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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series WINTER

    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 […]

  • 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 […]