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  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program for children ages 6–9 is all about getting kids outside to run, jump, climb, splash, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kid. There are […]

    $380 – $410

  • Girls into the Wild

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now going into its fourth year, Girls into the […]

    $355 – $420

  • Nature Discovery Preschool – Our Rainbow World

    Welcome fall and all its colors at nature preschool at the Hitchcock Center with Colleen! Children will fill their art palettes with many colors and discover how colors affect animals, […]

    $205 – $225

  • Living Building Tour

    Come meet our newest educator – our building! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been […]

    FREE

  • “Holey Basalt”: Amazing Geologic Stories in the Holyoke Range

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    with Richard Little, Geologist Friday, November 3, 7pm – 8:30pm (indoor presentation) Saturday, November 4, 9am – 12pm (field trip) Members $32/Non-members $40 Space is limited. Register here. The Holyoke […]

    $32 – $40

  • “Holey Basalt”: Amazing Geologic Stories in the Holyoke Range

    Fieldtrip Location

    with Richard Little, Geologist Friday, November 3, 7pm – 8:30pm (indoor presentation) Saturday, November 4, 9am – 12pm (field trip) Members $32/Non-members $40 Space is limited. Register here. The Holyoke Range […]

    $32 – $40

  • Naturally Curious

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    with Mary Holland, Naturalist, Blogger and Author Sunday, November 5, 1pm-2:30pm Ages 4th grade and up. Members $12/Non-members $15 Registration appreciated. In her presentation Mary will describe in detail natural events […]

    $12 – $15

  • The “Environmental Canon” Book Club

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold with Rae Griffiths – Teaching Creatures and Casey Beebe – Hitchcock Center First half of book: Sunday, November 5, 2pm-3:30pm OR Thursday, November 16, 6pm-7:30pm […]

    FREE

  • Homeschool I – Patterns in Nature

    From chipmunk stripes to ladybug spots, spiral seashells to sunflowers, patterns are everywhere you look in nature. In this homeschool class we will discover what makes a pattern and find […]

    $420 – $450