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The early years are an important stage in children’s lives when they find out about and make sense of their surroundings by interacting with others and their environment. Dublin Zoo offers two exciting and interactive preschool programmes that help children make a connection to the natural world: Dinosaur Detectives and Who’s Who at Dublin Zoo?
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Pre-school
The early years are an important stage in children’s lives when they find out about and make sense of their surroundings by interacting with others and their environment. Dublin Zoo offers two exciting and interactive preschool programmes that help children make a connection to the natural world: Dinosaur Detectives and Who’s Who at Dublin Zoo?
Dinosaur Explorer
This exciting hands-on programme helps early learners expand on their knowledge of dinosaurs by meeting with Stan, our life-size replica T-rex fossil. Role-play is a key component of this session as little learners working in teams as palaeontologists to uncover fossils of dinosaurs.
Duration 45 mins
€10 per child
Early Childhood Ireland Membership rate – €8 per child
Suitable for children up to 5 years.
Who's Who at Dublin Zoo?
Our new preschool programme supports the Aistear Framework by exploring animal identification in a fun and explorative way. By visiting a number of species at Dublin Zoo and examining some animal artefacts, early learners will work together to identify some animal groups and their features.
Duration 45 mins
€10 per child
Early Childhood Ireland Membership rate – €8 per child
Suitable for children up to 5 years.
