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  • April Vacation Days

    April Vacation Days
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    April Vacation Days Monday through Friday, April 20-24 8:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Age Groups: Grades K-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$112 | Tier B-$97 | Tier C-$83 Come build rafts, forts, dams, animal homes, and human technology. We'll combine science, art, and technology to create strange and wonderful inventions. We will have […]

  • April Vacation Days

    April Vacation Days
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    April Vacation Days Monday through Friday, April 20-24 8:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Age Groups: Grades K-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$112 | Tier B-$97 | Tier C-$83 Come build rafts, forts, dams, animal homes, and human technology. We'll combine science, art, and technology to create strange and wonderful inventions. We will have […]

  • Spring Birding Course

    Spring Birding Course
    Adult Programs

    Spring Birding Course Led by Scott Surner Space is limited, and this program sells out fast! Sliding Scale: $380 / $440 /$500 Join this spring tradition.  Are you wanting to delight in birds more often, learn what you are seeing and hearing, seek new species you haven’t seen,  or just be in community with other […]

  • Raptors, Rodenticides and Ricardi

    Adult Programs

    Raptors, Rodenticides and Ricardi: Rescue Area Wildlife from Rodenticides Saturday, April 25th, 10am – 12pm In person at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment or virtually via a Zoom link provided after you register Raptors, foxes, and other predators balance Massachusetts’ ecosystems. But shocking numbers of these iconic creatures have been sickened and killed after eating […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Wild Children of the Woods  
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool With: Isaiah Brown Grades 1-3 Mondays 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 23 - June 8 (no program April 20 and May 25) Limited to 12 participants Come explore the outdoors as we travel in and around the Hitchcock Center’s outdoor spaces! We explore woodlands, fields, underbush and streams in this afterschool series for […]

  • Girls into the Wild 

    Girls into the Wild 
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Girls into the Wild  with: Katie Koerten Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild continues into 2026 for more romping wildly through the fields and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll visit our favorite places to play in […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Nature Play Afterschool Series With Jeff Mazur Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and […]

  • Little Bear Nature Walk

    Little Bear Nature Walk
    Family Programs

    Little Bear Nature Walks With Chrissy Larson Ages 0-5 (Adult required to attend with child) 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Walks are outdoors and take place unless there is extreme weather. See dates and locations here Little Bear Nature Walks are guided, open-ended walks that allow toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers explore nature in an […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series With: Isaiah Brown Grades K-2 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 25 - June 10  (Extended days (1PM) on March 25, April 29, May 27, no program April 22) Fee per Child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$378 | Tier C-$321 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Nature Play Afterschool Series With Jeff Mazur Grades 3-5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 25 - June 10  (Extended days (1PM) on March 25, April 29, May 27, no program April 22) Fee per Child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$378 | Tier C-$321 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let […]