P is for Preschooler

June 14-15, 9am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

June 14-15, 1 - 4 pm FULL - Taking Wait List

July 5-6, 1 - 4 pm FULL - Taking Wait List

The letter P is for peacock, polar bear and perhaps more animals at the zoo than you might presume.  Promenade like penguins, procure food for puffins and produce pokey clay porcupines in this purely preschool program.

Beat the Heat

June 17-18, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

July 19-20, 9 am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

August 2-3, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

How do our animals beat the heat?  Learn all the different ways animals adjust from winter to summer and back again.  Learn which animals might change color, which ones sweat between their toes and which one actually has more to eat in the winter!

 

Little Howlers

June 28-29, 9 am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

July 22-23, 1 pm - 4 pm

Explore our newly opened Red Wolf Woods and learn all about this special animal.  We'll read some yippin' good stories, make some dog-gone crafts and have a howlin' good time!

 

The Big Fish Bowl

June 28-29, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

August 5-6, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

Dive into the watery world of sharks, seahorses, octopuses and eels, just to mention a few!  Discover how these amazing animals live in the ocean depths, touch live sea stars and urchins and create cool crafts as we explore The Big Fish Bowl!

 
Summertime Safari

June 30 - July 1, 9 am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

August 9-10, 9 am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

New Session Added!  August 25-26, 9 am - 12 pm

Summer at the zoo is a wild time!  From apes to elephants and bears to birds we'll journey all over the zoo in this super-fun summer safari.

 

Animal Avenue

June 30 - July 1, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

Explore Kids' Zone from top to bottom.  Meet all the exotic creatures in this animal paradise � frogs, turtles and scorpions just to name a few!

 

Really Big Zoo

July 8-9, 9 am - 12 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

August 19-20, 1 - 4 pm  FULL - Taking Wait List

New Session Added!  August 25-26, 1 - 4 pm

Walruses, tigers, camels and elephants make this the biggest camp of the summer!  Get up close and personal (but not too close!) with the zoo's longest, tallest, heaviest and coolest animals.

Please call (253) 591-5333 for registration and additional information.

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  • Northwest Trek
  • MetroParks Tacoma
  • American Zoo & Aquarium Association
  • The Zoo Society
  • Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums