Homeschool Naturalist Workshop

Homeschool families! Join us every other Tuesday in April and May in The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park for the Spring session of Homeschool Naturalist Workshops. Students will use artistic observation to explore, document, and connect with the natural world.

Tickets include admission to Newfields.

These workshops are recommended for students ages 8 through 14 with one adult per family. Themes are subject to change.

Themes:

April 14: Flowers

Spring ehemerals are all around in The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. We will use the Indianapolis Public Library’s Story Walk and the book Wake Up, Woods by local author Mike Homoya to explore the flowers that make spring in Indiana so magical.

April 28: Birds

Birds migrate twice each year. Learn how The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park offers migratory bird species an ideal habitat.

May 12: Insects

From pollinators to decomposers, insects keep our ecosystems healthy and thriving. They keep our soil healthy, our water clean, our plants reproducing, and provide a vital source of food for other animals.

May 26: Trees

We see trees every day. We touch the bark, watch the leaves blow in the wind, and see birds and squirrels building nests in their branches. But what is happening underground? A tree’s root system is an underground a whole new world just waiting for us to explore.