Target groups:
Daycare centres (3–6 years) and preschools
Group size:
Max. 25 persons
Duration:
55 minutes
This guided tour reviews the Finnish seasons and related natural phenomena. In a summer forest, we will tase bilberries and buzz like mosquitoes. In the autumn, when nature and animals are preparing for the winter, we will find out who hibernates, who migrates south and who grows a winter coat.
On this tour, we will visit the Finnish Nature exhibition, occasionally sitting down to talk with the children about different seasons. We will recall scents, sounds and flavours associated with summer, as well as try dried bilberries. From the fringes of an autumn field, we will observe how the leaves of trees change colour and find out how birds are ringed during their migration.
In the winter landscape, we will compare animals in their summer and winter coats. The children will be given an assignment, in which they can explore different zoological samples, such as skins, legs and feathers, in smaller groups.