Tiny Trails provides your child with guided exploration of their local environment. They will play and discover while developing a connection with nature, themselves, and each other. Tiny Trails will provide hands-on activities, rain or shine while your child has space to explore and be creative. This includes child-led walks, plant identification, shelter building, and nature games.
Tiny Trails operates 3-4 Saturdays out of each month, at different parks throughout the greater Tacoma area. See locations below to find out when Tiny Trails is coming to a park near you!
Dash Point State Park, 5700 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA 98023
Nelson Nature Park, 118th Avenue East, Edgewood, WA
Bradley Lake Park, 531 31st Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98374
Purchase our “Flora and Fauna” t-shirt in your child’s size by selecting the “T-shirt” add-on at sign-up, or upgrade to the Tiny Trails Explorer kit!
The Tiny Trails Explorer kit includes the t-shirt, as well as a Sahale Outdoors day pack, water bottle (with sticker!), kid’s magnifying glass, tweezers, and nature collection jar.
Students will play games to get to know each other and explore the park. You can expect a nature scavenger hunt!
Students will continue to explore the land as they gather supplies for their nature craft they are making.
Students will work to identify plants and flowers in the park and learn how to take care of them.
Students will have the opportunity to make a craft for someone they care about, and teach them what they have learned.
Child led exploration – Guided nature activities – Building connection with nature and each other
Easy: Geared towards little feet.
Four hours, from 9am – 1pm.
Age: 4-6
Child must be potty trained and able to be away from their caregiver for 4 hours.
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18
Our mission is to make outdoor recreation accessible to all. If you cannot afford the total trip cost right now, send us a brief message to request sliding scale pricing.
*Our minimum number of students for this trip is 4. If at least four students are not signed up, participants will be refunded for the canceled trip.
*Our minimum number of students for this trip is 4. If at least four students are not signed up, participants will be refunded for the canceled trip.
*Our minimum number of students for this trip is 4. If at least four students are not signed up, participants will be refunded for the canceled trip.
“It [Lushootseed] is from the beginning strength of the people, and it is from what the Creator put down upon this land for people…. The earth speaks. The animals speak. Everything has a voice.”
Vi Hilbert, Grandmother Video Project
The Puyallup tribe in their own language call themselves a name that means “people from the bend at the bottom of the river.” They are one of twelve Lushootseed speaking tribes in the Puget Sound region. The language of Lushootseed has vast diversity and multiple dialects, with each group having their own way of speaking. All dialects were to be honored and respected, reflecting the values of Lushootseed culture such as ‘Be kind, be helpful, be sharing.’
The Lushootseed speaking peoples called the mountain that dominated their horizon Tacoma or Tahoma, a word that may have meant “the mother of all waters.” The Puyallup tribe is calling on the state of Washington to rename the mountain from its current official name of “Rainier.”
Today, the Puyallup Tribe is a recognizable force in the fight for tribal rights, and were a significant player in the Boldt Decision of 1974, establishing the rights of Native Americans in Washington State to fish using traditional methods.
~ This information was found on PuyallupTribe.com