Brooklyn Rewilders Fall 2026 Garden Explorers Afterschool Program
Meets Thursdays, September 24 to December 17, 2:30–4:30 pm
Grades: PreK, K
Location: United Arts & Letters Garden
Schedule: Every Thursday (except school holidays and half days)
Where wonder comes first.
For our youngest explorers, the garden is pure magic. They meet it with their whole bodies: hands deep in the soil, noses in the herbs, eyes wide at a worm or a spider. They taste something they helped make, sing to the plants, and gently lift a leaf to say hello to whoever lives underneath. Wonder comes first, and everything grows from there.
What We'll Do This Fall
🌳 Make a tree friend: visit the same tree all fall and watch it change.
🐝 Become the creatures: curl like seeds, buzz like bees, wriggle like worms.
🪱 Dig and discover: dig gently in the soil to find the roots, seeds, and critters living there.
🧈 Make food with our own hands: shake jars of cream into fresh butter, fold in herbs we picked, and taste it together.
🎨 Make art from nature: leaf prints, nature collages, and a first nature journal.
By the End of the Semester, Children Will:
🍂 Understand how a garden and its creatures get ready for winter
👃 Explore with all five senses
🐝 Meet the garden's creatures with curiosity and gentleness
🤝 Practice sharing, taking turns, and daily rituals
Program Structure
2:30–4:30 pm | Outdoors in the United Arts & Letters garden
We are outside most days, light rain or shine, with an indoor classroom available for severe weather. Please send children dressed for outdoor play.
All children will:
Create a personal nature journal for the semester
Receive materials and supplies for each lesson
Take home their nature and art projects
Snacks provided.
Financial aid available. Tax-deductible donations are also welcome to support equitable programming!
Brooklyn Rewilders is a nonprofit reconnecting children and communities to the living world, through garden-based learning in schools and native food hedges along Brooklyn's fences. See more of our work at Brooklynrewilders.org.
We can't wait to get outside with you this fall.
Questions: brooklynrewilders@gmail.com
This activity is not sponsored or endorsed by the NYC Department of Education or the City of New York
Brooklyn Rewilders Fall 2026 Garden Explorers Afterschool Program
Meets Thursdays, September 24 to December 17, 2:30–4:30 pm
Grades: PreK, K
Location: United Arts & Letters Garden
Schedule: Every Thursday (except school holidays and half days)
Where wonder comes first.
For our youngest explorers, the garden is pure magic. They meet it with their whole bodies: hands deep in the soil, noses in the herbs, eyes wide at a worm or a spider. They taste something they helped make, sing to the plants, and gently lift a leaf to say hello to whoever lives underneath. Wonder comes first, and everything grows from there.
What We'll Do This Fall
🌳 Make a tree friend: visit the same tree all fall and watch it change.
🐝 Become the creatures: curl like seeds, buzz like bees, wriggle like worms.
🪱 Dig and discover: dig gently in the soil to find the roots, seeds, and critters living there.
🧈 Make food with our own hands: shake jars of cream into fresh butter, fold in herbs we picked, and taste it together.
🎨 Make art from nature: leaf prints, nature collages, and a first nature journal.
By the End of the Semester, Children Will:
🍂 Understand how a garden and its creatures get ready for winter
👃 Explore with all five senses
🐝 Meet the garden's creatures with curiosity and gentleness
🤝 Practice sharing, taking turns, and daily rituals
Program Structure
2:30–4:30 pm | Outdoors in the United Arts & Letters garden
We are outside most days, light rain or shine, with an indoor classroom available for severe weather. Please send children dressed for outdoor play.
All children will:
Create a personal nature journal for the semester
Receive materials and supplies for each lesson
Take home their nature and art projects
Snacks provided.
Financial aid available. Tax-deductible donations are also welcome to support equitable programming!
Brooklyn Rewilders is a nonprofit reconnecting children and communities to the living world, through garden-based learning in schools and native food hedges along Brooklyn's fences. See more of our work at Brooklynrewilders.org.
We can't wait to get outside with you this fall.
Questions: brooklynrewilders@gmail.com
This activity is not sponsored or endorsed by the NYC Department of Education or the City of New York
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