Wild for Literacy Exploration

Thursday (Van Wezel)          Monday (North Port) 6400 W Price Blvd.  North Port, FL.  34291 October 24, 2019                     October 28, 2019 10am & 11:45am                      10am [...]

Tuesday October 29, 2019 10am & 11:45am Three beloved stories by Eric Carle, award-winning children’s book illustrator and author, are retold on stage through the magic of black light [...]

Monday (Van Wezel) and Tuesday (North Port) 6400 W. Price Blvd. 34291 April 20, 2020 (Van Wezel)             April 21 (North Port) 10am & 11:45am Charlotte’s Web is based on R.B. White’s [...]

Tuesday January 21, 2020 10:00am & 11:45am Turn the poutiest of frowns upside down in this new musical featuring whimsical puppets and live performers in a swooping oceanic adventure.  When [...]

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 10am & 11:45am Meet Peter.  Peter Gros has nearly 30 years of field experience with captive wildlife.  In his former position as Director of Land Animals and vice [...]

Monday February 3, 2020 10am & 11:45am Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production!  It’s not easy being the Pigeon- you never get to do ANYTHING!  [...]

In this inquiry-based activity presented by the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program with Around the Bend Nature Tours, students are told a story about “Why the Crab Has No Head”.  Observations are made [...]

Fluttering Butterflies and Crawling Caterpillars at Selby Gardens In this exploration, children will listen to Eric Carle’s story The Very Hungry Caterpillar and will recount, through the story, [...]

A professional violinist will perform a piece of music for the students and then will discuss the various sounds and rhythms that were heard. Performing brief measures of music, she demonstrates [...]

Everything you can imagine is real. -Pablo Picasso This exploration for K-5 students introduces The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art as a place of imagination and wonder. Students will learn [...]