Taproot Ecuador 2024
We just got back to Iowa yesterday from our first Taproot trip to Ecuador, and none of us will ever be the same! It was incredible.
The experiences, the firsts, the discoveries, and the beautiful friends we met, I’m confident all of these will stay with us forever. It’s difficult to describe, but the pictures give an idea.
Here is the entire album of photos and videos from Taproot Ecuador 2024.
Feel free to check it out!
Taproot Ecuador 2025 runs from February 28 to March 16 next year.
Registration opens on March 30.
Design the Taproot T-Shirt!
Taproot Kids and Parents can submit their artwork for a chance to design this year’s Taproot t-shirt! Parent/Child collaborations are welcome, and you may submit a design you’ve made in the past. There have been so many beautiful drawings in addition to the ones that have made it onto a shirt!
We’ll hold an on-line community vote to choose which drawing will go on this year’s Taproot t-shirt.
Please get your design to Zac by Friday, March 22
T-Shirt designs should:
• Be hand-made: Drawn, painted, carved/printed, etc. (not made on a computer)
• Prominently feature the word “Taproot,” or the Taproot leaf logo, or both
• Depict a nature or kids-in-nature theme
• Relate to Iowa nature or something that Taproot Kids commonly do or see
• Be single-color, not multi-colored
Spring 2024 ASP and Sprouts
Spring After-School Program begins Monday, March 25–prime time for shed antlers and ephemeral wildflowers, catching the first bluegills of the season, climbing trees, and reveling in the soft grass, warm sunshine, and mild breezes. Pretty soon, we’ll be hunting morel mushrooms, catching crayfish, building sand structures on the beach, and even swimming!
For Spring ASP, we’ll pick up children at the following schools:
Monday –Lincoln, Longfellow, Hoover, Lucas, Willowwind
Tuesday –Lincoln, Mann, Lemme, Horn
Wednesday –Lincoln, Weber, Montessori, Longfellow, Wickham
Thursday –Twain, Lincoln, Mann, Hoover, Lucas, Willowwind
Friday –Lincoln, Longfellow, Regina
If your child’s school is not listed on the day that works for you, contact us! It may be possible to add. It’s also an option for parents to deliver kids to Taproot after school.
Spring Sprouts also begins on March 25! Sprouts is a morning nature program for little kids ages 3-5 years. Sprouts gives young children fun, quality time in Nature with gentle, loving guidance. This spring, Sprouts is offered on Monday mornings.
School Year ’24-’25 Registration!
Registration opens on Saturday, March 30 for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Taproot programming, including ASP, Sprouts, Foundations, and Taproot Ecuador ’25.
Taproot does not turn away children if their families cannot pay the tuition. If finances are a barrier to your child participating in Taproot, please contact Zac to work out an affordable solution.
If you are able to contribute, please donate to the Taproot Scholarship Fund!
