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Spring is here and it is a great time to enjoy events outdoors at beautiful locations across Long Island like , Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown. “Sweetbriar Nature Center is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife while providing engaging educational programs that foster a deeper appreciation for nature.” When you and your family […]
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Sweetbriar Nature Center will be hosting its Annual Festival to celebrate the opening of their Butterfly Vivarium. The day is filled with wildlife presentations, craft vendors, food trucks, and musical performances. This year we will feature Skyhunters in Flight and Magic Beyond Imagination with Music by Lena & The Happy Clam Band! Saturday, June 8th […]
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The Host of Wildlife Nation on ABC, Jeff Corwin is Coming to Smithtown on Sunday, August 27th for a Sweetbriar Nature Center Fundraiser. Sweetbriar Nature Center proudly presents an evening of “Tales from the Field with Jeff Corwin,” renowned Biologist, Conservationist and Environmental Journalist. Jeff currently hosts Wildlife Nation on ABC, and previously hosted The […]
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Will one of our Long Island Groundhog’s see their shadow this Sunday? Malverne Mel , Holtsville Hal and Quigley at Quogue are our local rodent meteorologists and there are some fun events surrounding this fun day right here on Long Island. Whether you believe the groundhog predicts an “early spring” or not the tradition is […]
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Have you visited a Huntington Learning Center? “For more than 40 years, Huntington Learning Center has offered several different types of tutoring programs for children ages 6-17—including reading, writing, math, study skills, spelling, phonics, ADHD, Common Core, and test prep for ACT and SAT to name a few. Their mission is to give every […]
Read MoreSweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown announces the grand opening of a new sensory experience. Visiting families can climb up the staircase of our nature center and take in the beauty and diversity of our simulated rain forest as they have been able to do for many years. However, now, when they pass through the tropical […]
Read MoreLast month, we had so much fun at Sweetbriar Nature Center with our Interactive Story Time. We read the Pout- Pout Fish and did a lot of fun activities outdoors to accompany the story. Ms. Ann read the children the Pout- Pout Fish as the kids enjoyed our sensory activity of playing with the […]
Read MoreLast Sunday, one of our local Momees, Jen headed out with her family to Caleb Smith State Park Preserve for one of their programs. Their program was called Nature Quest (a scavenger hunt) and everyone had such great time on the beautiful walking trails and grounds.
Read MoreWe had a great time sharing The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats with our little friends at the Sweetbriar Nature Center yesterday! Thank you to all the families who braved the cold weather to join us for our monthly interactive story time.
Read MoreWe had a great Interactive Story Time at Sweetbriar Nature Center yesterday. We read The Mitten by Jan Brett and did a craft and song related to the book. Before, we read the story we had the children color their mittens and/ or glue festive tissue paper to the front of the mitten. This was […]
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