by Kathy Scharfenberg | May 28, 2026 | Events, Highlight, Interstate Park WI, Past Event
The bird hike at Interstate Park was awesome on Saturday May 16! 58 species of birds were spotted, with a variety of vireos and warblers in the trees along the trail. The air was filled with lovely birdsongs. The blue heron rookery was active with adult birds flying...
by Kathy Scharfenberg | May 22, 2026 | Highlight, Interstate Park WI, Nature Storytime
Tiny shovels find some pretty big wiggly worms at nature Storytime this week. Everyone had a shovel and looked hard to find the worms which were actually quite deep in the dirt. We looked for worms in the pine forest, on the trail and next to a tree. Four worms were...
by Kathy Scharfenberg | May 16, 2026 | Highlight, Interstate Park WI, Nature Storytime
We started the day by reading an interesting book about how plants grow, eager to look at the amazing pictures. Then, each child planted a variety of seeds in a wet paper towel and plastic bag. And then, off we went to the Juniper Jewel greenhouse. It was a...
by Kathy Scharfenberg | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Nature Storytime
The children and participants of Nature Storytime continue to learn about nature and science in fun weekly events. Recently we learned about about chemical reactions. We experimented with baking soda and vinegar, making an “erupting” volcano. Next, we...
by Kathy Scharfenberg | Dec 10, 2025 | Interstate Park WI, Nature Storytime, Things To Do
Last week during Nature Storytime, kids, moms, dads and grandmas made peanut butter sunflower seed pine cones for the winter birds to eat. After finishing the bird treats, we made homemade waffles for everyone and sang songs. It was a fun thing to do on a cold winter...
