The Outdoor Explore! program is temporarily suspended.
Please Email GreenSpectacle@jacksonvillezoo.org if you would like to be notified when the program resumes or with any questions.
We will be back soon with more programming for your family!
Outdoor Explore! Is the Jacksonville Zoo’s free family nature club. Each month we meet in a different location to explore the green spaces around our city and interact with the natural world! Outdoor Explore! is intended for children in 2nd-5th grade and their siblings of all ages!
Giving your child the opportunity to play outside is a precious gift with many positive benefits. Nature play helps kids to:
- Build resilience
- Be observant and focus attention
- Boost academic performance
- Enhance creativity, critical thinking, problem solving
- Develop the use of senses
- Develop self-control
- Develop respect for all living things
- Discover and understand feelings
- Develop social skills
- Practice risk taking and risk assessment
For more program information, click here.
Questions? Email our Nature Play Leader, The Green Spectacle at GreenSpectacle@jacksonvillezoo.org
Play Schedule:
Outdoor Explore! meets once a month at different locations around Jacksonville to participate in imaginative play and nature exploration as a family. Outings last from 10am-12pm. Below are the club days for the coming year.
Our April outing will be at the Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park - CLICK HERE for free registration!
Our activity this month will be a nature hike to an obersvation tower. We'll bring the binoculars!
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2020
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| March |
7th |
| April |
11th |
| May |
2nd |
| June |
6th |
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July
|
11th
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August
|
8th
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September
|
5th
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October
|
3rd
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November
|
14th
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December
|
5th
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Questions?