out of my hands…

Published by Jana on March 3, 2009

Kai’s application to the school of my dreams - the Greenwoods Charter School - has been signed, sealed and delivered.  And now we wait… hopefully we’ll know by May if we’ve been selected in the lottery as one out of hundreds of applicants to fill 12 vacant spots in next year’s kindergarten class.  But at least it’s out of my hands and into the safe and capable hands of the extremely nice office staff at the school.

Since we were out that way, the boys and I spent some time at The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, which partners with the school - in fact, you have to walk through the center to get several of the classrooms.  The boys had fun playing in the discovery drawers and exploring the little forest.

Taz wanted to eat the nuts that were there so you could practice picking up various birds’ foods with chopsticks and Kai enjoyed “fishing” in the stream.

I’m hoping that we’ll get to check out some of the classes that the Schuylkill Center has for kids, such as the Nature for the Young: March Winds Blow that will be held this Thursday.  Just $8 for nonmembers - seems like a great way to have time for a quiet hike while the kids enjoy the class… The Center also has frequent evening lectures on nature topics as well as volunteer days, which I’d really like to be a part of.  It even holds an orientation for new volunteers for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, which is part of the Center as well.

While the kids might be a bit young to be a volunteer at the wildlife rehabilitation clinic, we can find ways for them to enjoy wildlife and what better way to do so than through the suggestions of the National Wildlife Foundation in honor of National Wildlife Week which will be coming up later this month.