{"id":89515,"date":"2018-03-28T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89515"},"modified":"2018-03-27T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T14:24:39","slug":"open-house-will-highlight-natures-nursery-expansion-and-mabey-foundation-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89515","title":{"rendered":"Open house will highlight Nature\u2019s Nursery expansion and Mabey Foundation scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jenni Larchar leads youngsters on a hike at Rogers Center. Join Friends of Rogers April 10 for\u00a0the inaugural \u2018Nature\u2019s Nursery\u2019 Open House. Photo courtesy Friends of Rogers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Open house will highlight Nature\u2019s Nursery expansion and Mabey Foundation scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Nature\u2019s Nursery\u2019 will host an inaugural \u201cOpen House\u201d from 5:30 until 7 pm on April 10, when visitors can learn\u00a0more about Roger Environmental Education Center\u2019s early childhood learning opportunities. The classroom will\u00a0be open for play and caregivers will have an opportunity to register youngsters for the 2018-2019 school year.<\/p>\n

A unique pre-school program designed to cultivate outdoor exploration, \u2018Nature\u2019s Nursery\u2019 has been in residence with Friends of Rogers for nearly four years. Designed to teach small ones a love of nature and\u00a0become accustomed to a school setting, Nature\u2019s Nursery offers a dynamic learning opportunity where nature is\u00a0the classroom. Children practice life skills while interacting with each other and the world around them.<\/p>\n

Throughout the academic year, three sessions of ten classes each will be held at the Visitor Center in Sherburne.\u00a0Coordinator Jenni Larchar leads young explorers in a variety of fun and engaging educational activities. Barring\u00a0extreme weather, classes will include outdoor activities, so children should dress for the weather.<\/p>\n

Beginning next fall, two distinct classes will be offered. Pre-schoolers ages 2 and 3 years old will meet select\u00a0Friday mornings from 9:30-11:30 am to learn about being stewards of wildlife at Rogers Center and in their own\u00a0backyards. Sessions include music, circle learning time, projects, activities, experiments, and plenty of outdoor\u00a0exploration.<\/p>\n

New for next fall is a class exclusively for older preschoolers ages 4 and 5 years old. This sessions will be held on\u00a0select Wednesday afternoons from 12-2:15 pm and will allow children to further explore academics and science.\u00a0There will also be ample time for music, movement, and outdoor exploration.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive year, tuition assistance is being offered through a generous grant from the Anna L.\u00a0Mabey Foundation. This scholarship program allows more local children to benefit from Nature\u2019s Nursery\u00a0programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely grateful for this increased support from the Mabey Foundation,\u201d said Simon Solomon,\u00a0executive director. \u201cExpanding our early childhood environmental education initiatives means we are able to\u00a0fulfill our mission in exciting new ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

To register for \u201cNature\u2019s Nursery,\u201d download forms at www.FriendsofRogers.org, call (607) 674-4733, or e-mail\u00a0kidscoordinator@FriendsofRogers.org.<\/p>\n

Rogers Center is operated by Friends of Rogers\u00a0Environmental\u00a0Education Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization\u00a0that offers educational programs for people of all ages. Summer hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday\u00a0through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Open house will highlight Nature\u2019s Nursery expansion and Mabey Foundation scholarships \u2018Nature\u2019s Nursery\u2019 will host an inaugural \u201cOpen House\u201d from 5:30 until 7 pm on April 10, when visitors can learn\u00a0more about Roger Environmental Education Center\u2019s early childhood learning opportunities. The classroom will\u00a0be open for play and caregivers will have an opportunity to register youngsters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-nhN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Natures-Nursery.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}