OVERALL GOALS:
Introduce children to the wonders of Yellowstone National Park in a hands-on, immersive environment that empowers children to discover a lifelong passion for nature, science, and the Yellowstone experience.
EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
• Enhance early language and literacy skills
• Familiarize children with basic geology concepts
• Increase children’s understanding of biodiversity
• Encourage role play
• Improve mapping, navigation, and spatial relations skills
• Promote outdoor safety and etiquette
• Increase children’s understanding of animal tracks, habitats, and behavior
• Teach basic ecological concepts
• Encourage conservation, recycling, and stewardship of nature
• Enhance creativity and imagination
• Sharpen basic math skills
• Improve thinking and reasoning skills
• Reinforce the educational messages promoted by the National Park Service
• Strengthen physical coordination, hand-to-eye coordination, and motor skills
• Extend learning beyond the Museum setting
• Foster growth of critical elements of early childhood development