{"id":32677,"date":"2019-10-10T09:19:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=60729"},"modified":"2019-10-10T09:19:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:19:40","slug":"winter-park-preschools-bring-zoo-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/community\/winter-park-preschools-bring-zoo-to-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Park preschools bring zoo to them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script> jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#imageGallery-60729-944').lightSlider({ gallery:true, item:1, loop:true, thumbItem:9, slideMargin:0, enableTouch:true, enableDrag: false, currentPagerPosition:'left', onSliderLoad: function(el) { $( '.gallery-loading' ).hide(); $( '.swift-gallery' ).css( 'opacity', 1 ); var maxHeight = 0, container = $(el), children = container.children(); children.each(function () { var childHeight = $(this).prop( 'scrollHeight' ); if (childHeight > maxHeight) { maxHeight = childHeight; } }); container.height(maxHeight); } }); }); <\/script> <\/p>\n<div class=\"row gallery-loading\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p class=\"text-center\"><i class=\"fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" style=\"opacity: 0;\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-60729-944\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4126-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4126-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Stephanie Vrablik holds a Madagascar hissing cockroach for each child to touch with one finger.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Stephanie Vrablik holds a Madagascar hissing cockroach for each child to touch with one finger.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4126-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4137-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4137-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | A group gathers around Thomas, the woodhouse's toad.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>A group gathers around Thomas, the woodhouse&#8217;s toad.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4137-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4143-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4143-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Children watch Thomas hop in his terrarium.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Children watch Thomas hop in his terrarium.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4143-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4201-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4201-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Vrablik speaks about how corn snakes use their tongue to smell and encourages the children to stick out their tongues like Sundance.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Vrablik speaks about how corn snakes use their tongue to smell and encourages the children to stick out their tongues like Sundance.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4201-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4223-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4223-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Journie Leasure, 3, touches Sundance. Her classmates (from left) Redfield, Noelle Stout, Talon Holcomb and Auriel Owens look on.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Journie Leasure, 3, touches Sundance. Her classmates (from left) Redfield, Noelle Stout, Talon Holcomb and Auriel Owens look on.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4223-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4215-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4215-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Vrablik allows the children to touch Sundance, a corn snake.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Vrablik allows the children to touch Sundance, a corn snake.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4215-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4228-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4228-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Two boys reach out to stroke Sundance's scales.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Two boys reach out to stroke Sundance&#8217;s scales.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4228-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4176-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4176-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Vrablik explains Henry's shell is for protection and housing.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Vrablik explains Henry&#8217;s shell is for protection and housing.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4176-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4184-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4184-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Henry, a box turtle, didn't start off very active, but eventually came out of his shell.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Henry, a box turtle, didn&#8217;t start off very active, but eventually came out of his shell.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4184-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4172-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4172-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Vrablik also displayed Henry, a box turtle, for the children to touch.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>Vrablik also displayed Henry, a box turtle, for the children to touch.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4172-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4243-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4243-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | The group swims like fish before hopping, slithering, walking and flying.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>The group swims like fish before hopping, slithering, walking and flying.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4243-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4235-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4235-1024x678.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | The group slithers on the floor like Sundance the corn snake would.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><strong>The group slithers on the floor like Sundance the corn snake would.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/10\/DSC_4235-1024x678.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .col --> <\/div>\n<p><!-- END .row --> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Charlotte Redfield, 3, sat on her knees and pressed her face forward to get a better view of Thomas, the woodhouse&#8217;s toad, inside his glass terrarium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan he swim?\u201d she asked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Vrablik, educator for the Denver Zoo, explained the toad can swim and hop. She pointed at the toad\u2019s long back legs and webbed feet, encouraging the children to use their &#8220;science eyes&#8221; to see how he moves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vrablik and her team of animals visited Winter Park Resort on Wednesday for Movin\u2019 &amp; Groovin, a class focused on the movement of different animals, for the Grand Kids Learning Center and the Early Education Center.<\/p>\n<p>Between the two participating schools, 19 children, ages 3-5, got to interact with a Madagascar hissing cockroach, a box turtle, a corn snake and the woodhouse&#8217;s toad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good chance for kids to get exposure to animals and see them up close and personal,\u201d Vrablik said. \u201cIt also gives them an opportunity to ask those questions that they want to know, like why does it feel slimy, or wet, or how long it lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For each animal Vrablik introduced to the children, they discussed how the animal moved and what habitat it lived in. Then the children could touch the animals, except the toad, and ask questions about them.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Stefanski, director of the Early Education Center, was able to bring the Denver Zoo up to Winter Park through a grant from the Grand Foundation that covered Wednesday\u2019s class and another that happened in August. <\/p>\n<p>She said both classes were a huge hit with the children and a great way to bring the zoo to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are things they don\u2019t see all the time,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cAnd at the zoo, they really can\u2019t touch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Vrablik holds a Madagascar hissing cockroach for each child to touch with one finger.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com A group gathers around Thomas, the woodhouse&#8217;s toad.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com Children watch Thomas hop in his terrarium.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com Vrablik speaks about how corn snakes use their tongue to smell and encourages the children to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-community","7":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 20:11:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}