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Nature Play and Learning Places Garden Work Day

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

The Hitchcock Center is expanding its nature play area. Join this community effort and come help us dig, weed, plant, mulch, haul, etc. Bring tools and gloves if you have them. Sunday, September 30, 1-3pm Sunday, October 21, 1-3pm Registration appreciated

FREE

Living Building Tour Ambassador Training Series

Learn to become a Living Building Tour Ambassador at the Hitchcock Center. This fee training will include learning theory, understanding building systems, and a discussion of Living Building Challenge. A light lunch will be provided. Participants who complete the training are encouraged to participate as volunteers in our building tour program. with Sara Draper, R.W. […]

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 run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Nature Play we […]

$295 – $365

Homeschool Discovery Day: The Forest That Stinks!

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

Do you love science and nature? Do you want to see what the Hitchcock Homeschool program is all about? Sign up for our Discovery Days, our one-time programs about science and nature. In a mixed-age setting, we explore cool topics at the Hitchcock Center, meet science experts, and sometimes go on field trips. Our Discovery […]

$45 – $55

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 run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Nature Play we […]

$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 the Wild is designed to get girls outside, playing and engaging with nature in their own way. Instructor Katie Koerten strives to offer games and […]

$355 – $425

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. First Fridays at […]

FREE

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 arthropods, such as spiders, millipedes and crustaceans that share our home with us. From butterfly to bumblebee, and cockroach to click beetle we’ll find out […]

$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 projects, collecting data that matters! For this homeschool series we will be diving into different science projects and asking lots of questions, such as: How […]

$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 run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and learning valuable social skills. During Fall Nature Play we […]

$380 – $475

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