They do a lot of nature walks. They make crafts that are related to the topics. Riewe says the Rum Village Nature Detective program, which dates in various forms to 1978, includes plenty of time outdoors. The center holds two sessions for those groups. Young children study such things as camouflage and ways that animals find others of their species by sound.
Older children can map migratory patterns of birds.
We have done contour mapping with the older children. Even if they're playing a game, there's a point behind the game. We do more on the idea of recycling and reusing things. You can't just use without thinking of the consequences. We're trying to get a stewardship idea here, too.