Nature Storytime is a Member-only program that includes a special storybook reading and activity. Enjoy a fun moment especially for your toddler before the Aquarium opens.
This program is for children aged 2-4 years and their parent(s). Siblings under age 2 may attend if they remain in their stroller or carrier for the duration of the program. Other unregistered participants may not attend.
Check-in:
As early as 9:00 a.m.
No later than 9:10 a.m.
Story Time:
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
As this event is before the Aquarium opens to the public, participants must remain with the group and will not be allowed to explore the Aquarium until it opens at 10:00 a.m. Guests must check in at the Welcome Center at 9:00 a.m. before the whole group is escorted up to the activity location. We cannot accommodate late arrivals.
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Upcoming Dates
See a list of upcoming events below. Registration will open a week before each event.
2024
January
1.9.24
Storytime with the Otters
Book:
Otters Under Water
by Jim Arnosky
1.23.24
Storytime with the Penguins
Book:
Breathe
by Scott Magoon
February
2.13.24
Storytime in the trees
Book:
You Are Mine, Porcupine
by Helen L. Wilbur and Stephanie Fizer Coleman
2.22.24
Storytime in the Arctic
Book:
A Penguin Story
by Antoinette Portis
March
3.12.24
Storytime in the sun
Book:
Worm Weather
by Jean Taft
3.21.24
Storytime with the Birds
Book:
An Egg is Quiet
by Diana Hutts Aston
April
4.16.24
Storytime with the Trees*
Book: Trees by Carme Leminiscates
*Will include a craft activity involving washable paint. Guests are encouraged to wear clothing that they are comfortable with getting messy.
4.25.24
Earth Day Nature Storytime
Book:
A Stone Sat Still
by Brendan Wenzel
May
5.14.24
Storytime with the insects
Book:
Inch by Inch
by Leo Lionni
5.23.24
Storytime by the water
Book:
How Do You Take a Bath?
by Sydney Hanson
June
6.11.24
Storytime in the sun
Book:
What a Wonderful World
by Bob Theile
6.20.24
Storytime by the playground
Book:
A color of his own
by Leo Lionni
July
7.16.24
Storytime in the garden
Book:
Counting in the Garden
by Kim Parker
7.25.24
Storytime with the frogs
Book:
The Wide-Mouthed Frog
by Keith Faulkner
August
8.13.24
Storytime in the hive
Book:
The Honeybee
by Kristen Hall-May
8.22.24
Storytime in the tidal pool
Book:
Don’t Worry, Little Crab
by Chris Haughton
September
9.10.24
Storytime outside
Book:
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
by Judi Barrett
9.19.24
Storytime on the grassy hill
Book:
I Love the Mountains
by Kevin and Haily Meyers
October
10.15.24
Storytime in the hive
Book:
Eat Up, Bear!
by Terry Pierce
10.31.24
Spooky* Storytime
Book:
Walter’s Wonderful Web
by Tom Hopgood
*Come in your favorite animal costume! We’ll read a story and have a costume parade.
November
11.12.24
Storytime with sounds
Book:
I Howl I Growl!
by Marcia K Vaughan
11.21.24
Storytime, Day and Night
Book:
If You Find a Leaf
by Aimee Sicuro
December
12.17.24
Storytime in the ocean
Book:
I Hear You, Ocean
by Carmen Mok
12.19.24
Storytime with the depths of the ocean
Book:
Octopuses One to Ten
by Ellen Jackson
