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  • Nature Discovery Preschool Series – Mammal Friends – AM

    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, September 16 – December 9 (no program October 7, and November 11 & 25) Morning session: 9:30am-11:30 am Fee […]

  • Fall Birding Course with Scott Surner

    Adult Programs

    Join the Hitchcock Center's beloved Fall Birding Class with birding extraordinaire, Scott Surner. This fall class will consist of ten field trips to various locations in the Connecticut River Valley, […]

  • Saturdays with the Animals

    Family Programs

    Ages 5–7 or Grades  K–1 Saturdays, 10–11am Third Saturdays Suggested Donation: $5–$30 per family Join us for a series of four classes focusing on the Hitchcock Center teaching animals. Designed […]

  • Hitchcock Harvest Feast and Celebration

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

    The Hitchcock Center has been sowing seeds of change and educating for a healthy planet in the Valley for 60 years. Hitchcock Harvest will celebrate the Hitchcock Center’s 60th anniversary […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

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

    WILD CHILDREN OF THE WOODS SERIES Ages 8-11 or Grades 3-5 Mondays, 3:30pm-5:30pm September 12 – December 19 (no program October 10)  Extended Day: September 26 Fee per Child: Tier A-$411 | Tier B-$358 | Tier C-$304  | Tier D-$232 We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    NATURE PLAY AFTERSCHOOL  Ages 6-9 or grades 1-3 Mondays, 3:30-5:30pm September 12  – December 19 (no program October 10) Extended Day: September 26 Fee per Child: Tier A-$411 | Tier […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

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

    WILD CHILDREN OF THE WOODS SERIES Ages 8–11 or Grades 3–5 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30pm September 6 – December 20 (no program Nov. 8)  Fee per Child: Tier A-$414 | Tier B-$360 | Tier C-$306 | Tier D-$234 Wild Children of the Woods is a nature based after school for upper-elementary schoolers.  We will learn, play, and explore […]

  • Bodacious Beavers Discovery Day

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

    With Jeff Mazur Tuesday, October 18, 10am-2pm Grades 1-6, Ages 6-12 Tier A:$74 Tier B:$65 Tier C:$55 Tier D:$42 Are you ready to get busy? In this class we will dive into the world of Massachusetts largest rodent. We will learn about its amazing adaptations, and take on the beaver dam challenge! 

  • Wednesdays with the Animals

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

    WEDNESDAYS WITH THE ANIMALS  Ages 8-11 or grades 3-5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30pm September 7 – December 21 (no program October 5, November 23) Extended Days: October 12 & December 7 Fee per Child: Tier A-$412 | Tier B-$358 | Tier C-$304  | Tier D-$232 Come spend some time with animals inside and outside at the Hitchcock […]

  • Nature Play Aftershool

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    NATURE PLAY AFTERSCHOOL  Ages 6-9 or grades 1-3 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30pm September 7 – December 21 (no program October 5, November 23) Extended Days: October 12 & December 7 Fee per […]