The one we frequent the most is Battelle Darby Creek since it is the closest. Plus, they offer a regularly scheduled Preschooler Program each month. In fact they have four of these each month! That is more than any other metro park. The Battelle Darby Creek Preschoolers Programs are generally offered on the second Tuesday of the month at 9:30a and 11:00a and then again on the last Friday of the month (sometimes this will change due to holidays and such) at 11:00a and 1:00p. The same program is presented at all four and the topic changes each month. Last month was owls. This month they will be talking about snakes.
The Preschooler Programs (ages 3-5.5 or 6) seem to be fairly standard from park to park. The kids gather on the floor while the naturalist talks about the topic. After that they will read and story and sing a song. Once that is done a craft is made based on the topic for the month. The programs last 45 min to an hour and are lots of fun!
Some of the metro parks (generally Sharon Woods and Blendon Woods) offer Homeschooler Programs as well. The age range is for 6 and up, but after going to one I think they are geared more toward ages 10 and up. It was a little too much for my six year old Monkey. The owl program at Sharon Woods lasted almost two hours with lots of sitting still time. He doesn't do well with sitting still and he found it boring. At the end they dissected an owl pellet and he did enjoy that. We've not been to any other Homeschooler Programs so I cannot comment much about them. We've been to many, many more Preschooler Programs.
Check out Metro Parks Programs for the current schedule of events. Some of the metro parks require registration for their programs and others do not.
The photos below are all from various programs at Battelle Darby Creek.
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