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  • Wild Children of the Woods

    Wild Children of the Woods

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

    Wild Children of the Woods    Grades 3-5 Mondays 3:30-5:30 PM September 8 - December 22 (no class October 13) Tier A: $438 | Tier B: $381 | Tier C: $324 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for upper-elementary schoolers. We will […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Nature Play Afterschool Series Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 2 - December 16 (no program November 11) Fee per Child: Tier A-$438 | Tier B-$381 | Tier C-$324 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Girls into the Wild

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Girls into the Wild Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 2 - December 16 (no program November 11) Fee per Child: Tier A-$444 | Tier B-$386 | Tier C-$328 Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild is for girls and nonbinary kids in fourth through sixth grade. Together we build a space where kids […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool Series Grades K-2 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 3 - December 17 (Extended day (1 PM) on September 24, October 29, November 19 and December 17, no program November 26) Fee per Child: Tier A-$570 | Tier B-$496| Tier C-$422 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Nature Play Afterschool Series Grades 3-5 Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 3 - December 17 (Extended day (1 PM) on September 24, October 29, November 19 and December 17, no program November 26) Fee per Child: Tier A-$570 | Tier B-$496 | Tier C-$422 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

    Wild Children of the Woods

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

    Wild Children of the Woods    Grades 3-5 Mondays 3:30-5:30 PM September 8 - December 22 (no class October 13) Tier A: $438 | Tier B: $381 | Tier C: $324 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for upper-elementary schoolers. We will […]

  • School Vacation Day

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    January 2 – Vacation Day Friday, January 2, 2026 with Isaiah T. Brown 8:45 AM – 3:00 PM Grades K – 3 Fee per Child: Tier A-$112 | Tier B-$97 | Tier C-$83 Limited to 15 participants Spend a day having fun and learning at the Hitchcock Center on this day off from Amherst Public […]

  • Owl Prowl with Dan Ziomek

    Owl Prowl with Dan Ziomek

    Family Programs

    Owl Prowls with Dan Ziomek  Saturday, January 3rd, 6:30 - 9pm or Friday, January 16th, 6:30 - 9pm   with a bad weather date of Saturday, January 24th For ages 10 and up Space is limited; please register now Sliding Scale:  $20, $30, $40 Have you been on an owl prowl? It is a very special […]

  • Afterschool: Wild Children of the Woods   

    Wild Children of the Woods   

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

    Wild Children of the Woods    With: Isaiah Brown Grades 3-5 Mondays 3:30-5:30 p.m. January 5 - March 16 (no class January 19 or February 16) Tier A:$266 | Tier B:$231 | Tier C:$196 Limited to 12 participants Come explore the outdoors as we travel in and around the Hitchcock Center’s outdoor spaces! We explore […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Girls into the Wild

    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    Girls into the Wild with Katie Koerten Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. January 6 - March 17 (no program January 20 and February 17) Fee per Child: Tier A-$273 | Tier B-$238 | Tier C-$202 Limited to 12 participants Join us in winter 2026 for more romping wildly through the fields and forests of the […]