After School Outdoors!
Fall Nature and Gardening in Prospect Park!
We pick kids up from schools and bus stops and accept park drop-offs!
Registration opens August 3.
Kids will discover rare plants and amazing animals in Prospect Park! We will visit some of the most beautiful places in Prospect Park while learning about the native animals and plants that need the last remaining forest in Brooklyn to survive. We eat delicious edible weeds (optional) while learning about native tree hoppers, raccoons, opossums, kestrels, frogs, turtles and jumping spiders. This is a rain or shine or snow class! Rain coats and boots are a must! All materials included in price: binoculars, microscopes, magnifying glasses, and nature art kit.
GRADES: K - 5.
Older kids can work together independently and will have more challenging activities. In order to make sure younger kids do not feel left out or overwhelmed, we recommend kindergarteners sign up with a buddy. Or we can have a quick introduction on Zoom to allow your child to meet us before the first pick-up. We will keep classroom buddies, siblings and similar age groups together. Parents and babysitters also have the option of dropping children off at the park, including pod drop-offs.
WHERE
We walk kids to Prospect Park, usually near the picnic house. As it gets warmer, we walk closer to the boat house. Dismissal is at Prospect Park West and Garfield Place at 5:30. If it’s easier, we can walk your child to Grand Army Plaza for dismissal.
TRUST
We practice compassionate communication and incorporate social-emotional learning into fun nature classes. We find fun and gentle ways to communicate to kids about nature while giving them time and space to express their needs, whether it’s frustration about something that happened during the school day or sharing a meaningful experience with the group.
WHO WE ARE
We pay our staff a THRIVING wage (25% higher than a living wage), include generous scholarships and hire from the communities we work in. We strive to be economically, racially and LGBTQ diverse. When you sign your child up for our Brooklyn Seeds nature program, you are supporting a community.
SCHOLARSHIPS. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED. GIVE WHAT YOU CAN.
We believe in economic, racial and LGBTQ diversity. We offer scholarships on the registration form! We don’t talk about equity. We practice it. We ask that you give what you can, when you can. And take what you need when you need it. Unemployed or underemployed parents: $0-$1450. Details on the registration form. The form also allows you to give what you can to help cover the cost for a family that can’t afford it.
REGISTRATION
Please click on the school below to find out more and register your child. If you don't see your school listed, please email [email protected] and we can try to include your school!
Please read about our program before you register.
TRANSPORTATION:
We pick kids up from schools, nearby bus stops and accept park drop-offs and walk to Prospect Park. Parents also have the option of dropping kids off to Prospect Park. Dismissal is at Prospect Park at 5:30pm, usually at the corner of Garfield Place and PPW. When there is heavy rain, dismissal may be at Grand Army Plaza and updates will be texted or emailed.
**Please note that there are two gardening options for United/PS305 & Arts & Letters. One program is in the United school garden on Thursdays, and the other is in Prospect Park. The school garden program has a later registration date. The Prospect Park option registration opens August 3rd.
2:40pm - 5:30pm
Rain or Shine or Snow or Heat
Cost depends on the day. Please see below.
(Includes cost of supplies- plants, pottery, magnifying glasses, microscopes, binoculars, etc...)
Mondays: (13 Mondays) $1300
September 12, 19
October 3, 17, 24, 31
November 7, 14, 21, 28
December 5, 12, 19
Tuesdays: (13 Tuesdays) $1300
September 13, 20
October 4, 11, 18, 25
November 1, 15, 22, 29
December 6, 13, 20
Wednesdays: (14 Wednesdays) $1400
September 14, 21, 28,
October 12, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
December 7, 14, 21
Fridays: (13 Fridays) $1300
September 16, 23, 30,
Oct 7, 14, 21, 28,
Nov 4, 18,
Dec 2, 9, 16, 23
Eman @ Brooklyn Seeds
www.brooklynseeds.net
[email protected]
646-302-3149
Kids will discover rare plants and amazing animals in Prospect Park! We will visit some of the most beautiful places in Prospect Park while learning about the native animals and plants that need the last remaining forest in Brooklyn to survive. We eat delicious edible weeds (optional) while learning about native tree hoppers, raccoons, opossums, kestrels, frogs, turtles and jumping spiders. This is a rain or shine or snow class! Rain coats and boots are a must! All materials included in price: binoculars, microscopes, magnifying glasses, and nature art kit.
GRADES: K - 5.
Older kids can work together independently and will have more challenging activities. In order to make sure younger kids do not feel left out or overwhelmed, we recommend kindergarteners sign up with a buddy. Or we can have a quick introduction on Zoom to allow your child to meet us before the first pick-up. We will keep classroom buddies, siblings and similar age groups together. Parents and babysitters also have the option of dropping children off at the park, including pod drop-offs.
WHERE
We walk kids to Prospect Park, usually near the picnic house. As it gets warmer, we walk closer to the boat house. Dismissal is at Prospect Park West and Garfield Place at 5:30. If it’s easier, we can walk your child to Grand Army Plaza for dismissal.
TRUST
We practice compassionate communication and incorporate social-emotional learning into fun nature classes. We find fun and gentle ways to communicate to kids about nature while giving them time and space to express their needs, whether it’s frustration about something that happened during the school day or sharing a meaningful experience with the group.
WHO WE ARE
We pay our staff a THRIVING wage (25% higher than a living wage), include generous scholarships and hire from the communities we work in. We strive to be economically, racially and LGBTQ diverse. When you sign your child up for our Brooklyn Seeds nature program, you are supporting a community.
SCHOLARSHIPS. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED. GIVE WHAT YOU CAN.
We believe in economic, racial and LGBTQ diversity. We offer scholarships on the registration form! We don’t talk about equity. We practice it. We ask that you give what you can, when you can. And take what you need when you need it. Unemployed or underemployed parents: $0-$1450. Details on the registration form. The form also allows you to give what you can to help cover the cost for a family that can’t afford it.
REGISTRATION
Please click on the school below to find out more and register your child. If you don't see your school listed, please email [email protected] and we can try to include your school!
Please read about our program before you register.
TRANSPORTATION:
We pick kids up from schools, nearby bus stops and accept park drop-offs and walk to Prospect Park. Parents also have the option of dropping kids off to Prospect Park. Dismissal is at Prospect Park at 5:30pm, usually at the corner of Garfield Place and PPW. When there is heavy rain, dismissal may be at Grand Army Plaza and updates will be texted or emailed.
**Please note that there are two gardening options for United/PS305 & Arts & Letters. One program is in the United school garden on Thursdays, and the other is in Prospect Park. The school garden program has a later registration date. The Prospect Park option registration opens August 3rd.
2:40pm - 5:30pm
Rain or Shine or Snow or Heat
Cost depends on the day. Please see below.
(Includes cost of supplies- plants, pottery, magnifying glasses, microscopes, binoculars, etc...)
Mondays: (13 Mondays) $1300
September 12, 19
October 3, 17, 24, 31
November 7, 14, 21, 28
December 5, 12, 19
Tuesdays: (13 Tuesdays) $1300
September 13, 20
October 4, 11, 18, 25
November 1, 15, 22, 29
December 6, 13, 20
Wednesdays: (14 Wednesdays) $1400
September 14, 21, 28,
October 12, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
December 7, 14, 21
Fridays: (13 Fridays) $1300
September 16, 23, 30,
Oct 7, 14, 21, 28,
Nov 4, 18,
Dec 2, 9, 16, 23
Eman @ Brooklyn Seeds
www.brooklynseeds.net
[email protected]
646-302-3149
Brooklyn Seeds Fall 2023 -- Please click on your child's school
