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  • Spring Birding with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    This year’s Spring Birding Class will consist of 7 Field Trips and 3 Zoom Meetings. The class will be limited to 10 people and we’ll generally meet at the designated […]

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  • 10am-2pm April Vacation Days

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

    Welcome Spring with our all-outdoor April Vacation Week. In order to maintain our policies of safety and care during this week, we will continue to offer outdoor only programs in lieu of our typical camp schedule. This Spring the Hitchcock Center is involving a wider range of our valley in order to get kids outdoors […]

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  • 9:45am-12:45pm Morning Nature Play

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Morning Nature Play continues into spring 2021! Every day is a mix of games, exploring and playing. We’ll romp and play in the fields and forests of the Hitchcock Center, noticing the beauty of the spring season and playing wild games. with Katie Koerten Ages 6–8 or Grades 1–3 Tuesdays, 9:45am–12:45pm March 23 – June 8 […]

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  • 10am-2pm April Vacation Days

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

    Welcome Spring with our all-outdoor April Vacation Week. In order to maintain our policies of safety and care during this week, we will continue to offer outdoor only programs in lieu of our typical camp schedule. This Spring the Hitchcock Center is involving a wider range of our valley in order to get kids outdoors […]

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  • 10am-2pm April Vacation Days

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

    Welcome Spring with our all-outdoor April Vacation Week. In order to maintain our policies of safety and care during this week, we will continue to offer outdoor only programs in lieu of our typical camp schedule. This Spring the Hitchcock Center is involving a wider range of our valley in order to get kids outdoors […]

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  • 10am-2pm April Vacation Days

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

    Welcome Spring with our all-outdoor April Vacation Week. In order to maintain our policies of safety and care during this week, we will continue to offer outdoor only programs in […]

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  • 10am-2pm April Vacation Days

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

    Welcome Spring with our all-outdoor April Vacation Week. In order to maintain our policies of safety and care during this week, we will continue to offer outdoor only programs in lieu of our typical camp schedule. This Spring the Hitchcock Center is involving a wider range of our valley in order to get kids outdoors […]

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  • Spring Birding with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    This year’s Spring Birding Class will consist of 7 Field Trips and 3 Zoom Meetings. The class will be limited to 10 people and we’ll generally meet at the designated location for each trip. Some of the purposed locations will be Quabbin Park, Rail Trail (Amherst) Nash Hill Rd, Williamsburg, Montague Sandplains and more. These […]

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  • 7-10am: Nature All Year: Migratory Birds with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    Join us for an in-depth natural history course to develop your naturalists skills. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, we explore a focused, seasonal, natural history topic. We’ll look at nature in new ways, from broad habitat perspectives to close details of individual species. Over the course of the […]

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  • 10am-12pm Junior Nature Play Monday Series

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play continues into Spring 2021! Children in kindergarten and first grade may sign up for this immersive, lightly-structured program that lets kids be “free-range” while being safely supervised. Instructor Katie Koerten will lead us to our favorite places to play in the forest, such as Stump City, the Ferns, and the Faraway Woods. […]

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