PoemTree After-School Nature Club for Ages 5-12

PoemTree After-School Nature Club is an outdoor program inspired by forest schools for children and pre-teens between the ages of 5 and 12, led by experienced outdoor educators. This creative, play-based (mostly) program offers children the gift of free time to play, explore their own imaginations and build creative outdoor skills in the woods.

We offer sessions Monday-Friday, 3:00-5:30 p.m., with a choice of attending two, three, or five days a week. 
What Goes on During PoemTree?
Our main activity is free play in nearby woods. However, on any given day at PoemTree Nature Club, you may find your child:

  • learning woods and garden care
  • trading jokes, poems and riddles
  • playing, climbing and hiking
  • keeping a nature journal or drawing
  • playing classic youth games tag and capture the flag
  • learning knot-tying, foraging, wood-working, whittling, building fires or tree and plant identification.
  • playing music
  • hearing nature stories and writing their own
  • making maps
  • building forts, a dam in the creek or a rock museum
  • relaxing in a hammock
  • and all manner of other outdoor projects

During the winter months when days are shorter, we are at times forced indoors, where our main activities are playing board games, cooking, making art and other forms of crafting and handwork (like weaving, knitting, sewing, and painting).

As a child-led center, we follow the impulses and interests of the children. Seasonally, we explore different themes or skills.

Tuition for 2023-24 school year:
2-day week: $145/month
3-day week: $217/month
5-day week: $361/month

★One month’s tuition deposit is required at registration to hold spot, deposit is applied to last month’s tuition.
Apply Today!
Give your child or pre-teen the gift of free time, space to play a chance to build creative outdoor skills with their friends in the woods!
Note: Space is limited. Once you apply, a member of Prairie Flower's enrollment team will contact you.
PoemTree Nature Club Motto

In woods, creeks & ravines 
We swear to care for bees and trees 
and all living things between

In words, deeds & responses 
We strive to be kind and mindful 
to ourselves, our teachers, and our fellows

In works, dreams & creations 
We will go forth playfully 
to build and imagine new things