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ZOO TROOP

Learning and growing is fun at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! These 4-week series encourage 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!

Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday. See class descriptions for current series content. All programs include acitivities in the classrooms, ambassador animal encounters, and Zoo hikes. Older classes usually have a series project/presentation. Toddler and PreK attend with an adult. Kindergarten-8th attend independently.

Toddlers Bookworms

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 18-36 months olds
Can you crawl like a Very Hungry Caterpillar? Do you want to join in on a Barnyard Dance? Have you ever asked, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" This series will explore nature and movement through the eyes of authors such as Eric Carle and Sandra Boynton. Our Zoo Troopers move and explore our world like the animals in our featured books.

Dates: Come every Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes. Only one adult may accompany each child.

Toddlers Senses in Nature

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 18-36 months olds
Do you smell the flowers? Can you feel the moss on the tree? Our world is full of sights, sounds, smells, and textures. We will explore our senses in nature, encouraging free play and fun, while creating nature art projects! Each week we will discover animals through live animal encounters, Zoo hikes, and dramatic play.

Dates: Ccome every Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes. Only one adult may accompany each child.

Pre-K Stories In Motion

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
Have you heard that Giraffes Can't Dance? Could YOU have a tea party while a Bear Snores On? How many animals do you think can fit in The Mitten lost by a little boy? Dramatic play, meeting animals in the classroom, and an exploratory hike through the Zoo will help bring these and other books to life and encourage observation, imagination, and exploration in nature.

Dates: Come every Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes. Only one adult may accompany each child.

Session PreK Stories in Motion: Sat, Jun 6, 2026 - Sat, Jun 27, 2026 10:00AM - 11:00AM COMING SOON

Pre-K Discovering Our Senses

Regular Price: $105.00

Member Price: $90.00

For 3, 4 and 5 years old not in kindergarten
Have you ever created a self-portrait using items from nature? We will be creating nature themed works of art and exploring the world around us through our senses. The smells of the elephant house, a prickle of a pinecone, the shiny smooth scales of a snake - let's get closer to the world around us and explore! Each week we will meet animals face-to-face in the classroom and out in the Zoo as we learn how to sense the world around us.

Dates: Choose to come every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday for 4 weeks.

Note: Plan for one adult to stay with your child during these classes. Only one adult may accompany each child.

Session PreK Discovering Our Senses: Sat, Jul 11, 2026 - Sat, Aug 1, 2026 10:00AM - 11:00AM COMING SOON