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  • Nature Discovery Preschool Series: Spineless Wonders

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    We are pleased to announce a second ten-week Nature Discovery Preschool series, taking place on Wednesdays! Pretend to shrink down real small to explore the spineless wonders of our natural […]

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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 and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Junior Nature Play we will explore wooded trails and fields, play pretend in our mud kitchen, and make […]

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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 dinosaurs. Children will learn about dinosaurs through stories, songs, movement and crafts. We will compare different dinosaurs, dig for bones, and learn about the plants […]

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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 dinosaurs. Children will learn about dinosaurs through stories, songs, movement and crafts. We will compare different dinosaurs, dig for bones, and learn about the plants […]

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  • Second Saturday Family Science: Composting Critters

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    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.  with Aemelia Thompson Ages 5–7 or Grades  K–1 Saturdays, 10–11am REGISTER September 18: Composting Critters October 9: Spiders! November 13: Oh Deer! December 11:  Crystals […]

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  • Monarch Tagging 

    Family Programs

    Drop in to see how monarch butterflies are tagged and ask questions about this amazing creature and their hope filled cycle of survival. With Jennifer Unkles All ages Saturday, September 18, 2:30-4pm REGISTER

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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 Fall turn to Winter. We will visit stump city, ferns, and the far-away woods, play some organized games, and learn about the animals, plants, and […]

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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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  • 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 we are able to see first hand the energy that goes into making each product. With games, crafts, special guests, home projects and field trips […]

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