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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 […]

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  • 10:00am-12:00pm Art in the Forest Wednesday Series

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

    The natural world has served as inspiration for artists of all varieties for all of humankind’s history. While surrounded by the undeniable beauty of the outdoors, children in the Art […]

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  • 1:00-2:00pm Class Program

    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 Wednesday Series (In-person)

    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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  • 10:00am-12:00pm Nature-based Field Trip: Mountains and Valleys

    Family Programs

    Discover the stories in the stones around us! The Holyoke Range can tell us much about how the Earth’s crust is shaped. It is a geologically unique area, where we can find evidence of shifting tectonic plates, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion, all in one day’s field trip! We will learn how fascinating geology can […]

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  • 9am-12pm Nature All Year: Geology of the Pioneer Valley

    Adult Programs

    Join us for an in-depth natural history course to develop your naturalists skills. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, we explore a focused, seasonal, […]

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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 this immersive, lightly-structured program that lets kids be “free-range” while being safely supervised. Instructor Katie Koerten will lead us to our favorite places to play […]

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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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