Healesville Sanctuary offers exciting Early Childhood programs that provide fun and safe ways for young children to explore natural environments and to get up-close-and-personal with our wildlife.
Our Early Years programs provide great opportunities to discover, explore and connect with the natural world. Closely linked to VELS, our programs help students to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are the foundations of their future learning.
Kinder
Explore a variety of body coverings by making friends with some of our gentler animals.
Feel tickly coats, slimy skin, fantastic feathers and lumpy scales!
Prep - Year 4
Meet a variety of Australian animals to compare their features, explore their habitats and discover their life cycles. An engaging and flexible session to get up close with nature.
Prep - Year 4
Let's go ponding! Explore the natural waterways where platypus hide.