Events

Homeschool I is back for a session all about story. While immersed in nature, we’ll tell stories and listen to stories; we’ll write stories and act them out. We’ll play storytelling games, read stories from many cultures, and even think about the ways we can use stories to solve problems like climate change. Free play, […]

Junior Nature Play is back in Winter 2021! 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 in the forest, such as Stump City, the Ferns, and the Faraway […]

Junior Nature Play is back in Winter 2021! 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 in the forest, such as Stump City, the Ferns, and the Faraway […]

Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Winter Nature Play we will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the snow, build forts, sled, make snow creations, […]

Morning Nature Play is back in winter 2021! Every day is a mix of games, exploring and playing – and snack and story around the fire! We’ll romp and play in the fields and forests of the Hitchcock Center, noticing the beauty of the winter season and playing games. And of course, we’ll visit our […]

Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Winter Nature Play we will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the snow, build forts, sled, make snow creations, […]

Attention Kindergartners and first graders! On Wednesdays this winter, it’s Junior Nature Play with a twist. Every day we’re going to be a different animal! Slide like an otter, hop like a hare, swoop like a snowy owl, and more. Each day we’ll play animal games, hear animal stories and explore animal habitats! And of […]

Ages 5–7 or Grades K–1 Limited to 8 participants. with Aemelia Thompson Wednesdays, 3:30–5:00pm* January 13–March 17 (no class February 17) Fee per Child: Tier A-$186 | Tier B-$149 | Tier C-$111  | Tier D-$75 Introducing a Nature Play Afterschool option for Kindergartners and first graders! At this program we run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play […]

Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Winter Nature Play we will explore wooded trails and fields, play in the snow, build forts, sled, make snow creations, […]

Homeschool I is back for a session all about story. While immersed in nature, we’ll tell stories and listen to stories; we’ll write stories and act them out. We’ll play storytelling games, read stories from many cultures, and even think about the ways we can use stories to solve problems like climate change. Free play, […]