To allow our youngest participants the opportunity to do something developmentally appropriate during the festival, we have devised Children's Activities which has been very successful and fun. We have two people hired to manage these activities on Saturday from 9am-11:30am and 12:45pm- 5:30pm. This year we will also have 2 adults designated as the "playground supervisor" for Sunday morning.
Sammie Peterson will be leading the naturalist activities and Jacquelyn Nolt will be leading non-structured activities.
Children are required to be under adult supervision at all times and must be "checked in" with the children's instructors or with a parent during the event. There will be both structured and unstructured activities for the children to participate in.
Two very important ground rules for the children include:
1. No standing or jumping from swings
2. No climbing in the ball funnel at Badger Camp
These rules should be reviewed with your children prior to attending the festival.
Sammie Peterson will be leading the naturalist activities and Jacquelyn Nolt will be leading non-structured activities.
Children are required to be under adult supervision at all times and must be "checked in" with the children's instructors or with a parent during the event. There will be both structured and unstructured activities for the children to participate in.
Two very important ground rules for the children include:
1. No standing or jumping from swings
2. No climbing in the ball funnel at Badger Camp
These rules should be reviewed with your children prior to attending the festival.
Sammie Peterson graduated the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a degree in Environmental Science and Environmental Education and Communication. For the last 7 years she has worked as a naturalist at Quarry Hill Nature center in Rochester, MN, where she teaches k-8 science curriculum during the school year and leads classes for 4th through 6th graders during the summer. Her work has allowed her to combine her passion for connecting people to the natural world, with her passion for plants and mushrooms through the topic of foraging. She has studied wild edibles for over 15 years, and has been teaching wild edibles professionally as an environmental educator for over a decade to homeschool groups, nature centers, and environmental learning centers throughout southeastern Minnesota.