9 S Summit Avenue (map it) Gaithersburg, MD 20877 301−258−6160 The Gaithersburg Community Museum is neither big nor fancy — it is just a one room affair with a model train set up, gift items for sale, historical displays, and a friendly docent — but it is worth stopping by if you are in the […]
Woodend Sanctuary 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301−652−9188 We love the Audubon Nature Fair, and look forward to attending each year. We picnic with friends, shop for gifts for upcoming events, meet bee keepers, learn about invasive species, find little creatures in the pond, make cardboard binoculars, enjoy performances geared at both […]
Happy belated Thanksgiving! We snagged a great book from the library recently! In A Plump and Perky Turkey (written by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Jeff Shelley) the turkeys all skip town before Thanksgiving and the town-folks try to trick them back, but (after pages of engaging illustrations and rhymes that please me) they end […]
Audubon Nature Preschool I have seen the folks at the Audubon Nature Society’s Woodend Santuary in action during their spring fair the last two years and would send my kids there in a heartbeat if it were closer and cheaper. You can get all the details on their website… just wanted to put the name […]