Children's Day will have activities in nine natural parks in the city

The activities are free and open to the public and include guided tours, tours of the vegetable gardens, among other activities - Disclosure

The Municipal Department of Environment and Climate will promote several activities for children in honor of Children's Day, celebrated next Wednesday (12/10). The actions begin this Tuesday (11/10) and continue until Sunday (16/10) in the parks of Chacrinha, Quinta da Boa Vista, Bosque da Barra, Prainha, Grumari, Marapendi, Chico Mendes, Bosque da Freguesia and Grajaú.

– This is another opportunity to take the kids and take advantage of the excellent activities designed for Rio residents and visitors, who will be able to enjoy the city's natural beauty in the parks and reflect on the importance of changing habits, while having fun – highlighted the vice-mayor and municipal secretary of Environment and Climate, Nilton Caldeira.

The activities are free and open to the public and include guided tours, tours of the vegetable gardens, storytelling, workshops on recycling and discussions on sustainability. The director of the Environmental Education Center, Marcia Costa, who has worked in the sector for 20 years, highlighted the positive effect of environmental education activities on participants.

– The Environmental Education Center is always seeking to promote activities that, in addition to drawing the attention of children and their families to environmental issues, also involve participants and raise awareness about the importance of caring for nature. It is worth participating.

Check the complete schedule: 

11/10
CHACRINHA PARK:
10 a.m. - 12 p.m .:
– Tour of the vegetable garden
– Art and nature, with José Manuel (picnic area)
– Lively fauna, with Environmental Education Center (amphitheater space)
– “Hand tree” dynamics

12/10
BOA VISTA FARM
9:13 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Puppet theater;
– Workshop and discussion group with the support of the Itinerant Environment program team.

12/10
BARRA FOREST
9:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Guided tour

12/10
CHACRINHA PARK
10:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Tour of the Environmental Education room, learning about the PEC fauna
– Tour of the vegetable garden
– Art and nature, with José Manuel (picnic area)
– Lively fauna, with Environmental Education Center (amphitheater space)
– “Hand tree” dynamics

12/10
PRAINHA
10:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Storytelling
– “Tell Your Story” Workshop
– Little books made of cardboard
– Chat about sustainability

12/10
GRUMARI
10:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Reuse and 3D puzzle workshop
– Guided interpretive tour of the seedling nursery
– Nature Quiz
– Clay workshop

12/10
GRAJAÚ PARK
9:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Woodcut and rubbing workshop
– Insect exhibition
– Guided tour

12/10
MARAPENDI
9:12 am - XNUMX:XNUMX pm
– Environmental Transformation Workshop using plastic packaging, with Cláu Resende
– Various games (memory, board games, puzzles, ecological hopscotch, bowling, among others)
– Planting of restinga seedlings

12/10
CHICO MENDES
10am – Storytelling with author Arlete Coelho
10:30 am – Workshop on musical instruments using recycled materials, with Gabriel Otoni
11am – Recreational and adventure activities with Jeferson Platão Adventure
12:XNUMX pm – Comic book workshop with the Park’s interns/volunteers
12:30 pm – Picnic and distribution of gifts made from recycled material produced in our Environmental Education Center.

13/10
CHICO MENDES
10am – Puppet theater and guided trail with EDI Professor Ruth Cardoso
14am – Puppet theater and guided trail with EDI Professor Ruth Cardoso

15/10
PARISH FOREST
09 p.m. - 13 p.m.
– Children’s party with distribution of kits

16/10
CHACRINHA PARK
8H
– Guided trail, with environmental education and awareness of the protection of natural resources, with the Environmental Defense Group
– Stretching, checking blood pressure and heart rate after the activity (with the support of the Bem-Estar Institute)