Exploring Nature Through Story!
A storybook trail on Whiskeag Trail
This summer and fall, KELT is excited to offer storybook trails across the region!
With the help of passionate volunteers, KELT has designed storyboards that will serve as temporary exhibits at a number of our preserves this spring and summer. Come to one or come to all for nature themed stories and outdoor activities for children 6 years old and younger. With a chaperoning adult, young children will be able to walk a trail, explore a preserve, or visit LOCAL garden while reading a beloved children’s nature book one page at a time.
Come explore the wonders of the Whiskeag Trail at the Bath YMCA while reading “Count Down to Fall” by Fran Hawk.
Where? Whiskeag Trail in Bath
When? Temporary Installation will be up from Saturday, October 22 at 10:00AM to Sunday, November 5th at 5:00PM.
Closed toed shoes that can get wet and muddy are recommended.
No registration is required, but pictures of your visit would be greatly appreciated! You can send to info@kennebecestuary.org.
About “Count Down to Fall” by Fran Hawk:
Count backwards from 10 to one during one of the most colorful times of year: fall. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall: aspen, birch, maple, oak, chestnut, linden, pine, beech, dogwood, and sweet gum. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as they get ready for the approaching cold winter.
2022 KELT Storybook Trail Schedule (subject to change):
May 21st - 27th: “Little Sap” at Green Point Preserve
May 28th: “Song of the Water Boatman” at Thorne Head Preserve (as part of Pond-o-palooza)
June 19th-26th: “Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt” at LOCAL Garden
July 23rd-30th: “The Bug Club” at Merrymeeting Fields Preserve
August 20th-27th: “Let’s go on a Hike” at Sewall Woods Preserve
September 18th-October 2nd: “This Moose Belongs to Me” at Lilly Pond Community Forest
October 22nd-November5th: “Count Down to Fall” at Whiskeag Trail at the Bath YMCA
