Hello friends,
So during this grant, we ran nine Owl Prowls – free nature classes for children – in our city. The Owl Prowls were a hit! We regularly had 50-60 people showing up for each walk. Each week, we ran a different nature activity exploring a different aspect of the natural world. I made a full write-up, documenting the project on our blog here with lots of thoughts, instructions for how to run the activities yourself, and a breakdown of what worked and what didn’t.
This was a great project, and I like to think of it as a prototype for a larger roll-out of Owl Prowls in the future. Already, this summer, we have a librarian, paid for by the city, who is going around on the mobile library running activities we designed during this Owl Prowl with children across the city. In the Fall, we’re planning to run several parallel Owl Prowls across many other libraries in the city. I’m very grateful to GOSH for supporting us through these prototype events, and helping us work out a pattern that we can build to scale in the future.
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