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  • 10:00am-12:00pm Nature-based Field Trip: Life in a Stream

    Family Programs

    Streams are an excellent place for the science of discovery and investigation. The critters who make their home in the stream demonstrate a beautiful web of life, from algae and […]

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  • 1:00-2:30pm Nature Discovery Preschool Adventure: Ladybug Love

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    This award-winning adult and child preschool program–the adult accompanies their child(ren)--offers weekly outdoor exploration together combined with multi-modal learning experiences to foster wonder and curiosity about the natural world. Sign up for one or or more days and choose one of two time offerings: Friday mornings or afternoons. with Colleen Kelley Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K Fridays, 10:00–11:30am or 1–2:30pm […]

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  • Fall Birding Series with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    Join Scott Surner for outdoor birding this fall. Good news,  in spite of all that isn’t safe right now watching birds outdoors is still to be enjoyed. Field trips will meet at the locations rather than at the Hitchcock Center and there will be no carpooling. Masks will need to be worn when 6ft distance […]

    $216 – $360

  • 10:00am-12:00pm Nature-based Field Trip: Life in a Stream

    Family Programs

    Streams are an excellent place for the science of discovery and investigation. The critters who make their home in the stream demonstrate a beautiful web of life, from algae and microscopic organisms, to insect larvae and amphibians. We’ll begin at the Hitchcock Center and use our limnology lab tools to practice techniques for observing small […]

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  • 10:00am-12:00pm Junior Nature Play Series

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    We are pleased to offer for the first time a new Nature Play program that includes kindergartners— Junior Nature Play! Children in kindergarten and first grade may sign up for […]

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  • 1:30-5:30pm Nature Play Afterschool Monday Series

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Our Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range children, all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. We will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the leaves, build forts, climb trees, make new discoveries about ourselves and […]

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  • 9:30am-12:30pm The Ology of Ologists Homeschool Adventure Tuesday Series

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Join us in this fall program series as we learn the jobs that scientists do. We will focus on a different “ology” each week — from archeology to zoology we will explore different realms of science. This will be an all-outdoor program, and will include a morning circle, an activity focused on the ology of […]

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  • 9:30am-12:30pm Morning Nature Play Series

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Spend Tuesday mornings playing outside in the woods! Challenge your body by balancing on logs and climbing trees. Get as dirty as you like as we romp through the forest, explore under logs, make mud pie feasts and splash in puddles. Notice the changes in nature as we go through the season together. Instructor Katie […]

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  • 1:00-2:00pm Class Program (Virtual)

    Family Programs

    Have a Hitchcock educator pay a virtual visit to your classroom or home! Our virtual class programs will be focused on specific topics to fit with your science curriculum. You will receive special topic-focused, take-home resources, and a remotely accessible video of a Hitchcock educator that will spark student interest. This will be paired with […]

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  • 3:30-5:30pm Games in Nature Afterschool Series

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Play is an essential part of childhood, and playing games can cultivate social-emotional skills that keep us connected. Games in Nature After School will use a combination of structured games and free nature play to build interpersonal skills and to just have fun in an increasingly stressful world. Each week the group will spend time together beginning […]

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