PUDDLESTOMPERS Nature Exploration

What a fun week at PUDDLESTOMPERS! 🌿 We made so many mushroom discoveries, splashed through the water, played with the parachute, and made lots of new friends along the way!

We also had some very cool critter sightings, including this amazing dragonfly spotted by our Needham campers!

So many adventures packed into one week, and we loved every minute of it!

While our summer camps may be full, fall registration is officially open! Keep the outdoor adventures going and sign your child up for a fall program. Find the registration link in our bio!

Summer camps may be full, but the outdoor adventures aren’t over! 🌿 Fall and December vacation camps are now open, with flexible daily drop-off spots available.

Give your child more time to explore, discover, and play outside with PUDDLESTOMPERS. Spaces are limited, sign up today using the link in our bio!

Mud is kind of our thing. 🤎

At PUDDLESTOMPERS, we believe children need places where it’s okay to dig in, get dirty, explore freely, and make a glorious mess.

Mud play invites children to use their senses, follow their curiosity, solve problems, create together, and grow more comfortable in the natural world. It also teaches an important lesson: clothes can be washed, but the confidence and memories built outside stick around.

So here’s your Wednesday reminder to say yes to muddy hands, splashing boots, and childhood in the wild. 🌿

What does your child love to make with mud?

Another week of creek stomping, climbing, creating, and seeing what we can discover outside! 🌿

Our campers explored the water, searched for critters, made their own nature creations, and found plenty of reasons to stop and take a closer look.

And we have to give a special shoutout to this incredible beetle spotted at our Needham camp! 🪲 Definitely one of our coolest finds of the week.

Here’s to another week of muddy boots, curious campers, and unexpected discoveries 💚

Next week at PUDDLESTOMPERS, campers will discover how animals shape the world around them! 🌿

In Newton, our Eco Engineers will explore nature’s incredible builders, while Needham campers dig into the underground world of burrowing creatures!

There is still time to join us for a week of hands-on nature exploration, outdoor adventures, crafts, and plenty of critter discoveries. Register through the link in our bio!

It may still be summer, but we are already looking ahead to more outdoor adventures! 🍂❄️

Join PUDDLESTOMPERS for our fall Daily Drop-Off Programs in Newton on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 12, and Veterans Day, November 11.

Then, spend December Vacation searching for animal tracks, exploring winter habitats, and discovering what is hiding under the ice! Our December program runs December 22–31, with no class on December 25. Newton registration is open now, and Wellesley registration is coming soon.

Programs run from 9:00 am–1:30 pm, with early drop-off and extended day available. Open to children ages 3 years, 9 months–8 years.

Learn more and register through the link in our bio!

A week full of muddy hands, creek discoveries, outdoor stories, and plenty of time to follow wherever curiosity led us. From searching for critters to spotting mushrooms along the trail, our PUDDLESTOMPERS made the most of every adventure!

See you next week! 🌿

Next week at PUDDLESTOMPERS, we’re getting curious about the creatures hiding under rocks, logs, and leaves!

At our Newton Nature Center, campers will explore “Rock & Rolly Pollies” with daily lessons on rocks, sow bugs, slugs, snails, beetles, and life beneath a log.

In Needham, it’s “Carnivore Kitchen,” featuring predator and prey, bears, praying mantises, owls, and wolves!

Join us August 3–7 for a week of hands-on nature exploration, outdoor adventures, crafts, and plenty of critter discoveries. Registration is open—link in bio! 🌿