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Welcome to the blog of Forest Preschool at the Green Mountain Audubon Center! We are happy you decided to check us out. Here is where you will find a detailed overview of our day: the things we saw, heard, found, and sometimes even tasted! If you are interested in learning more about us, find the "About:Forest Preschool" page. Other information can be found on our website.

Here is a snap-shot of our first session this spring:

We met our animal identities, and had some fun learning about them through-out our spring session.

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We had lots of fun exploring Forest Camp and playing in the snow.

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Once temperatures rose, we just had to tap some maple trees (this is Vermont, ya know).

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And then things started to change...

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The sun was out longer, the sap finished flowing, and the frogs could be heard!

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 It was a great 7 weeks!

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