Pre-school children in the Aberdeen area are being invited to attend a new educational programme featuring the environment and natural history starting this Friday (January 31, 2003) at the Natural History Centre, University of Aberdeen.
Designed specifically for pre-school children and their parents, the series of one hour classes will run each month over the coming year. The first class will be on fossils and modern day dinosaurs with future classes looking at topics such as rainforests, owls, rockpools and creepy crawlies.
Mandy Tulloch, Development Coordinator at the Natural History Centre said; "Nature Tots is an exciting new programme of activities for pre-school children and their parents designed specifically to inspire them in the environment and natural history. We aim to allow children to explore subjects not always available to them. Caring for and respect towards the environment will also feature prominently within each session."
Interest in the new programme is high with the morning class already full. Organisers have set up a second class to run on Friday afternoons between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Ms Tulloch explained; "Demand for this new programme has come from parents and it is terrific that we have already filled the morning session. An important aspect of both classes will be the fact that adults attending will be given further ideas and suggestions that they can follow up with the children at home, encouraging further investigation and involvement in the environment."
Further information is available from Mandy Tulloch, tel: 01224 493288 or email: m.tulloch@abdn.ac.uk.
Classes are free of charge with booking essential. All children are to be accompanied by an adult.