EVENT FULL – Waitlist ONLY
Experience the longest night of year surrounded by light, joy and nature. Join our Forest & Nature School Practitioners as they provide an evening nature experience for families with young children. All ages welcome and recommended for children age 2-5.
Location: 19794 Hwy 48, Mount Albert
Date: Thursday, December 19th
Time: 6:00 – 7:30PM
Cost: Free – Preregistration Required
PARKING IS LIMITED – Please Carpool.
ACTIVITIES
Our educators have prepared a variety of activities recommended for children ages 2-5, and their siblings.
- Candlelit Night Walk
- Visit with our Farm Animals
- Enjoy warm apple cider
- Make a winter lantern
- Storytelling and sharing of Solstice traditions from around the world
- AND MORE!!
WHAT IS WINTER SOLSTICE?
The solstice is the moment in time that one of Earth’s poles is at its maximum tilt. Thus, the sun travels its shortest path through the sky when the winter solstice occurs. As a result, the hemisphere tilted away from the sun experiences the cooler winter temperatures, while the hemisphere tilted towards the sun experiences the warmer summer temperatures.
On the December Solstice, the South Pole tilts towards the sun, and the sun’s rays are directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn. Thus, those in the Nothern Hemisphere welcome the winter.
In other words, the December Solstice marks the astronomical end of the fall and the astronomical beginning of the winter for the Northern Hemisphere,
The day that the winter solstice occurs is the shortest day and the longest night of the calendar year. After the winter solstice, the days get longer, the nights get shorter until the longest day, and the year’s shortest night occurs on the summer solstice.