Mission

The Pratt Nature Center's mission is to stimulate a lifelong responsibility for and joy in the natural world by encouraging people to experience themselves as part of nature, dependent on the Earth's resources.

What We Do

That's easy.....We connect people, mostly children, to the natural world. Why? Because it's really important! Not because we say so, but because ALL research points to the social, emotional, physical and academic benefits of being in nature. Nature breeds children/people that are Smarter, Happier and Healthier. Future conservationists are born from adults who were exposed to nature as children.

HOW we do what we do is important as well but I never seem to be able to find the right words to describe how we do things here at Pratt. To those of you that know us we climb trees, we get muddy, we accept children/people for who they are. We don't judge. We work on strengths and not weaknesses. We climb trees, swing sticks and throw stones. We go off trail just to see what is there. We walk through mud puddles, not around them. We ask questions, lots of questions. We encourage. We figure things out. We make mistakes. We fall down (a lot). We always get back up.

Pratt, a 205 acre nature center was established in 1967 as, a nonprofit 501 c3. This unique, historic property includes: farmland, wetlands, wooded hiking trails, a pond, and the East Aspetuck River. Most programs are held completely outdoors with each area of the property providing a new, personal, non-competitive learning experience. The opportunity for emotional, social, physical and academic growth encompasses each step as we hike in the woods, wade in the river, make new friends, catch frogs in the pond, gather the chicken eggs or eat a tomato we have grown from seed.
Nature is beneficial to everyone
- Summer Camp
- School Programs
- Community Workshops/Event
- Preschool
-Birth-3 Programs
-Senior Programming
and so much more.