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  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool with Lauren Dausch Grades K – 2 Wednesdays, 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 4 – December 18 (Extended day (1 PM) on October 23, no program November 27) Fee per Child: Tier A-$487 | Tier B-$406 | Tier C-$345 | Tier D-$264 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool […]

  • Monarch Tagging (3+) 1/2

    Family Programs

    With Jennifer Unkles Ages 3+ Thursday, September 19, 4:00 – 5:30 PM or Monday, September 23, 4:00 – 5:30 PM Suggested Donation: $10–$30 per person Limited to 15 participants The monarch butterflies are back and their cycle continues! Come for a small group class to see them up close, learn about their fascinating life cycle, […]

  • Garden Party with Herbal infusion Demo

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Adult Programs

    Garden Parties with Herbal infusion Demos Thursday, September 19, 5 PM In the Hitchcock Center Gardens – FREE  Join us for a garden party in the Hitchcock Center gardens. Enjoy a demonstration on how to make a variety of infusions with seasonal herbs and flowers and learn more about the work of the Hitchcock Center […]

  • Nature Discovery Preschool (AM)

    Nature Discovery Preschool (AM)

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Preschool Series: Life in the Canopy! (Leaves, Seeds and the Animals Above Us) with Chrissy Larson Ages 3 – 5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, September 13 – December 6 (no programs September 27, October 25, November 29) Morning session: 9:30 – 11:30 AM Afternoon session: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Fee […]

  • Nature Discovery Preschool (PM)

    Nature Discovery Preschool (PM)

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Preschool Series: Life in the Canopy! (Leaves, Seeds and the Animals Above Us) with Chrissy Larson Ages 3 – 5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, September 13 – December 6 (no programs September 27, October 25, November 29) Morning session: 9:30 – 11:30 AM Afternoon session: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Fee […]

  • Fall Birding Field Trip with Scott Surner

    Fall Birding Field Trip with Scott Surner

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA
    Adult Programs

    Fall Birding Class with Scott Surner  August 24 – October 26, 2024 Birding in the fall is just as wonderful as birding in the spring, see hawks migrating, fall warblers, waterfowl migration and more.  Join lifelong birder Scott Surner as well as other local birders to get out and enjoy nature, birds and the company […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods  

    Wild Children of the Woods  

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

    with Monya Relles Grades 3 – 5 Mondays 3:30 – 5:30 PM September 9 – December 16 (no class October 14 or November 11) Fee per Child: Tier A:$393 | Tier B:$327 | Tier C:$278 | Tier D:$213 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this […]

  • Monarch Tagging (3+) 2/2

    Family Programs

    With Jennifer Unkles Ages 3+ Thursday, September 19, 4:00 – 5:30 PM or Monday, September 23, 4:00 – 5:30 PM Suggested Donation: $10–$30 per person Limited to 15 participants The monarch butterflies are back and their cycle continues! Come for a small group class to see them up close, learn about their fascinating life cycle, […]

  • Homeschool I: Our Changing World

    Homeschool I: Our Changing World

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

    Homeschool I: Our Changing World: Transformations in Nature with Lauren Dausch Grades 1 – 3, Ages 6 – 8 Tuesdays 10 AM – 2 PM September 17 – December 10 (No program October 22, November 26 for Homeschool Discovery Days. No program November 5 for election day) Fee per Child: Tier A: $773 | Tier […]

  • Homeschool II: CSI Nature Detectives

    Homeschool II: CSI Nature Detectives

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Homeschool II: CSI (Children Science Investigators) Nature Detectives with Alanna Johnston-Rutledge Grades 4 – 6, Ages 9 – 12 Tuesdays 10 AM – 2 PM September 17 – December 10 (No program October 22, November 26 for Discovery Days. No program Nov 5 for election day) Fee per Child: Tier A: $773 | Tier B:$645 | […]