School’s Out Workshops

When school is closed for a day or a week, our workshops offer time outside and endless possibilities for adventure. Workshops are for children ages 3.5 through 10 years old, unless noted otherwise. Children should be prepared to spend most of their day outside, bring lunch, and dress for the weather.
$95/child per day.
Online pre-registration required.
Registration is available by the day.
Registration now open!
Step into our forest, where mushrooms pop like umbrellas and salamanders sleep in the soil!
Registration opens Monday 9/29 at 10am
Join us this Election Day as we learn all about animals’ special strengths.
Registration opens Monday 9/29 at 10am
Through muddy-boot adventures, campers will discover the magic of fall’s final flurry of activity.
Registration opens Monday 9/29 at 10am
We’ll wander towards the high point in search of greenery and uncover which mosses and winter buds are hiding in plain sight.
Learn how to tap a maple tree! Families will learn about the process of creating maple syrup and get a tour of our Sugar Shed.
Do all birds fly south for the winter? Learn about the birds who live at Rye Nature Center during these snowy months.
Children will learn the tracks of local animals to find out how they’ve been spending their days.
We will learn about glaciers, ice cores, and even pot holes, as children investigate the properties of water when it freezes and how it impacts the living and nonliving things surrounding us!
Children will learn how Rye was impacted by the Ice Age and investigate the properties of water when it freezes.