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Girls into the Wild Winter(Katie)

Join us in winter 2022 for more romping wildly through the field and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll visit our favorite places to play in the forest, […]

Fireside Chat – Natural History of a cup of Hot Chocolate 

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

Fireside Chats  with Hitchcock staff and guests  Casual conversations centered on nature, around a fire, enjoying the beauty of a crisp winter evening with hot beverages and nibbles. Thursdays at […]

Winter/Spring Birding – Field Trip

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

Winter/Spring Birding Course  with Scott Surner Join birder extraordinaire and veteran bird course instruction for this bigger and better than ever late winter/spring birding course.  This course is all field […]

Winter Forest Bathing at the Hitchcock Center

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

Winter Forest Bathing at the Hitchcock Center With Todd Lynch Saturday, February 12, 2pm – 4:30pm  and/or Saturday, March 19, 2pm – 4:30pm $25 per class REGISTER HERE Come experience […]

Wild Children of the Woods Spring

We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for upper-elementary schoolers. We will roam the grounds of the Hitchcock Center as we watch […]

Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

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 […]

Homeschool I: From Raindrop to Reservoir

In Homeschool I: Raindrop to Reservoir, we will dive into the exciting world of water. We will explore how all life depends on water, how we humans use water in […]

Homeschool II: Biologists in Training

In this evolving weekly homeschool class, we will become biologists, learning more about the life all around us. We will explore life in all sorts of ways – from using […]

Art in the Forest After School Series SPRING

Each session of Art in the Forest we will explore and create in the beauty of the outdoors in Spring.  The world will be waking up and we’ll be getting […]

Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

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 […]

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