Mandatory Program Forms

For your child to attend programming at the Nature Center, you must complete and submit the forms required for that program.


Please log in to your Playground account and navigate to the Paperwork section to find the required medical forms for your child's program.

Complete Guide to Paperwork Submission

Ways to Submit Completed Forms:

  • Online via your Playground account
  • By Email to registration@dariennaturecenter.org
  • By Mail to the Darien Nature Center at 120 Brookside Road, Darien, CT 06820
  • By Hand to the front office at the Nature Center!

For All Caregiver & Child Preschool Programs

Includes Babes in the Woods and Knee High to Nature
  1. Child Enrollment and Emergency Medical Care Form

If your child has allergies, asthma or other conditions that require medications to be on the premises, we ask that you provide an Emergency Action Plan for each medication. Caregivers are responsible for the administration of any medication, but staff need to be aware of any action plan.

  • Action Plan

For All Drop-Off Preschool Programs

Includes Nature Time for Twos & Nature's Playroom
  1. Child Enrollment and Emergency Medical Care Form
  2. Early Childhood Health Assessment Record (birth to 5 years)

If your child has allergies, asthma or other conditions that require medications to be on the premises, you must also provide an Emergency Action Plan and Authorization for the Administration for each medication.

  • Authorization for the Administration of Medication
  • Action Plan

For All After-School Programs

Includes all after-school programs
  1. Child Enrollment and Emergency Medical Care Form

If your child has allergies, asthma or other conditions that require medications to be on the premises, you must also provide an Emergency Action Plan and Authorization for the Administration for each medication.

  • Authorization for the Administration of Medication
  • Action Plan

For All Vacation Camps and Special Programs

Incudes Groundhogs, Crickets, Chipmunks, and Snowbirds
  1. Child Enrollment and Emergency Medical Care Form
  2. Childhood Assessment Form (choose one)
  • Early Childhood Health Assessment Record (birth to 5 years)
  • Childhood Health Assessment Record ( ages 6+)

If your child has allergies, asthma or other conditions that require medications to be on the premises, you must also provide an Emergency Action Plan and Authorization for the Administration for each medication.

  • Authorization for the Administration of Medication
  • Action Plan

For Summer Camp

  1. Child Enrollment and Emergency Medical Care Form
  2. Childhood Assessment Form (choose one)
  • Early Childhood Health Assessment Record (birth to 5 years)
  • Childhood Health Assessment Record ( ages 6+)

If your child has allergies, asthma or other conditions that require medications to be on the premises, you must also provide an Emergency Action Plan and Authorization for the Administration for each medication.

  • Authorization for the Administration of Medication
  • Action Plan