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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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Winter Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, February 21st-25th 2022 8:30-am-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 […]

  • Winter Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, February 21st-25th 2022 8:30-am-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 […]

  • Winter Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, February 21st-25th 2022 8:30-am-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 […]

  • Winter Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, February 21st-25th 2022 8:30-am-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 […]

  • Winter Vacation Days

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

    Monday through Friday, February 21st-25th 2022 8:30-am-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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 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 […]