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  • Spring Vacation Camp

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

    Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock Center! We’ll explore topics in spring ecology while playing games, making crafts and spending time with our live animals. Sign up for as many days as you wish. Limited to 15 participants per age group Monday through Friday, 8:30am-3:00pm April 15-19 Ages […]

    $60 – $70
  • Spring Vacation Camp

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

    Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock Center! We’ll explore topics in spring ecology while playing games, making crafts and spending time with our live animals. Sign up for as many days as you wish. Limited to 15 participants per age group Monday through Friday, 8:30am-3:00pm April 15-19 Ages […]

    $60 – $70
  • Spring Vacation Camp

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

    Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock Center! We’ll explore topics in spring ecology while playing games, making crafts and spending time with our live animals. Sign up for as many days as you wish. Limited to 15 participants per age group Monday through Friday, 8:30am-3:00pm April 15-19 Ages […]

    $60 – $70
  • Our Living Building Tour

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

    Come meet our newest educator – our building! It is designed to model systems in nature, it is net zero energy, net zero water, has composting toilets, and has been made with responsibly sourced non-toxic materials, come check it out at one of our bi-monthly tours. Tours typically last from 1-1.5 hours. Note: We are […]

    FREE
  • Spring Vacation Camp

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

    Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock Center! We’ll explore topics in spring ecology while playing games, making crafts and spending time with our live animals. Sign up for as many days as you wish. Limited to 15 participants per age group Monday through Friday, 8:30am-3:00pm April 15-19 Ages […]

    $60 – $70
  • Spring Vacation Camp

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

    Spend your days off from school learning and playing outside at the Hitchcock Center! We’ll explore topics in spring ecology while playing games, making crafts and spending time with our live animals. Sign up for as many days as you wish. Limited to 15 participants per age group Monday through Friday, 8:30am-3:00pm April 15-19 Ages […]

    $60 – $70
  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean your kids need to stay inside to play. Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During […]

    $225 – $270
  • Homeschool I: Animals That Build

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

    They don’t use blueprints or fancy tools, but animals can be amazing builders by using natural materials like leaves, sticks and even spit! Whether it’s for nests, homes, camouflage or catching prey, animals have a lot of reasons for their architecture. At this homeschool session we will explore the construction skills of animals and build […]

    $450 – $560
  • Homeschool II: Spring into Citizen Science

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

    Spring is an amazing time of year! As the natural world begins to wake up from winter there are lots of changes happening. As part of Spring into Citizen Science – we will become researchers. Working with scientists on local and national science projects, collecting data that matters! For this homeschool series we will dive […]

    $450 – $560
  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean your kids need to stay inside to play. Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During […]

    $290 – $350