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Black Hill Visitor Center 20926 Lake Ridge Dr. • Boyds, MD 20841 • 301-528-3492 • www.BlackHillNature.org Please check our website for Visitor Center hours. Trails open daily, dawn to dusk.
Toddlers & Preschool
Mixed Ages Ages 1-17
Ages 6 & under
Registration is required, and all children must be accompanied by an adult unless otherwise noted.
Registration is required, and all children must be accompanied by an adult unless otherwise noted.
Woodpecker Watch
Time For Tots
Enjoy a story, then go outside to explore nature with a Park Naturalist. If your child has any allergies, please call us at 301-528-3492. FOBH $4 for each class. • Treats
for the Animals
Listen to a story, leave treats for animals in the park, and make tasty treats for your neighborhood critters. 219051 18M-36M 1 Class $5 12/20 Th 10:00am-10:45am
• Snowflakes
It’s winter in the park! We’ll share a story, walk among snowflakes (if we’re lucky), and make a snowy craft together.
219052 18M-36M 1 Class $5 1/23 W 10:00am-10:45am • Have
a Heart Hike
Wish the wildlife Happy Valentine’s Day by leaving them tasty treats. Get a heart sticker for each wildlife treat you leave!
219053 18M-36M 1 Class $5 2/14 Th 10:00am-10:45am
Animal Tracks & Traces
Everything that moves leaves a trace. Learn to recognize and interpret some of the common signs left by creatures large and small. FOBH $4 219150 3-6yrs 1 Class $5
1/10
Th 10:00am-11:00am
Bear Snores On
218799 2-5yrs 1 Class $6
Find out why Bear will not wake up in this beloved children’s book by Karma Wilson. Touch real bear fur and learn more ways bears survive in a wintry world. Make a bear craft to take home. FOBH $5 1/20
Su 10:00am-11:00am
We’ll hear a story about woodpeckers first, then visit the forest and our log garden to look for them. Last but not least, we’ll make a yummy treat for the woodpeckers in your backyard. Please call 301-528-3492 if your child has any food allergies. FOBH $5 219050 220099 220100
3-6yrs 1 Class $6 12/12 W 10:00am-11:00am 3 & up 1 Class $6 12/15 Sa 1:00pm- 2:00pm 3 & up 1 Class $6 2/3 Su 1:00pm- 2:00pm
New Year Noisemakers
Get ready to celebrate the New Year by making noisemakers and other party items from things you can recycle from your house. Children under age 8 will need an adult helper. FOBH $5 219099
2-12yrs 1 Class $6 12/27 Th
2:00pm- 3:00pm
Programs for All Registration is required, and all children must be accompanied by an adult unless otherwise noted.
Winter Tree ID Hike
A tree’s uniqueness is deeper than its leaves! Take a winter walk and learn how to identify different tree species by their bark and branching, and make an ID book of tree bark rubbings to take home. FOBH $4 219499
5 & up 1 Class $5
12/1 Sa
1:00pm- 2:00pm
Wild Wrapping
Take a break from shopping and come to the Visitor Center at Black Hill. Bring your unwrapped holiday purchases and a Naturalist will show you how to use recycled and natural materials to make unique and beautiful wrappings. FOBH $4
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5 & up 1 Class $5 5 & up 1 Class $5
12/2 Su 11:00am-12:00pm 12/2 Su 2:00pm- 3:00pm
Are you always watching birds and wondering what species they are? Come learn how to identify some of the more common birds you see in your neighborhood and parks. Bring binoculars or borrow ours. Please register and pay for all participants. FOBH $5 4 & up 1 Class $6 12/8 Sa 4 & up 1 Class $6 1/26 Sa 4 & up 1 Class $6 2/24 Su
WINTER Meetings Tuesday January 22
FOBH Family Day 1-4pm Free nature programs, then dinner and regular meeting 6:30-8:30pm Tuesday February 26 6:30-8:30pm
Want to be a FOBH? Visit
Birding Basics for Families
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Friends of Black Hill ("FOBH")
9:00am-10:30am 9:00am-10:30am 9:00am-10:30am
Browse the eGuide at www.MontgomeryParks.org/Guide, and register for Parks classes at www.ParkPASS.org
BlackHill Nature.org and join today!
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