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  • Girls into the Wild Winter(Katie)

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

    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, […]

  • Nature Discovery Winter Preschool Days

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    With Colleen Kelley and Helen Ann Sephton Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) 10:00am-11:30 am (Please note the later start time!)   Celebrate the outdoors in winter with your preschooler! Colleen and Helen Ann will teach these three winter programs. Sign up for one, two or all three programs. Come prepared for winter […]

  • Owl Prowl

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

    Owl Prowls with Dan Ziomek  Saturday, January 29th or  Friday, February 11th (cancellation date of Saturday, February 12)  7:30pm – 10pm  Have you been hearing the Great Horned Owls at dusk and dawn?  They are hooting.  Join valley birder Dan Ziomek for this extra special treat of searching for owls on winter nights!  Dress super duper […]

  • Winter/Spring Birding Course – 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 trips,  in all sorts of habitats with all kinds of birds!  Course is limited to 12 participants and will be outdoor only for COVID Safety. Participants […]

  • Second Saturday Family Science

    Family Programs

    Join us for seasonal nature and science programs each second Saturday of the month. Designed for children (ages 5–7) with their parents, these programs will explore cool topics in nature. […]

  • Winter Forest Bathing at the Hitchcock Center

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

    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 a guided Forest therapy walk with Todd Lynch, certified ANFT guide. Forest and Nature Therapy offers us the opportunity to slow down. It re-aligns our […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods Winter

    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 […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool Series WINTER

    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. In Winter Nature Play After School we will explore snowy wooded trails and fields, make snow villages, and sled down the […]

  • Art & Games in the Forest After School Series WINTER

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

    The Winter session of Art in the Forest will have two focuses; art and games! On the calmer, gentler days of Winter we will explore our own imagination and expression with activities that include ice sculptures, snow painting, and making snow candles. On the harsher Winter days when we need movement to keep our bodies […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool Series WINTER

    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. In Winter Nature Play After School we will explore snowy wooded trails and fields, make snow villages, and sled down the […]