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Fireside Chat – Indigenous Plant Wisdom- Sacred Plants of New England 

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

Fireside Chats  with Hitchcock staff and guests  Casual conversations centered on nature, around a fire, enjoying the beauty of a crisp winter evening with hot beverages and nibbles. Thursdays at 6pm  January 20 –  Moon Gazing & Winter Owls  March 17 – Natural History of a cup of Hot Chocolate  April 14 – Indigenous Plant […]

Spring Birding – Field Trip

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

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 […]

Spring Vacation Days

Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-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 […]

Spring Vacation Days

Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-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 […]

Spring Vacation Days

Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-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 […]

Spring Vacation Days

Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-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 […]

Spring Vacation Days

Monday through Friday, April 18th-22nd, 2022 8:30am-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 […]

Spring Birding – Field Trip

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

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 […]

Wild Children of the Woods Spring

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 SPRING

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 Spring Nature Play we will play in the mud and spring rains, look for bugs, and enjoy the warming outdoors. […]

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