Tykes on Trails, Summer Safari!

Children’s Nature Institute
Franklin Canyon Park in Beverly Hills (see directions below)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
9a.m. to 11a.m.
Ages: 2-4
Cost: $20 for the 1st child ($17 for members)
$10 for each additional child
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Join Tykes on Trails for children 2-4 years old and their parents. Enjoy hands-on discovery, stories, crafts, and walks at some of LA’s most beautiful natural parks. Each series of four classes brings a new theme and a nature badge to collect on graduation day!

Learn how to use thermometers to measure temperature and to discover the hottest and coolest places along our path. Practice using measuring tapes to track plants as they grow and examine animal prints!

Children will learn about local flora and fauna while practicing early language, math and science skills. The workshops are designed to nurture children’s innate curiosity about nature and give parents a chance to bond with their children in peaceful, natural settings.

Meet in the picnic area by the parking lot.

Directions: From Valley: Take 101 to Coldwater Cyn exit heading south. Coldwater eventually snakes up into the mountains and at the top is a stop light with a sign for Treepeople on the left. At this light, make a soft right (not a sharp right) onto Franklin Cyn Dr (sign says “road ends 800 feet” at park entrance). See Parking directions below. **From LA: Head north on Beverly Dr. After you cross Sunset, when Beverly curves sharply right, turn left to stay on Beverly. At the first stop light, bear right onto Coldwater Cyn Dr. A ways after Coldwater and Mulholland merge, look for the stop light where Coldwater and Mulholland split again (there¹s a Treepeople sign on the right). There, make a hard left onto Franklin Cyn Dr (sign says “road ends 800 feet” at park entrance). **Parking: Continue past the houses on Franklin Cyn Dr, through park gate, then turn left before a big brown sign for “William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom” to park in the big dirt lot.