StoryTime in the Natural World of Brower Park 2018

StoryTime in the Natural World is presented by the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brower Park Branch with the Friends of Brower Park, Inc.

Dates: May 1, 2018 through October 30, 2018
Time: 10:30 – 11:00 AM
Junior Gardener Activity* 11:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Brower Park, near the Monarch Butterfly Garden.
Rain Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Brower Park Branch, 725 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Call 718-773-7208

This free series focuses on the natural world through stories. Hands on discovery activities are led by Friends of Brower Park, Inc. volunteers.

Pre-schoolers and homeschooled children will have a hands-on opportunity to interact with Brower Park’s natural and landscaped plant and wild life every other week beginning May 1.

The natural world, the world in which we humans conduct our lives, often goes unnoticed. The change of seasons, birdsong, the work of worms, seems irrelevant to our everyday urban sidewalk lives. By bringing children into the environs of Brower Park’s natural ecosystems we hope to build on children’s natural curiosity about the world around them.

We hope that these activities of discovery will make the stories come to life. Be prepared to get your hands dirty. The only way to experience and learn about the natural world is to dig in, observe, and read.

We’ve put together a List of Books both fiction and non-fiction that explore the natural world. Most of these books can be found in your local library.

On May 1 children will make their own germinator terrariums and plant seeds harvested from the Monarch Butterfly Garden. Gardening tools and materials will be provided.

StoryTime Dates: Dates in bold numerals indicate hands-on discovery activities.

  • May 1, 8,15, 22, 29
  • June 5, 12, 19, 26
  • July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
  • August 7, 14, 21, 28
  • September 4, 11, 18, 25
  • October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30