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Utah's first licensed nature-based preschool opens August 2026 at Tracy Aviary.

Wonder Bloom aims to teach children through nature to become conservationists.

The preschool addresses child care needs with scholarships and flexible attendance options.

SOUTH SALT LAKE — Tracy Aviary won't just nurture birds and other wildlife — it plans to nurture some of Utah's youngest minds when it opens a first-of-its-kind preschool next year.

The aim? To keep children outside.

"Anything you can do inside, you can do outside. We do art, literacy and building blocks in the open air," Sarah Stone, founder of Wonderbloom Nature Play School, said while announcing the preschool's partnership Friday at the aviary's Nature Center in South Salt Lake.

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