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  • Nature Discovery Preschool: Mammal Friends

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

    with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Afternoon session: 1:00-3:00pm September 14, 28 (no September 21) October 12, 19, 26 (no October 5) November 9, […]

    $205 – $255

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Fall is here, and school has started, and your kids still want to be outside! Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will […]

    $295 – $365

  • Homeschool I: Incredible Insects (And Other Arthropods!)

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

    Honey, we shrunk the homeschoolers! Get ready to become very tiny this fall as we get down on a bug’s level. At Homeschool I we’ll discover the insects and other […]

    $450 – $560

  • Homeschool II: Citizen Science!

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

    Calling all future scientists! Citizen scientists are people — young or old — who help collect data for research projects. We will work with local researchers and on national science […]

    $450 – $560

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Fall is here, and school has started, and your kids still want to be outside! Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will […]

    $380 – $475

  • Girls into the Wild

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

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play outdoors! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now going into its fifth year, Girls into […]

    $355 – $425

  • Living Building Tour

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

    Did you know the Hitchcock Center is a Living Building? It is designed to model systems in nature, it's net zero energy and water, has composting toilets, and has been […]

    FREE

  • Viewing the Night Sky

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

    James will provide telescopes and help us view constellations, planets, galaxies and stars from our Hitchcock hilltop. We’ll discuss what we are viewing including science facts as well as legends from […]

    FREE

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Fall is here, and school has started, and your kids still want to be outside! Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will […]

    $295 – $365

  • November Curriculum Day

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

    Come play outside on this day off for Amherst elementary schoolers! Bring a snack, lunch and water bottle and come prepared to play outside, no matter what the weather! Limited […]

    $60 – $70