Nature Play Groups
Helping your child unlock skills and true joy in the great outdoors
Outdoor play is the ultimate sensory gym for growing minds and bodies.
We see nature as an essential co-facilitator to help children explore, learn, and regulate their nervous systems. Our work is rooted in giving children the freedom to move, discover, and learn among the trees, dirt, and changing weather.
Nature Playgroups in Pittsburgh, PA
Note: Enrichment programs are not occupational therapy services
Acorn Adventures™
Spring 2026 Session
Meets Weekly in May 2026
Friday Session: 10:00-11:30
Saturday Session: 10:00-11:30
Ages 1-5 + caregiver
South Hills, PA
At Acorn Adventures we create the time and space for building lifelong nature connections, meeting new friends and developing new skills, amid the healing and rejuvenating properties of the great outdoors.
Join us in making time for this sacred childhood experience.
Join us at a local nature park located in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA for a morning of sensory exploration, crafting and nature play while meeting some new friends !
Join the Waitlist for priority registration.
Sensory Sprouts™
South Hills, PA
Ages 3-6
Sensory Sprouts is an inclusive and neuroaffirming nature based sensory motor playgroup designed to foster coordination and confidence through sensory and social play activities.
This group is open to all and perfect for kiddos who are
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Developing coordination skills
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Learning to play with other kids
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Working on impulse control
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Slow to warm up/sensitive
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Sensory seekers
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Benefit from playing outdoors
Mud Kitchen Magic™
South Fayette, PA
Ages 4-10
Where children are free to mix, create, explore and experiment.
Mud Kitchen Magic is an inclusive and neuroaffirming enrichment program featuring outdoor mud kitchen and loose parts play, designed to foster nervous system regulation, creativity, friendships and social emotional development through open ended sensory play.
Nature Playgroups in the Bay Area, CA
Note: Enrichment programs are not occupational therapy services
Sensory Sprouts™
East Bay, CA
Saturdays 10:00-11:30
Ages 3-6
Sensory Sprouts is a neuroaffirming and inclusive nature based sensory motor playgroup designed to foster coordination and confidence through sensory and social play activities.
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Sensory play with hammocks, swings and shovels!
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Supported social games and activities
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Nature exploration
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Nervous system regulation
Acorn Adventures™
Oakland, CA
Saturdays, 10 am -12 pm
Ages 1 - 4
At Acorn Adventures we create the time and space for building lifelong nature connections, meeting new friends and developing new skills, amid the healing and rejuvenating properties of the forest.
Join us in making time for this sacred childhood experience. Groups include stories, swings, nature play and exploration.
Our nature playgroups might be a good fit if you’re looking for…
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A way to encourage your child to spend more time outside.
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Opportunities for your child to interact and play with other kids.
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Activities to help your child to develop coordination and confidence.
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Rich sensory play and exploration opportunities
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Inclusive and Neuroaffirming play experiences
Nature playgroups are lead by a pediatric occupational therapist, however these are not considered therapy services. If your child needs more direct support to build physical, emotional, or social skills, check out our occupational therapy services.
Empowering kids to move, feel, and thrive while rooted in the magic of outdoor play.
Ready to get out and explore with your child ? Join us in the woods!
"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."
~Rachel Carson