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  • Spring Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-3:00pm Age Groups: Jumping Mice: Ages 5-6, Grades K-1 Brown Bats: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-2 Groundhogs: Ages 8-10, Grades 3-5 Fee per child per […]

  • Spring Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-3:00pm Age Groups: Jumping Mice: Ages 5-6, Grades K-1 Brown Bats: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-2 Groundhogs: Ages 8-10, Grades 3-5 Fee per child per day: Tier A-$95 | Tier B-$76 | Tier C-$57  | Tier D-$38 Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock […]

  • Spring Birding – Field Trip

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

    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 […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods Spring

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

    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 the seasons change our beautiful woods. We will visit stump city, ferns, and the far-away woods, play some organized games, and learn about the animals, […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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 learning valuable social skills. During Spring Nature Play we will play in the mud and spring rains, look for bugs, and enjoy the warming outdoors. […]

  • Discovery Day: Building Pollinator Gardens

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

    Building Pollinator Gardens With Monya Relles April 26, 10am - 2pm Ages 6-12 or grades 1st - 6th Tier A:$76 Tier B:$61 Tier C:$46 Tier D:$30 Limited to 12 participants […]

  • Art in the Forest After School Series SPRING

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

    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 outside to make art in it!  Our projects could include making casts of animal footprints, painting, and making flower presses. We’ll develop awareness of the […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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 learning valuable social skills. During Spring Nature Play we will play in the mud and spring rains, look for bugs, and enjoy the warming outdoors. […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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 […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Hitchcock’s Junior 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 […]