Song Circle with Pete Moss
Sunday, November 24 2024, 10-11AM
NOTE: Pre-registration is required for all events, hikes and workshops. We do this to ensure we don’t exceed our capacity for indoor events or the maximum limits for group sizes on High Park’s ecologically sensitive trails. Please register on our website before coming to High Park.
We cannot guarantee availability of walk-in spots.
Song Circle with Pete Moss
Nurture your child’s connection to the natural world through music with immersive music circles themed around local animals, plants and weather! We’ll sing-a-long to your favourite nature songs and adapt a few old favourites to celebrate the herons, turtles, hawks and hummingbirds that call High Park home! Each participant will receive an egg shaker and scarf for playing along and we may even meet some puppets and a parachute along the way!
Price: $25+HST/family
Note: This is a partner-led event. Please visit their Eventbrite registration link to learn more and to register for this event.
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Meet Your Instructor
Pete Moss
Pete Moss is an acclaimed children's musician who connects people of all ages with the natural world. Drawing inspiration from Eastern North American birds, plants and weather, Pete’s songs inspire empathy, wonder and affection toward living things.
Pete’s albums Plants Rock (2019) and Birds Rock (2021) are grounded in the principle that building positive relationships between young people and local environments encourages future stewardship. His work aims to shine a light on everyday living things often overlooked in the children’s songbook. Red Winged Blackbirds, Milkweed plants and Juncos are brought to life through joyous, catchy, often emotionally impactful pieces.
As a children’s musician, Pete performs at birthday parties, provincial parks, schools, libraries and music festivals across Ontario. Pete also works as a child and adolescent psychotherapist candidate in his hometown of Toronto.
Sunday, November 24, 10-11AM
- 9:45AM – Arrival
- 10AM – Nature Song Circle Begins
- 10:35-10:40AM – Nature Song Circle Ends
- 10:40AM – Free play
- 11:10AM – Nature Centre Closes
This program is intended for children ages 0-5 and content is tailored for these developmental stages. Children of all ages are welcome to attend and often enjoy participating, particularly if younger siblings or friends are present. Parents, caregivers and family friends are encouraged to fully participate!
Songs, music and movement support young children in the development of cognitive, language, motor and social skills. Embedding local nature themed content helps children build a positive and curious relationship with the natural world right outside their doors. Through mimicry, repetition, melody and rhythm, children practice self-regulation skills such as attention and deep breaths while activating their imagination and creativity.
This event will begin at the High Park Nature Centre’s Forest School building located at 375 Colborne Lodge Drive.
A number of changes were made to the travel network within High Park as part of the High Park Movement Strategy that might influence your decision to drive to High Park. In case you’re driving we strongly recommend you to park your car at the public parking lot near Grenadier Cafe.
We continue to recommend using the TTC or biking as the best way to get to High Park and the Nature Centre. The Nature Centre is situated just a 5-minute walk from the High Park Subway Station. In case you were biking, there are bike racks available in front of the Nature Centre.
Please note, High Park is closed to cars on the weekends. If your event is on a weekend, you will need to park outside the park and walk in, or take transit.
Visit our How To Get Here page to learn more about planning your trips to High Park.
Program Cost: $25+HST/family
The High Park Nature Centre’s Forest School and Cottage buildings are not yet AODA-compliant facilities We try our best to accommodate accessibility needs on a case-by-case basis. Please reach out to us about any accessibility-related questions you might have.
We welcome registered therapy or guide dogs to our events. However, we kindly ask that that family pets be left at home.
