Are You Ready for an Animal EdVenture?

Our live animal programs are great for homeschool co-ops, youth groups, preschools, libraries, scouts, and classrooms! Choose from our interactive formats below—or contact us for a custom program tied to your learning goals.

🐾 Why Choose Nature on the Geaux?

Engaging Education: Each program is led by an experienced environmental educator with 25+ years in the field. Kids discover wildlife adaptations, conservation, and ecosystems through real animal encounters.

Safe & Hands-On: Students get close-up experiences with reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates in a controlled, kid-friendly environment.

Flexible for Your Needs: Whether it’s a single classroom, a large library crowd, or a community fair, we tailor each program to fit your audience and schedule.

🐾 Program Formats

  • 45-60 minutes • 6–8 live animals
    A flexible, high-energy presentation tailored to your lesson goals and educational needs. Great for assemblies, libraries, and classroom visits.

    Program Options:

    • 🧪 Curriculum Specific – Choose from topics like food chains, adaptations, classification, ecosystems, life cycles, habitats, wetlands, conservation, endangered species, exotic animal care, or native vs. invasive species. Don’t see your topic? Just ask — we probably have a lesson ready for you!

    • 🌍 Wild About Animals – Travel the globe through our animals! Meet species from around the world, learn about their habitats, and discover what makes them unique. Perfect if you want a fun, general overview of our ambassadors.

    • Daycare General Visit – A 60-minute visit divided among age groups to fit attention spans. Younger children get simple introductions and gentle encounters, while older children dive a little deeper. ✨

  • Hands-on, themed sessions that blend live animal encounters with a guided science activity. Classroom only, Grades 3–12.

    Program Options:

    • 🐊 Wetland Detectives – Explore Louisiana wetlands, meet native reptiles, and create a wetland necklace.

    • 🦖 Dig Into the Past – Discover fossils and prehistoric traits, and take home your own fossil find.

    • 🔧 Nature Did It First (4th–12th) – See how nature inspires inventions and complete a mini engineering project.

    • 🐢 Engineering Challenge: Help Ducky! (4th–12th) – Design and test a bridge to help our tortoise cross the road safely.

  • Introduce young learners to the animal world through stories, movement, and gentle encounters! These programs are designed with shorter attention spans in mind and provide a fun, safe way for little ones to explore nature.

    30 minutes • 6 live animal ambassadors + simple movement or story activity.


    Program Options:

    • 🐍 Hop, Slither, Crawl – Learn how animals move, then wiggle and hop along with them!

    • 📖 Animal Storytime – Read a story featuring one of our animal friends, then meet the star!

Program Pricing

  • Single Classroom Program (up to 35 participants): $175

  • Preschool Classroom Program (up to 25 participants): $125

  • Assemblies or Libraries (up to 150 participants): $350

  • Half-Day (3 hours): $375 (split your large group up into smaller groups however you would like)

  • Full-Day (6 hours): $675 (split your large group up into smaller groups however you would like)

    Discounts available for multiple same-day programs.

  • We now offer a FREE program option for groups with 100+ participants, funded through our optional Animal Encounter Photo Fundraiser!

    📸 Optional $10 Printed Photo Opportunity
    Students can take a photo with one of our animal ambassadors and take home a 6x4 printed keepsake. These photo sales help cover the cost of your visit—often making the program completely free for your school.

    • Every student enjoys the full program experience, whether or not they purchase a photo

    • Participation is optional

    • Recommended for ages 5 and up

    📩 Don’t meet the 100-student minimum or prefer not to offer photos? No problem—our regular and discounted pricing is still available!

🖐 A Safe & Hands-On Experience

Many of our animals can be safely touched, offering participants an up-close and interactive encounter. Teachers and chaperones are encouraged to take plenty of photos throughout the presentation.

Very small groups (15 and under participants) get the option to hold one or two of the ambassadors.

📋 Additional Info

What schools provide:

  • Indoor space (classroom, cafeteria, gym, etc.)

  • 6-foot table

🚀 Ready to Book?

Email Tanee at natureonthegeaux@gmail.com to reserve your date or use the button below!

Request a Program
 

Travel Fees:

No Travel Fee: St. Tammany, Orleans, Upper Jefferson, Tangipahoa, St. Bernard; and MS counties: Harrison, Pearl River, Hancock.

$30 travel fee for the following parishes/counties: Upper Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Livingston, Washington, Stone, Lamar, & Jackson County

$45 travel fee for: Ascension, East Baton Rouge parishes

Outside of these areas? Contact us for a quote.

Travel fees are paid in addition to program fees and are to offset additional vehicle costs.

Questions or ready to book? Contact Tanee at natureonthegeaux@gmail.com