Children Programs | Children's Education | Early Childhood at the Arboretum

The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Children Educational Program, Early Childhood Classroom Programs, is where children can discover EARLY the wonders of nature and that science is fun! All classes take place in the Crow Pavilion Classrooms and the Dallas Arboretum Botanical Gardens for the kids classroom programs.

Children's Education Registration      
You may register for any children's education classes by calling 214-515-6540 or by clicking for a printable Children Program registration form.

Pre-K - 1st grade; $4.50 per child, which includes admission

Green Machine - Dallas Children’s Program
Through a big gook story and hands-on activities, children learn about plants, their functions and basic needs. They will each plant their own seeds to take back to school for further investigation.

Ready to Rock! - Dallas Children’s Program
A story and hands-on activities introduce your children to the world of geology. Through exploration and instruction, your students investigate, sort and describe a variety of rocks and fossils and learn about their origins.

Pumpkin Circle (Fall only) - Dallas Children’s Program
A story, video and hands-on activities explain to children the life cycle of a plant from seed to flower to fruit to seed again. The perfect ending for this lesson is a walk through the Arboretum's pumpkin patch.

Awesome Blossoms - Dallas Children’s Program
A big book story and hands-on activities will introduce your students to the beauty and importance of flowers and other plant parts using real flowers.

Wings and Things (Spring only) - Dallas Children’s Program
In this class, young children will delight in exploring the life cycle of the butterfly through storytelling, drama and hands-on activities. In addition to acting out the life stages from egg to butterfly, students will see live critters in the classroom and compare the life cycles of the butterfly, frog and flower.

Dallas Arboretum Children's Education - Program Overview
The Arboretum's guided tours, self-instructing materials and educational programs provide hands-on experiences that make learning fun and meet the requirements of the TEKS for science education. In addition, these programs incorporate language arts, math, social studies and fine art components.

Because the Crow Pavilion's new classrooms allow the addition of deeper levels of science education to existing field trips, the Arboretum added two new teachers to its staff to research, write curricula for new field trips and teach new classes. The new programs will incorporate technology and help students investigate and understand more complex natural science concepts.

Dallas Arboretum Address: The Dallas Arboretum - 8617 Garland Rd. Dallas, TX 75218.