Cultivating Curiosity

Learn & Play at the Orchard

Mondays & Tuesdays @ 10:30 AM
June 1–August 25, 2026

$12.00 per participating child

Cultivating Curiosity is Carter Mountain Orchard’s weekly children’s program, running every Monday and Tuesday during the summer. The program is geared towards ages 3-8, and all ages are welcome.

Sessions include storytime, a take-home craft, pick-your-own fruit (in season), and a snack. Themes include apples, peaches, pumpkins, flowers, bees, and more!

• Arrive at least 15 minutes early to register.
• No drop-offs — an adult must be with children at all times.

Weekly Crafts Schedule

June 1 & 2

Nature Headbands

June 8 & 9

Painting Pots and Planting Pumpkins

June 15 & 16

Paper Plate Pecking Chickens

June 22 & 23

Paper Chain Snakes

June 29 & 30

Patriotic Wooden Star Ornaments

July 6 & 7

Salt Dough Fruit Magnets

July 13 & 14

TBA

July 20 & 21

Pom-Pom Shooters

July 27 & 28

Paper Plate Jellyfish

August 3 & 4

Apple Lacing

August 10 & 11

Popsicle Stick Apple Core

August 17 & 18

Handprint Apple Tree

August 24 & 25

Paper Plate Beaded Snails

Also recommended: Come Grow With Us at Chiles Peach Orchard