(5-Adult) Join us for an evening campfire the whole family can enjoy. Explore the wonders of our natural world through nature walks, interactive activities and animal presentations. Includes s’mores. Topics vary by date. All participants, including accompanying adults, must register and pay for the program.
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Evening campfire at Lake Fairfax with nature walks, interactive activities, animal presentations and s’mores; all ages, registration and fee required.
Beaver-themed preschool program at Long Branch Nature Center, caretakers stay with children during hands‑on nature activities; ages 3–5.
Nocturnal Animal Hike (Long Branch Nature Center) — Explore nocturnal animals in a classroom discussion and trail walk after dark; dress for weather.
Open play with STEAM games and activities exploring science, technology, engineering, art, and math at the Courthouse Library Children’s Area, for ages 1 and under and 3–5.
Sing, play, dance, and rhyme sessions promote baby development and literacy skills, supported by Friends of the Burke Library, for ages 0–14 months.
Busy Beavers (Hidden Pond Nature Center) — Learn how beavers build dams, eat, and shape habitats, hands‑on for ages 3 and up.
Build LEGO creations in the Richard Byrd Library meeting rooms, all bricks provided and kept on site; space limited, no registration, for ages 5–10.
Storytime in the children’s area at Richard Byrd Library offers books and songs for families with children birth to five, ages 5 and under.
Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.
Spooky Dry Ice Science (Hidden Oaks Nature Center) — bubbling concoctions, screaming spoons, and Boo bubbles demonstrate states of matter, for ages 5 and up.
Bird identification discussion introduces park's birds and basic spotting skills at Hidden Pond Nature Center, for ages 12 and up.
Bat Walk at the Bend (Riverbend Park) — Educational scavenger hunt through woods about bats, ending with a handcrafted bat decoration, ages 5 and up.
Craft and experiment with a naturalist, exploring new pumpkin uses and getting messy at Burke Lake Park, for ages 4–18.
