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  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    with Jeff Mazur Grades 3-5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 2 - December 16 (Extended day (1 PM) on September 23, October 28, no programs November 11, November 25) Fee per […]

  • Nature Craft Gathering: Winter Evergreen Wreaths

    Adult Programs

    Wednesday, November 4 - Winter Evergreen Wreaths NEW DATE! Nov. 4, 5 PM - 7 PM Make a beautiful evergreen wreath embellished by collected natural items and materials,  a homemade […]

  • Forest Bathing

    Forest Bathing
    Adult Programs

    with Todd Lynch Sundays September 27 and/or November 8 2 – 4 pm at Hitchcock Center Sliding Scale: $18, $25, $35 There is a quiet pulse to the fall forest, as the trees and landscape turn inward and prepare for winter.  It is darker earlier; the leaves fall – creating spontaneous collages on the forest […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

    Wild Children of the Woods
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    with Isaiah Brown Grades 1-3 Mondays 3:30-5:30 PM September 14 - December 21 (no class October 12) Tier A: $439 | Tier B: $366 | Tier C: $311 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for lower-elementary schoolers. We will roam the grounds […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    with Jeff Mazur Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 1 - December 22 (no programs on October 13, November 3) Fee per Child: Tier A-$467 | Tier B-$389 | Tier C-$331 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Girls into the Wild
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    with Katie Koerten For grades 3-5 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 1 - December 22 (no programs on October 13, November 3) Fee per Child: Tier A-$472 | Tier B-$393 | Tier C-$334 Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild is for girls and nonbinary kids in fourth through sixth grade. Together we build a […]

  • School Vacation Day

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    November 11 -  School Holiday - No school for Amherst Public Schools  with Isaiah Brown Wednesday, November 11 8:45 AM to 3:00 PM Grades 1 - 3* Fee per Child: Tier A-$118 | Tier B-$98 | Tier C-$83 Limited to 12 participants Come play outside on this day off for Amherst elementary schoolers! Bring a […]