Nature Play Seattle

05/04/2024

In our Nature Play classes this week, we're learning all about COLOR in a messy, mixing, mashing, sensory way. It's a beautiful day for some paint tossing, don't you think?! :)
🥰🌳☀️💦
Discovery Park Visitor Center

03/09/2024

We had so much fun at Nature Play this week! In honor of setting the clocks forward this weekend, we searched around for signs of Spring, sang about butterflies, and made nature potions. Happy Spring Forward, y'all!

Discovery Park Visitor Center

02/18/2024

Woohoo! Same program, new collaboration! Thanks Discovery Park Visitor Center for helping us get the word out about our Spring outdoor play classes! 🌳🌦️🌱

New program alert! Nature Play registration is now LIVE!

Register here >>> https://bit.ly/3wjc7kL

We are dedicated to connecting children with nature and fostering a love of the great outdoors. We’ll get families outside and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through hands-on, interactive play in the world’s best classroom - nature! Children and their caregivers participate together.

Activities are for children ages 2 through 8 and their caregivers. At registration, caregivers and children must both be enrolled - activity fees only apply to children.

Please call the Discovery Park Visitor Center with questions or help with enrollment.

11/29/2023

We had such a lovely time playing outside this fall! I can't wait to see you again this winter!

11/10/2023

Being outdoors offers so much sensory input, it's both simulating and calming at the same time! Amazing!!! 🌳🌲💚

Agreed! 🙌

11/05/2023

Such a great reminder that we need to protect the little bits of nature in urban areas, too! 💚🌳🌲

Parks are a mental health resource, with studies showing that people who spend regular time in green spaces enjoy lower levels of stress.

10/11/2023

Come play with us this fall!

09/27/2023

Fall classes run October through November!

08/10/2023

This is such a great reminder! Whether you have a sensory-seeking OR sensory-adverse kiddo, digging in dirt, mud, and sand is a wonderful learning experience!

Did you know that digging in the dirt provides great "heavy work" to the muscles and joints? 🌿💦

This resistance helps to neurologically override the light touch sense of "messy fingers & hands" that can feel aversive to so many children. Overtime, providing more full-body sensory experiences (especially outdoors!) helps to create effective changes to the senses. Children start to tolerate new textures and play scenarios.

07/25/2023

It's been a beautiful start to our summer classes! Sun, water, and nature treasures galore! 💚

06/28/2023

International MUD day?! Yes please! 💦🤎🪱

We get it. Messy mud play is not always a grown up's dream. No matter how you and your kids feel about mud, you can still get all the goodness. It's just a matter of finding out your way to do mud play.