Welcome to Tallahassee Museum Preschool’s Nature Based Summer Camp!
Established in 1964, the Tallahassee Museum Preschool is offering 7 weeks of nature filled summer camp for ages 3-6. This includes children going into kindergarten. Experience enchanting days full of playful learning on 52 acres of beautiful woodlands.
Our summer camp will follow a daily routine emphasizing active outside play and child-initiated activities such as mud pie making, and costume dress up, while still following daily routines such as circle time, calendar, and story time. Every day will include opportunities for outside play and/or hikes through our wonderland of wildlife trails.
License number C02LE0290
Campers need to bring/wear:
● Non tie closed toe shoes (Velcro etc.)
● Apply bug spray/sunscreen prior to camp
● Lunch and Snack (labeled with camper’s first and last name)
● Water Bottle (labeled with campers first and last name)
● Blanket for rest time
● Change of clothes (labeled with first and last name)
Full day 8:45 – 4:00
Price: $275/week
Half day: 8:45-12:30
Price: $175/week
If a week is sold out, please email registrations@tallahasseemuseum.org with your name, your child’s name, which week, and which age group. You will receive an email with a direct link to sign up if a space becomes available.
June 2 – 6 – Prehistoric Past
Junior paleontologists will travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and
return back with their very own fossil.
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
June 9 – 13 – Down by the Farm
Campers will explore the Museum’s working farm and get to know all the farm animals.
We will cook tasty treats from scratch in the historic kitchen and make our own butter.
Full Day Registration
Half Day Registration
June 16 – 20 – Fairy Tales
Campers will step into a fantastical world full of giants, queens, kings, princesses,
knights, and dragons. We will explore the nature trails of the museum on a search to
find the animals we read about in our fairy tales.
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
June 23 – 27 – Forest Friends of Florida
Campers will hike our woodland trails and observe our native Florida Wildlife. Campers
will examine tracks, pelts, and even bones of bears, panthers, foxes, and more!
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
Closed 6/30 – 7/4
July 7 – 11 – Backyard Fairies
A whimsical week of fairy wings and garden tea parties in our enchanted forest.
Campers will enjoy making potions and building fairy houses out of natural materials.
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
July 14 – 18 – Colors of Nature
Campers will explore the many colors, textures, and patterns found in nature. We will
paint with mud, plants, and herbs found on the museum’s nature trails and use other
natural treasures to create and experiment with.
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
July 21 – 25 – Sensory Science
All mad scientists are welcome to step into the lab and experiment during this exciting
week at camp. Campers will enjoy sensory sensations with sticky slime, oozing oobleck,
fizzing potions, and more.
Full Day Registration – SOLD OUT
Half Day Registration
Closed 7/28 – 8/1
Closed 8/4- 8/8
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