It's a place known for unusual creatures and hands-on learning, but now the St. Louis Zoo is mixing the two. "We wanted the opportunity to work with children on a more long term basis," explained ...

Zoo Knoxville will have a "panda kindergarten" as keepers hand-rear four orphaned red panda cubs. Three babies come to Knoxville from zoos in Ohio and Idaho. The mothers of the cubs were hand-raised ...

The Buffalo Zoo is in the process of establishing a preschool that will be open to children three or four years in age. The school will take place on The Zoo grounds, which is just about the greatest ...

Next fall, the Saint Louis Zoo’s Second Nature Preschool is taking a major step forward. The program will offer full-day classes and move into a dedicated facility set to open for the 2026-27 school ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Preschoolers in Santa Barbara can now receive a 'wild' education at the Santa Barbara Zoo. The zoo's Early Explorers program has been given approval to operate full-time, ...

Reflecting a recent trend, the Lake Superior Zoo plans to open a nature-based preschool in fall 2020. The zoo is planning to hire a preschool director to lead program development and navigate state ...

It's no secret some of the best learning takes place outside of the classroom. We can all remember a field trip where we learned something so cool we just never forgot it. If only class were there ...

The San Antonio Zoo is seriously expanding its preschool program, which will soon be the largest nature-based preschool in the country. The zoo’s Will Smith Zoo School, one geared toward preschoolers, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Kids in the Early Explorer Preschool in Santa Barbara are experiencing education in a way like no other. Their school happens to be inside the Santa Barbara zoo. “What you’re ...

The St. Louis Zoo plans to open its own preschool, perhaps as soon as the start of the 2014 school year. The program would be situated in the Monsanto Education Gallery, a new discovery room on the ...

While some preschoolers can only imagine storybook animals like Curious George and Lyle the Crocodile coming to life in their classrooms, kids at the San Antonio Zoo’s preschool get to see real ...

He’s teaching kids the wild things. Garett Talcott, a kindergarten teacher in Washington, has social media feeling as fuzzy as wuzzy the bear thanks to a viral TikTok video of him taking students on a ...