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ZOO TROOP
Learning and growing is fun at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! These 4 week series encourages the development of important skills and values that will allow your child to interact with peers while fostering knowledge and respect for wildlife and wild places. Through age appropriate, skill and wonder-building hands-on activities, close encounters with animals, Zoo hikes, and child-led projects, children learn biological concepts and become curious to explore the world around them and find their own answers. Come to Zoo Troop, where children can let their imagination run wild!

New skills and experiences are learned in each 4-week Zoo Troop series.

Toddlers I Spy
Regular Price: $105.00
Member Price: $90.00
For 18-36 months olds
Our world is full of places to discover and explore and our toddlers are doing just that! Join us for a four week series as we explore our world by getting out into the Zoo and looking up, down, and all around! You and your child will explore the outdoors, meeting animals who live in the water, underground, in the soil, and way up into the sky. Each week we'll discover these animals through live encounters, Zoo hikes, and dramatic and exploratory play, in our own Education back yard.

Dates: Saturdays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 9:30-10:15am or 11:00-11:45am

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.

Toddlers Lets Grow Together
Regular Price: $105.00
Member Price: $90.00
For 18-36 months olds
Just like us, the plants are soaking up this summer sun! Join us as we work our way from root to stem to petal; learning about the different parts of plants and what they need to grow! Each week we will learn more about plants and the animals who interact with them through live animal encounters, Zoo hikes, hands on activities, songs. 

Dates: Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26, and Aug 2: 9:30-10:15am or 11:00-11:45am

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.

Pre-K Art Of Nature
Regular Price: $105.00
Member Price: $90.00
For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
It's time to use our own creativity to explore the great outdoors! Come outside with us to create our own art projects and discover the fascinating art palette nature has to offer! Each week of our series we will meet animals face-to-face inside and around the Zoo, as we get hands-on with nature in our own backyard.

Dates: Saturdays, June 7, 14, 21, 28: 10:00-11:00am

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.
Session Pre K Art Of Nature: Sat, Jun 7, 2025 - Sat, Jun 28, 2025 10:00AM - 11:00AM WAIT LIST

Pre K Reading and Romping
Regular Price: $105.00
Member Price: $90.00
For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
Can you hoot for mom like the Owl Babies? Are you as colorful as The Mixed Up Chameleon? Can you move your body like an animal From Head To Toe? Through animal encounters, hands-on activities, and exploring the Zoo, your Zoo Trooper will begin to understand how the animals in these books are connected to the animals in the world around us!

Dates: Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26 and August 2: 10:00-11:00am 

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes.
Session Pre K Reading And Romping: Sat, Jul 12, 2025 - Sat, Aug 2, 2025 10:00AM - 11:00AM AVAILABLE