Early Childhood Environmental Education

Blue mat on a table has clouds lined up with the numbers 1-10 printed on them. One student holds a small fan to blow a cotton ball.
Students seated on logs in outdoor classroom, looking at educator reading "Animals in Camouflage" book.
Child looking through magnifier at encased dragonfly adult. Dragonfly larvae and eggs are also encased on the table.

Junior Nature Explorers

Our Junior Nature Explorers program engages young, preschool-aged learners as they discover the natural world around them. Learning does not just happen in the classroom–it happens everywhere and all the time! Nature is proven to positively impact children’s cognitive, physical, social, and psychological development. Our Junior Nature Explorers lessons integrate learning and child development with interactive, hands-on discovery of our natural world. Students learn about plants, animals, and water alongside our environmental educators.

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Junior Energy Explorers

Junior Energy Explorers is an energy-based education program which seeks to expose our youngest learners to the core basics of how energy moves, works, and transforms through hands-on exploration and observation. The early introduction to energy and scientific thinking provides a necessary foundation on which students’ skills and knowledge will grow. Students investigate the effects and power of the sun, wind, and other energy sources through experimentation and discovery.

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Your support allows us to continue to provide educational outreach to PreK-12 students and beyond. Please consider making a donation today and help us build a more sustainable future in the Bluegrass!

Bluegrass Greensource's 2025-26 youth environmental education programs supported by:

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