Family Beaver StoryWalk and Program Saturday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. – Wentworth Farm Conservation Area Katie Koerten, Hitchcock Center Education Director Wood you believe that beavers are some of nature's most important engineers? Join the Hitchcock Center for a beaver StoryWalk for young ones! We'll waddle through beaver habitat, reading the pages of a […]
Junior Nature Play Afterschool With: Isaiah Brown Grades 1-3 Mondays 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 23 - June 8 (no program April 20 and May 25) Limited to 12 participants Come explore the outdoors as we travel in and around the Hitchcock Center’s outdoor spaces! We explore woodlands, fields, underbush and streams in this afterschool series for […]
Screening of Beaver Family Life Monday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. – Hitchcock Center @ 845 West Street Join us at the Hitchcock Center for a screening of a new documentary by New England Forests, as we follow a beaver family over a year's time, beginning in autumn as they prepare for and endure winter; and then […]
Girls into the Wild with: Katie Koerten Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild continues into 2026 for more romping wildly through the fields and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll visit our favorite places to play in […]
Nature Play Afterschool Series With Jeff Mazur Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) 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, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and […]
Little Bear Nature Walks With Chrissy Larson Ages 0-5 (Adult required to attend with child) 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Walks are outdoors and take place unless there is extreme weather. See dates and locations here Little Bear Nature Walks are guided, open-ended walks that allow toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers explore nature in an […]
Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series With: Isaiah Brown Grades K-2 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 25 - June 10 (Extended days (1PM) on March 25, April 29, May 27, no program April 22) Fee per Child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$378 | Tier C-$321 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed […]
Nature Play Afterschool Series With Jeff Mazur Grades 3-5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 25 - June 10 (Extended days (1PM) on March 25, April 29, May 27, no program April 22) Fee per Child: Tier A-$434 | Tier B-$378 | Tier C-$321 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let […]
On the Same Page with Leila Philip Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm At Munson Memorial Library Hall Join us for an exciting in-person evening with author Leila Philip, as she reads from and discusses her book Beaverland. This is part of the On the Same Page 2026 Community Read! A series of free programs for […]
Little Bear Nature Walks With Chrissy Larson Ages 0-5 (Adult required to attend with child) 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Walks are outdoors and take place unless there is extreme weather. See dates and locations here Little Bear Nature Walks are guided, open-ended walks that allow toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers explore nature in an […]
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