higher education by offering childcare for school, study, or work at a reduced rate. We fill in with community members as space allows. This will be our 13th year as a certified Nature Explore Play Garden!!! We love our space and spend as much time as possible out there. We have almost all the same areas outside as we do inside- art, water play, sensory, music, science, small manip., gross motor, messy play, dramatic play, quiet spaces, etc. It offers many mental health benefits because we are outside so much. It provides a large variety of opportunities for connecting with nature.
This year we added some really fun features to our on-the-ground tree house to expand imaginative play. We added steering wheels and telescopes and purchased child-sized hammocks to hang in the tree house. They love to play pirate ship in the tree house now! We added more push and pull wheelies because they are a favorite. We replaced lawnmowers. We replaced sandbox covers and bird feeders. A giant whiteboard was added to the side of our shed to expand art play. We purchased outdoor cushions for flexible seating. We also spent so much time this summer in water play, helping us stay cool! It was a blast!!!
We held our annual Baby Animal Family Event again this year in our Nature Explore Play Garden. It continues to be one of our families and staff’s favorite activities. It has great attendance every year! We work hard to adapt our outdoor Nature Explore Play Garden so that we can be outside as much as possible. It is a huge benefit to children attending Little Brigham Aggies.
We appreciate everyone who supports and helps out with maintaining, repairing, planting, watering, and so much more! It takes so many helping hands to keep our Nature Explore Play Garden such an amazing place for children to explore and grow!