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  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series

    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 […]

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  • Nature Play Afterschool Series

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

    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 […]

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  • Girls into the Wild Series (Katie)

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

    Girls into the Wild is back in Fall 2021 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, such as Stump City, the Ferns, and the Faraway Woods - exploring the seasonal beauty of nature as we go. Play […]

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  • Girls into the Wild Series (Monya)

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

    Girls into the Wild is back in Fall 2021 for more romping wildly through the field and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll visit our favorite places to […]

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  • Nature Discovery Preschool Series: Prehistoric Preschool

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Preschool is back to a ten-week series once again, taking place both indoors and outdoors! This season we will travel back in time to the days of the […]

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  • Nature Discovery Preschool Series: Prehistoric Preschool

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Preschool is back to a ten-week series once again, taking place both indoors and outdoors! This season we will travel back in time to the days of the […]

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  • Wild Children of the Woods Series

    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 […]

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  • Nature Play Afterschool Series

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

    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 Fall Nature Play we will explore wooded trails and fields, jump in leaf piles, build forts, climb trees, and make […]

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  • Homeschool I: Making and Tinkering a Better Future

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    In this fall’s Homeschool I class we will be exploring how we create and tinker with the world around us. We will learn by playing with pendulums, marble runs, circuit boards, and more. Through the challenges of making and tinkering we’ll also explore what it means to make mistakes and have resilience, even when something […]

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  • Homeschool II: Connections – Where Does it Come From?

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    In such a product oriented society, it is easy to lose connection with how things are made and the origins of our resources. While researching the path of product production […]

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