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A Green Magic Kids
Creative Plant Potion Magic on Tuesdays in Windsor Terrace
After-School Children’s Series
Green Magic Kids is a hands-on after-school class where children explore the plants, seasons, and ecosystems of Prospect Park through play, creativity, and simple herbal making. Kids learn to identify local plants, discover their traditional and ecological uses, and transform them into gentle “potions” like teas, salves, sprays, and seasonal crafts. Each child transforms their potions into their own personal apothecary.
Each week blends outdoor exploration with cozy indoor projects at 1511 10th Ave in Windsor Terrace (Cross Streets are PPSW and 16th Streets). Children follow their curiosity, work collaboratively, and deepen their sense of stewardship for the natural world. The subject matter includes plant identification, sensory awareness, basic herbal preparation, seasonal rhythms, and connection with nature.
The experience is joyful, grounding, and imagination-rich—supporting children to feel empowered, creative, and connected to themselves, each other, and the living world around them.
Tuesdays 4-5:30
Ages 5-10
Series I: January 6-March 31
Series II: April 16-June 25
Prospect Park and indoor Windsor Terrace Locations
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Green Magic Minis
Nourish • Create • Connect on Tuesdays in Gowanus
Toddler and Caregiver Series
What is this class?
Green Magic Minis is a warm, sensory-rich Toddler & Caregiver class where families explore seasonal nourishment, early kitchen arts, natural process art, and gentle nature play. It blends early childhood development with herbal wisdom, creativity, and connection—rooted in simple, joyful rituals that toddlers love and caregivers can bring home.
It’s part playgroup, part nature school, part tiny kitchen lab, part caregiver community.
What is the class experience like?
This class is calm, cozy, colorful, and hands-on.
Each session follows a predictable rhythm that helps toddlers feel safe and engaged:
1. Arrival Sensory Play
Warm oats, herbs, nature loose parts, scented water, scoops, funnels—an invitation to touch, smell, and explore.
2. Circle Time
Songs, fingerplays, gentle movement, and a seasonal story that reflects winter, kitchen themes, or nature cycles.
3. Make & Taste
Toddler-sized kitchen projects (oat mashes, berry blends, golden milk, mint lemonade) paired with simple herbal traditions.
4. Create & Explore
Process-oriented art using natural materials—spice painting, beet & turmeric dyes, nature mandalas, and sensory bins.
5. Nature Moments
Seasonal exploration indoors or outdoors: pine needles, leaves, wind walks, rain listening, nature smells.
6. Calm Down Ritual
A soothing close with breath play, cozy visuals, or a small family ritual followed by a closing song.
The atmosphere is slow, nurturing, and joyfully messy—just right for early learning.
What is the subject matter?
This class weaves together four core subjects:
1. Early Childhood Sensory Development
Hands-on, process-based activities designed to support regulation, curiosity, fine motor skills, and early social learning.
2. Seasonal Herbal Nourishment (Toddler-Safe)
Introducing gentle herbs and foods through taste, smell, and simple recipes—oats, berries, mint, ginger, turmeric, elderberry, etc.
3. Nature-Based Art & Play
Using materials from the natural world to spark creativity, imagination, and sensory integration.
4. Family Rhythm & Connection
Songs, breath play, rituals, and simple practices caregivers can use at home to bring more ease, warmth, and flow into daily life.
Tuesdays 10:00-11:30
Ages 1.5 - 4
Series I: January 6-March 31
Series II: April 16-June 25
The Creature Space and Nearby Park, Gowanus, NY
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A Green Magic Kids + Willow Nest Studio Collaboration
Creating with Nature on Thursdays in Windsor Terrace
After-School Children’s Series
In this class series children explore the living world through hands-on discovery and creative play—learning to identify local plants, mix herbal “potions,” and build art from natural materials. Through curiosity and collaboration, children experience the joy of connecting deeply with nature and one another.
Thursdays 3:00-5:30
Ages 5-10
Pick-up Available from PS 154 & PS 107
Series I: January 8-March 26
Series II: April 16-June 25
Prospect Park and indoor Windsor Terrace Locations
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Green Magic Class
for Kids
Suggested ages (5 - 10)
Dates: Sat. Sept. 20 - Nov. 22, 2025
Time: 10 am - noon
Location: Prospect Park and indoor Windsor Terrace Locations
A Different Kind of Learning
As a kindergarten teacher I taught core academic subjects. In Green Magic we step into nature’s classroom—a world of wonder, joy, and discovery. These classes balance the head with the heart and hands, giving children a chance to slow down, explore with their senses, and connect deeply with the living world around them.
In each session, students will:
Discover how to identify plants in the wild
Learn the everyday uses of herbs and trees
Create simple, kid-friendly medicines: chamomile glycerite, calendula oil, lemon balm mist, plantain salve, burdock glycerite, gingko honey syrup, lavender sachet or glycerite, and elderberry syrup.
Build their very own mini herbal apothecary to take home
Use their senses to observe and learn
Explore what it means to be in a reciprocal relationship with nature
It’s about delight, embodied practice, and cultivating curiosity—the kind of learning that sticks because it’s felt, tasted, touched, and remembered.
Calendar
Fall 2025
Saturday Morning Class Dates
Dates: Sat. Sept. 20 - Nov. 22, 2025
Time: 10 am - noon
Week 1
Sept 20
Equinox Celebration: Light & Shadow
Kid’s apothecary: Chamomile
Nature walk, equinox movement game, learn about seasonal plant and animal adaptations, create light/dark balance mandalas, make chamomile glycerite, and nature journal.
Week 2
Sept 27
Flower Magic & Sensory Science
Kid’s apothecary: Calendula
Nature walk, learn about flower anatomy, sensory flower stations with petal potions and/or flower crowns, make calendula salve, continue nature journal.
Week 3
Oct 4
Plant Allies 101
Kid’s apothecary: Lemon Balm
Plant identification scavenger hunt, science of plant communication, leaf rubbings and plant characters, learning “hello” in plant language, make lemon balm calming spray, continue nature journal.
Week 4
Oct 11
Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
Kid’s apothecary: Plantain
Intro to herbal remedies: learn about first aid herbs in the park: plantain, goldenrod, yarrow, dandelion, and make plantain salve, continue nature journal.
Oct 18
NO CLASS
Week 5
Oct 25
Roots
Kid’s apothecary: Burdock
Digging and exploring roots, learn about and identify burdock, make burdock glycerite, continue nature journal.
Week 6
Nov 1
Trees as Teachers
Kid’s apothecary: Gingko
Leaf and bark identification, act like a tree game, make gingko leaf honey syrup, bark rubbings and continue nature journal.
Week 7
Nov 8
Wind, Seeds & Wild Senses
Kid’s apothecary: Lavender
Make nature wind chimes, learn about animal and plant adaptations to wind, play air-based games, identify and collect seeds, seed dissection, make lavender sachets, and continue nature journal.
Week 8
Nov 16
Harvest & Gathering for the Winter
Kid’s apothecary: Elderberry
Honoring the abundance of the season through foraging, gratitude, and food traditions. Nature walk identify and learn about elderberry, rosehips, hawthorn, acorns. Make elderberry syrup and continue nature journal.
Nov 22 Lanterns & Dream Seeds
Kid’s apothecary: White Pine
Nature walk, create simple natural candles and paper lanterns, identify and learn about white pine, make white pine syrup, closing circle and ceremony. Share nature journals.
