Youth & Family Programs Discovery Days Ages 2–6 with Adult Fire Building Ages 7+ Enjoy an hour of fun including a game, craft, and hands-on educational activities based around the theme of the day! Saturday, September 7, 10:30 a.m. - Noon Rush Creek Conservation Area, Harvard WHO LIVES IN THESE WOODS? Fee: R $3.00 / NR $6.00 Code: 9343 Friday, September 27, 10–11 a.m. Do you know how to start a 昀椀re? How about Harrison Benwell Conservation Area, Wonder Lake without using a match? Join us as we explore Fee: R $3.00 / NR $6.00 Code: 9344 the di昀昀erent methods of getting a 昀椀re going! SPIDER WEB WONDERS Friday, October 11, 10–11 a.m. Paper Pulp Painting Ages 8+ Stickney Run Conservation Area, McHenry Saturday, September 7, 1 - 3 p.m. Fee: R $3.00 / NR $6.00 Code: 9386 Prairieview Education Center, Crystal Lake WILD CANINES Fee: R Free / NR $5.00 Code: 9383 Try your hand at a new eco-friendly art form: painting with scrap Friday, November 15, 10–11 a.m. paper! Papermaker Nate will teach you how to shape paper pulp Pleasant Valley Conservation Area, Woodstock into beautiful nature scenes and scenic vistas. Fee: R $3.00 / NR $6.00 Code: 9401 Creek Peek Ages 6+ Prairie Trail Riders: Camping Out! Ages 12+ Saturday, September 14, 1 - 2:30 p.m. Keystone Road Landing at Nippersink Saturday, September 28 - Sunday, September 29 Canoe Trail Algonquin to North Branch Conservation Area, Richmond Fee: R Free / NR $5.00 Code: 9396 Fee: R $30.00 / NR $36.00 Code: 9369 Explore the amazing underwater world Join us for our 昀椀rst overnight biking program! We'll ride 25.5 of the Nippersink Creek! We will search miles from Algonquin to North Branch Conservation Area for little critters and learn why they are before pitching our tents for a night of camping. so important to the creek. Participants A camp昀椀re dinner will be provided, complete should wear shoes they can wade in with s'mores! After breakfast the next and be prepared to get wet. morning, we will make the return trip. Bring your bike, camping gear, a water bottle and helmet. Prairie Trail Riders: O昀昀 Campus Ages 10+ Sunday, October 13, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Long Prairie Trailhead at Boone McHenry Migrating Monarchs Ages 8+ County Line Road Saturday, September 28, 1 - 2:30 p.m. Fee: R Free / NR $5.00 Code: 9378 Prairieview Education Center, Crystal Lake Grab your bike and join us as we explore a Fee: R Free / NR $5.00 Code: 9351 trail just west of McHenry County: the Long Prairie Trail. We will start and end at the Learn about the annual life cycle of monarch butter昀氀ies and trailhead on Boone McHenry County Line how they survive their 2,500 mile migration each year. Weather Road, riding west to Poplar Grove. The entire permitting, we will venture out to the prairie to see if we can journey is about 15 miles. 昀椀nd any monarchs as they set o昀昀 on their southbound journey. Native American Story Telling with Gerald Savage Ages 10+ Thursday, October 17, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Prairieview Education Center, Crystal Lake Fee: R $7.00 / NR $10.00 Code: 9392 Join us for an evening with Gerald Savage, Ho-Chunk Ska Ga his formal native name, oldest grandson of Chief Walks with the Wind. Gerald will share Native American stories from long ago, tribal history and lore, and the season and reason for storytelling. 16 Landscapes | FALL 2024 Youth 13 & under must be accompanied by an adult registered for the same program, except Just for Kids programs. Register online at MCCDistrict.org/Programs.