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Nature Discovery Preschool Series- Beanstalks to Butterflies: How things change in nature

Metamorphosis and how things change in nature is the theme for this popular program. Children will compare their own lives, from newborn to preschooler, with the life cycles of other living things. Through live animal and plant observations, stories, songs, movement, imagery and crafts, children will learn about how and why changes happen. Start your […]

Nature Discovery Preschool Series- Beanstalks to Butterflies: How things change in nature

Metamorphosis and how things change in nature is the theme for this popular program. Children will compare their own lives, from newborn to preschooler, with the life cycles of other living things. Through live animal and plant observations, stories, songs, movement, imagery and crafts, children will learn about how and why changes happen. Start your […]

Spring Birding – Field Trip

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

Winter/Spring Birding Course  with Scott Surner Join birder extraordinaire and veteran bird course instruction for this bigger and better than ever late winter/spring birding course.  This course is all field trips,  in all sorts of habitats with all kinds of birds!  Course is limited to 12 participants and will be outdoor only for COVID Safety. Participants […]

Second Saturday Family Science

Join us for seasonal nature and science programs each second Saturday of the month. Designed for children (ages 5–7) with their parents, these programs will explore cool topics in nature. January 8th, February 12th, March 12th, April 9th, May 7th*, and June 11th Suggested Donation: $5–$30 per family -For Saturday Sciences in January-March we will […]

Wild Children of the Woods Spring

We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for upper-elementary schoolers. We will roam the grounds of the Hitchcock Center as we watch the seasons change our beautiful woods. We will visit stump city, ferns, and the far-away woods, play some organized games, and learn about the animals, […]

Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

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 Spring Nature Play we will play in the mud and spring rains, look for bugs, and enjoy the warming outdoors. […]

Homeschool I: From Raindrop to Reservoir

In Homeschool I: Raindrop to Reservoir, we will dive into the exciting world of water. We will explore how all life depends on water, how we humans use water in our daily life, and how we can connect water to our on-site living building. We will approach learning with outdoor play, hands-on activities, journaling, songs, […]

Homeschool II: Biologists in Training

In this evolving weekly homeschool class, we will become biologists, learning more about the life all around us. We will explore life in all sorts of ways – from using a microscope, to venturing into different habitats. We will discover what is underfoot, in the water, or growing right before our eyes. With games, experiments, […]

Art in the Forest After School Series SPRING

Each session of Art in the Forest we will explore and create in the beauty of the outdoors in Spring.  The world will be waking up and we’ll be getting outside to make art in it!  Our projects could include making casts of animal footprints, painting, and making flower presses. We’ll develop awareness of the […]

Nature Play Afterschool Series SPRING

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 Spring Nature Play we will play in the mud and spring rains, look for bugs, and enjoy the warming outdoors. […]

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