Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Outdoor Explore!

Outdoor Explore! Is the Jacksonville Zoo’s family nature club. Each month we meet in a different location to explore the green spaces around our city and interact with the natural world! Outdoor Explore! is intended for children in 2nd-5th grade and their siblings of all ages!

Giving your child the opportunity to play outside is a precious gift with many positive benefits. Nature play helps kids to:

* Build resilience
* Be observant and focus attention
* Boost academic performance
* Enhance creativity, critical thinking, problem solving
* Develop the use of senses
* Develop self-control
* Develop respect for all living things
* Discover and understand feelings
* Develop social skills
* Practice risk taking and risk assessment