Rooted In Play Outdoor Learning

☀️ SUMMER IS FOR MESSY PLAY! ☀️

Looking for simple ways to spend your summer outdoors? Our summer series classes are now enrolling in Cottonwood Heights!

🌿 Nature Explorers: Sensory Summer (ages 1.5–8 years)
Mix, create, build, splash, and experiment through hands-on outdoor adventures! This summer, our curriculum is designed to help each child strengthen and balance their senses in the most stimulating and soothing classroom of all—the great outdoors. We’ll make concoctions, create nature art, explore simple machines, blow giant bubbles, tackle obstacle courses, and enjoy plenty of muddy fun.

When: Wed/Fri; 10:00-11:30 am
Who: Parent & Child

👶 Nature Babies: Little Scientists (ages 6–24 months)
Explore bubbles, water, ice, mud, natural pigments, sensory play, storytime, and more alongside your little one. Designed especially for babies and young toddlers, and supports early science concepts, communication, curiosity, and connection through gentle outdoor play.

When: Tue/Thu; 10:00-11:00 am
Who: Parent & Child

✨ Child-led
✨ Outdoor learning
✨ Sensory-rich experiences
✨ No prior experience needed
✨ Play your way—and dress for mess!

📍 Cottonwood Heights
📅 July 2026

Whether you have a baby who loves to splash on repeat, or an older child who loves to create and explore, I’d love to spend part of the summer with your family!

🌱 Learn more and enroll:
www.rootedinplaylearning.com

Tag a friend who might love a summer full of mud, bubbles, creativity, and outdoor play! 💚

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Have you heard of the 3 B’s of creativity? 🧠✨

Breaking, blending, and bending—basically all the things kids naturally do when we let them just play. (This intriguing framework comes from the book, The Runaway Species by David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt.)

Once you start noticing it, you see it everywhere—taking things apart, mixing random materials together, molding things into something totally new.

We’ve been exploring each of the 3 B’s in Nature Explorers this spring, and honestly… the ideas the kids come up with are the best part. 💛

April is here! 🌸 Our calendar is blooming with spring discoveries and time to connect in nature.

Come play & explore with us! 💚

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Our winter season ended in the best way we know how… a SUPER celebration 🦸‍♀️🌎✨

We honored all the animal superheroes we learned about, celebrated and made stewardship promises to this incredible Earth we get to explore, and reflected on all the growth, curiosity, and joy we shared together this season.

Each explorer earned their persistence skill pin—a reminder that even now that winter is over, they can do hard things, keep trying, and persist 🩵

And of course… we celebrated with a mud feast! 🥣
Mixing, creating, imagining, and getting wonderfully messy—just the way childhood should be.

I’m so proud of these little explorers (and their grown-ups!) and all the ways they showed up, tried new things, and connected with nature and each other. What a beautiful season it’s been. Now, onto to spring! 💚🫟🌷

Spring is almost here, and we LOVE a reason to celebrate! 🌱🥳

Join us for Spring Forward, a special outdoor gathering to welcome the new season with nature play, simple exploration, songs, and community.

It’s a chance to slow down, notice the early signs of spring, and enjoy a playful morning outside with your family.

🌸 FREE + OPEN TO ALL
📅 SAT, MARCH 21
⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
🌳 CRESTWOOD PARK

Spots are limited — scan QR code or visit link in bio to register! Play invitations are geared for ages 1.5-8, and can be enjoyed at your own pace.

The worm lives safely underground—
moves quite slowly, makes no sound.
In gardens he is highly prized
for keeping soil well-fertilized,

but…
he doesn’t come out
when birds are about,
for some birds will eat him
if ever they meet him.

*No worms were harmed during this exciting worm hunt! They were found roaming on a tennis court (no place for a worm) and were all safely (and happily) returned to the soil and covered with a big pile of wet leaves.

📖: Common Critters; “Earthworm” 🪱
✍️: Pat Brisson
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I absolutely love hearing from families!

I’m so grateful for the families who join us for outdoor adventures each week 💗 Reading your kind words and constructive feedback helps me grow and reminds me why I do what I do — helping kids (and grown-ups!) explore, play, and connect with nature and each other.

A little sneak peek at what we’re growing this spring! 🌷👀

Whether you’re joining us for Nature Explorers or Nature Babies, this season will be brimming with playful learning, connection, and the kind of magic that only spring brings.

Swipe for a closer look—and tell me which lesson you’re most excited for! 🤗➡️