“Writing professor Kyhl Lyndgaard finds that 19th-century attitudes about ‘Indian removal’ were echoed by a notable shift in the common names of native orchids.” This is the sentence that begins the article, “Taking Off the Moccasin Flower and Putting On the Lady’s Slipper,” published by Potash Hill, the magazine of Marlboro College. Using the Lady Slipper (sp. Cypripedium acaule), in which we’ve seen a “bumper crop” this year, as a catalyst for learning, let’s begin here, the renaming of native orchids and other plants. Learning about the history and origin of different native plant species names can support a wide variety of subjects, including Native American studies, U.S. history, ethnobotany, poetry, and ecology. In Lyndgaard’s article, these subjects are tied together by weaving a story about Indian Removal through poetry, history, and the renaming of the Moccasin Flower. Read the rest of this entry »
Nature-Based Learning: Learning through the Lens of the Wild Orchid
June 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Curly Willow on the Westfield River, mindfulness, Nature Based Education, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: Ethnobotany, Moccasin Flower, Native American Studies, Nature Based Learning, Observations, Pink Lady's Slipper, Sense of Place, Wild Orchid
Nature-Based Learning: Learning through the Lens of Lilac
June 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm (Curly Willow on the Westfield River, mindfulness, Nature Based Education, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: edible flowers, Lilac, Nature Based Learning, Observations, Sense of Place, Soundscape
This week with Lilac as our point of entry, we’re getting curious and learning through the lens of food, cultural heritage, and habitat.
Now that we have turned the corner from May to June, notice the changes through your senses. Your senses can tell you what time of the year it is without even looking at a calendar. Just the sound the trees make as their young green leaves tussle together in the treetops when it’s breezy before a rainstorm is enough to signal the time of year. The next time there’s a wind, notice the sound of the trees. How does the sound differ from the winter months when the leaves are on the ground, or in the autumn when they are crisp and turning colors? Layer upon this dance between wind and leaves the changing soundscape of the birds, insects, and frogs, and you can observe what time of the year it is merely through sound. Invite your sense of smell to the table and the conversation deepens, accessing memories through the scent of blossoms, dirt, and summer rains.
LEARNING THROUGH THE LENS OF FOOD
Lilacs are in bloom right now, and unlike the intoxicating smell of Lily-of-the-Valley, which were in full bloom last week, the equally intoxicating scent of lilacs can be captured through taste. If you have access to Lilac blossoms growing safely away from the road and toxic chemicals, give these recipes a try while they are in bloom: Lilac honey, Lilac cocktails, Lilac water, Lilac pavlovas, Lilac scones, and Lilac syrup. These recipes capture the essence of this flower and are delicious ways to compare and contrast the smell and flavor of other flowers, like lavender and violets. How does our sense of smell and taste combine? What biochemistry is involved with smell, and how does our brain receive information and translate it into memories and emotions? Check out these TED-Ed videos, “How do we smell?” to learn about the biochemistry, and “How to master your sense of smell” to discover the art of smelling. Between the two, learn how smell, taste, and memory are connected through the olfactory nerves.
LEARNING THROUGH THE LENS OF HABITAT
Learning the scientific name of plants can lead us to learn about the historical context of a flower, it’s place within cultural heritage, and taxonomy. For instance, the scientific name for Lilac is Syringa vulgaris. Vulgaris is Latin for “common” (common Lilac), and the scientific name for Syringa is derived from the Greek word “syrinx” which means pipe. According to Wikipedia, “In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to a river’s edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god’s frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of pan pipes, which were thenceforth known as syrinx.” Those reeds were the hollow branches of Lilac.
Word origin is one path to take when looking through the lens of habitat during the season of lilac blooms. Another path is towards the cultivation, propagation, and care for Lilac in your home garden. They’re pretty sturdy perennials that can live up to 100 years. If you ever see a large lilac bush oddly growing in the middle of a field, the chance is there was a farmhouse that once stood nearby. In this video, “The Dirt: Lilacs,” home gardeners can learn about caring for lilacs. It also can help strengthen your appreciation for lilac shrubs in the home gardens of others and within community accessible botanical gardens.
LEARNING THROUGH THE LENS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Lilac has a strong presence in our cultural heritage. You can see evidence in annual events that celebrate this fragrant shrub. While they are not taking place this year, festivals like the Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY, and Lilac Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University have marked the season with cultural celebrations.
Attendance to these festivals, close observation in your garden or nearby botanical garden, and review of lilac renditions by famous and contemporary artists can support multidisciplinary learning while strengthening a sense of place. Paintings to compare and contrast include, Lilacs in a Window by American artist Mary Cassatt and Lilac in the Sun by Claude Monet.
Photo credit: Lilac Infused Honey (c) Sienna Wildfield.
Nature-Based Learning with Curly Willow on the Westfield River. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains on the east branch of the Westfield River, Curly Willow on the Westfield is an emerging space for the passionately curious. A convergence of mindfulness and community-based education. Member, Community-Based Education Network™.
Nature-Based Learning: Spring Chorus of Frogs & Toads
May 26, 2020 at 9:00 am (Curly Willow on the Westfield River, mindfulness, Nature Based Education, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: Amphibians, Frogs, Nature Based Learning, Observations, Sense of Place, Soundscape, Toads
On the heels of a New England winter, spring in Western MA can be very engaging to the senses. This week, take inventory through your senses and notice what’s “speaking” to you.
- What do you SEE? Pink azaleas? Purple violets?
- What do you SMELL? Lily-of-the-valley? Spring rain?
- What do you TASTE? Bitter dandelion leaves? Oniony ramps?
- What do you FEEL? The warmth of the sun? A mild breeze?
- What do you HEAR? Calls of chipmunks? Twitter of birds?
As you move through the final month of spring, notice what you observe through your senses and how your observations might change and evolve. Our sense of place is interwoven with the seasons and our five senses, deepening our connection to place through seasonal changes. Embedded within this awareness are self-directed learning opportunities that are sparked by curiosity and supported by community-based resources.
WHAT DO YOU HEAR? Native species are a community-based resource that can deliver lessons through our senses. Take, for instance, deep listening to the frogs and toads native to Western MA. Have you ever noticed how their chorus changes through the season? How they are quiet on some evenings and very noisy on others? Pay attention to their chorus (or lack of) and let it guide your learning! It’s a great way to support interests and education in herpetology, biology, and ecology. Start by learning the calls of different native frogs in your region. This video demonstrates how their chorus blends and changes over five months (in just 22 seconds!).
GET CURIOUS: Once you are able to identify the different calls of the frogs and toads in your area, see if you can single out their contribution to an evening spring/summer soundscape. If you find yourself wondering why you hear them one evening, and not the next, get curious and look for the answers. Maybe their mating season has ended? Is the weather a factor? Are they loud or quiet before or after rain? What’s the high and low temperature for that day? These questions and the search for the answers guide learning while putting into practice the process of self-directed education, encouraging curiosity, and delivering the rewards of following your interests.
ONLINE LEARNING:
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library has audio recordings of different species to support your learning of different calls.
- AmphibiaWeb provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy.
Photo credit: (c) Sienna Wildfield. Video credit: Cable Natural History Museum
Nature-Based Learning with Curly Willow on the Westfield River. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains on the east branch of the Westfield River, Curly Willow on the Westfield is an emerging space for the passionately curious. A convergence of mindfulness and community-based education. Member, Community-Based Education Network™.
Nature-Based Learning: Lily-of-the-Valley
May 20, 2020 at 12:00 pm (Curly Willow on the Westfield River, mindfulness, Nature Based Education, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: Art History, Botany, flowers, Folklore, Lily-of-the-Valley, Muguet, Nature Based Learning, Observations, Sense of Place, Spring Flowers, World Culture
In shade gardens across the Hilltowns, Lily-of-the-Valley makes its debut in mid to late May. This delicate, fragrant flower is rich in folklore and goes by many names. Learning through the lens of Lily-of-the-Valley, let the different names of this spring flower start as your guide for learning this week.
CHRISTIAN LORE: Names like “Mary’s Tears” and “Our Lady’s Tears” are associated with Christian Lore. Can you think of other flowers that are also related to Christian Lore? Have you ever heard of a Mary Garden? The University of Dayton has a list of “Flowers of Mary’s Sorrows” that are typically grown in a Mary Garden and can support learning about religion through folklore.
FOLKLORE: Pagan folklore associations can be found in the origins of alternative names of Lily-of-the-Valley, like “Jacob’s Ladder” and “Ladder to Heaven.” In Irish folklore, the bell-shaped flowers of Lily-of-the-Valley were drinking cups for fairies. When Ireland converted to a new Christian-based belief system, these two alternative names with roots in paganism took hold.
WORLD CULTURE & HISTORY: In ancient European cultures, the Lily-of-the-Valley was thought to protect homes and gardens and to bring good luck when brought into a home. Even today in France, May 1st is a public holiday, La Fête du Muguet (Lily of the Valley Day). Let this annual observation day lead your learning about French history and culture! La Fête du Muguet is a tradition that dates back to the reign of King Charles IX in 1561. In more recent history, this fragrant flower has been linked to the worker’s rights movement, where they were worn on the lapels while participating in protests and marches.
ART STUDIES & MINDFULNESS: Lily-of-the-Valley has caught the eye of many artists. Looking through the lens of this delicate flower, let it lead you to learn about art history through the many depictions of Lily-of-the-Valley, including paintings by Marc Chagall and Albert Durer Lucas. Study how these artists interpreted the color and texture of this flower and see if you can find what they saw within your own observation of Lily-of-the-Valley closer to home. Photographing and sketching, or just sitting and observing, can train your eye to notice the nuances of light and shadow, shades of white in the flower, and tones of green in the leaves. Get up-close and give the flower a sniff. Does smell engage any other senses? Might you also interpret smells with colors, sounds, or tastes? These mindful moments make your learning relevant to where you live, connecting lessons with a sense of place through the senses, and through the seasons.
Photo credit: (c) Sienna Wildfield
Nature-Based Learning with Curly Willow on the Westfield River. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains on the east branch of the Westfield River, Curly Willow on the Westfield is an emerging space for the passionately curious. A convergence of mindfulness and community-based education. Member, Community-Based Education Network™.
Nature-Based Learning: Early May Buds & Blossoms
May 5, 2020 at 12:00 pm (Curly Willow on the Westfield River, mindfulness, Nature Based Education, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: Botany, flowers, Nature Based Learning, Observations, Sense of Place, Spring Flowers
It was Albert Einstein, who said, “Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” During the spring, as nature bursts into bloom, help deepen your connection to which Einstein hinted by looking towards the emerging blossoms of flowering plants purposefully planted in gardens or self-seeded in the crevices of sidewalks or manicured lawns. Every spring, flower buds emerge and unfold into inviting blossoms, an annual appearance rooted in the seasons of the past. We can “look deep” into that past to learn about botany, ecology, art, and history. But to “understand everything better,” the beauty of a flower invites us into the present moment where it can spark reverence and capture faith in the process of bud to bloom to seed. It is there our understanding of “everything” can awaken.
This spring, pick a flowering plant nearest you and spend a mindful moment with it every day. Use your camera or sketchpad to capture it’s unfolding process. Notice its pattern of opening, relationship with pollinators, variants of colors and tones, textures, and smells. Welcome a flowering tulip tree, azalea bush, or dandelion plant into your daily observations and appreciations. Use your senses to connect with the essence of your chosen plant and pair it with self-directed learning about plant science or natural history. Blending the two not only supports place-based education, but it also strengthens a sense of place through the cultivation of respect for nature’s process and, ultimately, “understanding everything better.”
Nature-Based Learning with Curly Willow on the Westfield River. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains on the east branch of the Westfield River, Curly Willow on the Westfield is an emerging space for the passionately curious. A convergence of mindfulness and community-based education. Member, Community-Based Education Network™.
Hilltown Families Printables: Where is it? What is it? Word Scramble for April.
April 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Printables)
Tags: Botany Printable, Language Arts Printable, Massachusetts, Native Species, Nature Based Learning, Nature Printable, New England, phenology, place-based learning, Printable, Scavenger Hunt, Sense of Place, Word Scramble
What is it? Where is it?
Allow this free word scramble printable to lead curiosity during April! Support language arts by unscrambling the letters to identify what’s in each picture. In early Spring, look for these treasures in nature throughout the Hilltowns of western Massachusetts and around New England.
Use this printable to encourage local engagement in the natural world by searching for native and invasive species, identifying seeds from different trees, and supporting interests in ornithology, botany, and mycology.
Engaging in the natural world, a community-based educational resource available to everyone, supports a sense of place. Make learning relevant to where you live!
Hilltown Families Printables is sponsored by Curly Willow on the Westfield River. Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains on the east branch of the Westfield River, Curly Willow on the Westfield is an emerging space for the passionately curious. A convergence of mindfulness and community-based education. Member, Community-Based Education Network™.
25 Self-Guided Hikes in Western MA to Support Place-Based Learning
March 16, 2020 at 1:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: Hiking, Nature Based Learning, Nature Trails, place-based learning, Sense of Place, Social Distancing
Here is a list of self-guided hikes to do with your family or on your own. To support place-based learning, before you head out, conduct an online search about the natural and human history of some of these community-based educational resources. Bring with you field guides, sketchbooks, cameras, and magnifying glasses and spend the afternoon engaged in self-directed, nature-based learning!
Easy Hikes in Western MA:
- Chesterfield Gorge, West Chesterfield
- Dinosaur Footprints, Holyoke
- Field Farm, Williamstown
- Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley, Lenox
- Mass Audubon Arcadia, Easthampton
Land Trusts & Native Species: Community-Based Educational Resources to Support Self-Directed Learning
March 16, 2020 at 12:59 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: Hiking, Homeschool, Land Trusts, Native Species, Nature Based Learning, place-based learning, self-directed learning, Sense of Place, Social Distancing, Unschool
Self-guided hikes are a great way to keep your family active outdoors and engaged in nature! They’re also excellent ways to support learning via community-based educational resources, including land trusts & native species!
Download this free interpretive trail guide Hilltown Families created with the Hilltown Land Trust for the Bradley Sanctuary trail in Williamsburg, MA. This guide goes beyond the typical map and route. It highlights interesting features and information from cultural, scientific, artistic, and historical perspectives. It encourages users to think about how their experience outdoors relates to other interests such as citizen science, history, literature, and social activism. Additionally, it complements the trail guides by providing additional resources and activities that extend your learning off the trail.
This guide takes hikers along the Red Oak Trail, a great walk to do with kids or on your own. On this trail, hikers will see the historical and environmental features of Bradley’s landscape and enjoy a lovely walk along Nichols Brook. One of the most interesting features of the Bradley Sanctuary is an old-growth Red Oak tree that is approximately 5 feet in diameter. Included in the guide is a formula for helping Bradley hikers hypothesize the tree’s age.
This property is available to the public year-round, thanks to Hilltown Land Trust’s land conservation efforts and the foresight of Hilltown residents who value the protection of our natural resources in perpetuity for future generations to visit and love. Each Hilltown Land Trust property has a story to tell. This partnership with Hilltown Families narrates this story for Bradley Sanctuary in Williamsburg, MA, and shows how our community places are connected to our personal stories and interests.
Use this guide to strengthen your relationship to the local land and experience these Hilltown forests and woods in new and inspiring ways.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Birds Nests to Monkey Bread. Vernal Equinox to St. Patrick’s Day. Protest Posters to Kokedama.
March 13, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
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These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, March 14-20, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Maple Syrup to Honey. Civics to Nature Conservation. Needle Felting to Basket Weaving.
March 6, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
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Summer Camps ♦ Family Dance Party ♦ Family Concert ♦ Family Concert ♦ Family Full Moon Hike ♦ Family Night ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Community Service ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Snowshoeing ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Purim Radio Show ♦ Purim Celebration ♦ Food History ♦ Community Meal ♦ Sugar Shack ♦ Maple Sugar History ♦ Honey ♦ Spring Bulbs ♦ Nature Conservation ♦ Botany ♦ Urban Ecology ♦ Horticulture ♦ Gardening ♦ Grafting ♦ Seed Swap ♦ Ornithology ♦ Media Studies ♦ Podcasts ♦ Broadcast History ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Beehive Ovens ♦ Candle Making ♦ Art Studies ♦ Acrylic Painting ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Needle Felting ♦ Basket Weaving ♦ Camera Trapping ♦ Photo Journalism ♦ Museum Daytime Adventures ♦ Museum Evening Adventures ♦ Music Studies ♦ Sacred Harp ♦ Folk Music ♦ Jazz ♦ Musical Sing-a-long ♦ High School Musical ♦ Women’s History ♦ Aviation ♦ Chemistry ♦ Fire Department ♦ Civics ♦ Careers ♦ Voting ♦ Community Development ♦ Cohousing ♦ Immigration
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, March 7-13, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Pancake Breakfasts to Winter Fare. Leap Year to Sugar Season. Citizen Science to Civic Engagement.
February 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
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STEM ♦ Chemistry ♦ Astronomy ♦ Apps ♦ Chess ♦ Cardboard Race ♦ Ecology ♦ Herpetology ♦ Entomology ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Nature-Based Play ♦ Fencing ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Sign Language ♦ Art Studies ♦ Art Walk ♦ African Art ♦ Pastels ♦ Photography ♦ Mobiles ♦ Watercolor ♦ Oil Pastels ♦ Cyanotype ♦ Leonardo Da Vinci ♦ Music Studies ♦ Music History ♦ Quartet ♦ Bluegrass ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Swing ♦ Belly Dance ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Tony Award ♦ Puppet Theater ♦ College Theater ♦ High School Musical ♦ Improv ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Theater History ♦ French Film ♦ Local History ♦ Living History ♦ Winter Food Fare ♦ Sugar Season ♦ Maple Sugaring ♦ Community Meal ♦ History of Breakfast ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Maple Cream ♦ Ghee ♦ Fire Cider ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Woodcarving ♦ Acupuncture ♦ Loving-Kindness ♦ Civic Engagement ♦ Citizen Science
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, February 29-March 6, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Woodcarving to Sewing. Food Science to Music History. Terrariums to Orchids.
February 21, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
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Summer Camps ♦ Seasons ♦ Botany ♦ Orchids ♦ Terrariums ♦ Nature Studies ♦ Nature Scavenger Hunt ♦ Adaptations ♦ Coyotes ♦ Wildlife Story Hour ♦ Local History Playgroup ♦ Food History ♦ Beehive Oven ♦ Food Science ♦ Ice Cream ♦ Brewing ♦ Cheese ♦ STEM ♦ Science Cafe ♦ Chemistry ♦ Computer Coding ♦ Chess ♦ Critical Thinking Skills ♦ Religion Studies ♦ Buddhism ♦ Art Studies ♦ Black Art Matters ♦ Women’s Art & History ♦ Girls in Sports ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Winter Hiking ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Carpentry ♦ Woodcarving ♦ Sewing ♦ Repair Cafe ♦ Upcycling ♦ Arts & Crafts ♦ Tie-Dye ♦ Bird Houses ♦ Terrariums ♦ Date Night ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Film Studies ♦ French Film ♦ Cinematic Sound ♦ Music History ♦ American Folk Music ♦ Music Studies ♦ Shape Note Singing ♦ Choral Festival ♦ Jazz ♦ Social Justice Songs ♦ Social Change ♦ Multicultural ♦ Immigration ♦ Martin Luther King, Jr. ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Theater Studies ♦ College Theater ♦ Musical ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Lindy Hop ♦ Tango ♦ Contra Dance
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, February 22-28, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Aerodynamics to Colonial Children’s Games. S’mores to Chocolate Chip Cookies. French Films to Mandarin.
February 14, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
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Winter Festival ♦ Living History ♦ Colonial Life ♦ Women’s History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Fiber History ♦ Dance History ♦ History of Marriage ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Sewing ♦ Food History ♦ Tavern Fare ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Butchery ♦ Moroccan Cuisine ♦ S’mores ♦ Chocolate Chip Cookies ♦ Physics ♦ Chemistry ♦ Aviation ♦ Aerodynamics ♦ Drones ♦ Paper Airplanes ♦ LEGOs ♦ Bubbles ♦ Puppetry ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Podcasting ♦ Language Studies ♦ Cartography ♦ Jewish Folktales ♦ Irish Legend ♦ Animation ♦ French ♦ Mandarin ♦ Racism ♦ Voting ♦ Winter Botany ♦ Zoology ♦ Native Species ♦ Live Animals ♦ Adaptations ♦ Cougars ♦ Rabbits ♦ Music Studies ♦ Instruments ♦ Jazz ♦ Duke Ellington ♦ Pauline Oliveros ♦ Community Sing ♦ Art Studies ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Color Theory ♦ Clay Workshop ♦ Ink Painting ♦ Arts & Craft Swap ♦ Creative Free-Play
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, February 15-21, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Candy Chemistry to Valentine’s Day. Moonlight Hike to Ice Sculpting.
February 7, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
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Winter Festival ♦ Winter Trails Day ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Ice Sculpting ♦ Winter Hiking ♦ Naturalist Skills ♦ Ice Fishing ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Ecosystem ♦ Fire Ecology ♦ Tracking ♦ Porcupines ♦ Nature Photography ♦ Moonlight Hike ♦ Spruce-Fir Forest ♦ Climate Change ♦ Art Night Out ♦ Art Studies ♦ Folk Art ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Crafting ♦ Handmade Valentines ♦ Wet Felting ♦ Pisanki ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Ice Sculpting ♦ Art Installation ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Valentines Day ♦ Date Night ♦ STEM ♦ Chemistry ♦ Chess ♦ LEGOs ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Mardi Gras King Cake ♦ Tavern Fare ♦ Homebrewing ♦ Oenology ♦ Music Studies ♦ Orchestra ♦ Quartet ♦ Spanish Guitar ♦ Percussion ♦ Father-Daughter Dance ♦ Funding College ♦ Current Affairs ♦ Civics ♦ American Factories ♦ Storytelling ♦ Living History ♦ Women’s History ♦ African American History ♦ Voting ♦ Film Studies ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Academy Awards ♦ Shakespeare
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, February 8-14, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Dance Party to Winter Festival. Pancakes to Puppets.
January 31, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
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Dance Party ♦ Lion Dance ♦ Native American Dance ♦ Folk Dance ♦ Winter Festival ♦ Luminaria ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Hand Pies ♦ Puppet Show ♦ Shadow Puppetry ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ STEM ♦ Chemistry ♦ Astronomy Chess Club ♦ Alternative Medicine ♦ First Aid ♦ ADHD ♦ Homeopathy ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Ornithology ♦ Owls ♦ Art Walk ♦ Art Studies ♦ Monotype Prints ♦ Pastels ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Paper Marbling ♦ Fiber Art ♦ Pottery ♦ Sewing ♦ Women’s History ♦ Imbolc ♦ Chinese New Year ♦ Valentine Making ♦ Swedish Hearts ♦ Gratitude ♦ Kindness ♦ Critical Thinking ♦ Sustainability ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Costumes ♦ Naturalist Skills ♦ Tracking ♦ Nocturnal Wildlife ♦ History Playgroup ♦ Parents’ Book Club
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, February 1-7, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Lunar New Year to Women’s Suffrage. Duke Ellington to Bela Tarr. Artisan Cheese to Needle Felting.
January 24, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Chinese New Year ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Hiking ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Winter Adventures ♦ Winter Carnival ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Cartoons ♦ Manga ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Self-Directed Learning ♦ Parenting Skills ♦ Forest Bathing ♦ Naturalist Skills ♦ Tracking ♦ Native Species ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Gardening ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Artisan Cheese ♦ Sake ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Needle Felting ♦ Wet Felting ♦ STEM ♦ Chemistry ♦ Fermentation ♦ Coding ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Chess Club ♦ Music Studies ♦ Drums ♦ Community Sing ♦ Gospel Music ♦ African American Music Traditions ♦ Jazz ♦ Symphony ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Sign Language ♦ Film Studies ♦ Fashion Industry ♦ Voting ♦ Buddhism ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Growth Mindset ♦ Critical Thinking Skills ♦ Playgroup ♦ Board Games ♦ New England History ♦ Women’s History ♦ Ice Harvest
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, January 25-31, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Quantum Mechanics to Comics. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Women’s March.
January 17, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Folk Traditions ♦ Basket Making ♦ Origami ♦ Herbal Medicine ♦ Naturalist Skills ♦ Tracking ♦ Owls ♦ Ecosystems ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Upcycling ♦ Community Service ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Floral Design ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Winter Sports ♦ Snowshoeing ♦ Nordic Skiing ♦ Ice Skating ♦ STEM ♦ AI ♦ Quantum Mechanics ♦ Science Museum ♦ Geometry ♦ Chess ♦ New England History ♦ Tree History ♦ Spruce Fir-Forest ♦ Nature-Based Arts & Crafts ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Social Studies ♦ Women’s March ♦ Martin Luther King, Jr. ♦ Community Meal ♦ Food Tour ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Theaters ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Musical ♦ Family Concert ♦ Music Studies ♦ PreK ♦ Sound ♦ Language Arts ♦ Sign Language ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Podcasting ♦ Zines ♦ Comics
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, January 18-24, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Salt Science to Rye Bread. Basket Coiling to Eastern White Pine.
January 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Entomology ♦ Zoology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Botany ♦ Economics ♦ Physics ♦ Dendrology ♦ Critical Thinking ♦ Investing ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Native Species ♦ Birds of Prey ♦ Nature Scavenger Hunt ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Computer Coding ♦ Video Games ♦ Chess ♦ YoYo ♦ LEGOs ♦ Salt Science ♦ Music Studies ♦ Classical Music ♦ Singing ♦ Art Studies ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Landscape Painting ♦ Pottery ♦ Ice Sculpting ♦ Chinese Calligraphy ♦ Mandarin ♦ Sewing ♦ Basket Coiling ♦ White Pine ♦ Bookselling History ♦ Mark Twain ♦ Photography ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Hiking ♦ New England History ♦ Illumination History ♦ Women’s History ♦ Equal Rights ♦ Four Freedoms ♦ Drag Storytime ♦ Folklore ♦ Herbal Medicine ♦ Medical History ♦ Polio ♦ Aromatherapy ♦ Baking Arts ♦ Rye Bread ♦ Food Tour ♦ Mindful Eating ♦ Forest Bathing
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, January 11-17, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday?
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LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Winter Sports to Chinese New Year. Polish Heritage to Needle Felting.
January 3, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Self-Defense ♦ Qi Gong ♦ Winter Sports ♦ Outfitting ♦ Winter Fitness ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Fencing ♦ Mindfulness Movement ♦ History Walk ♦ New England History ♦ Voting ♦ Art Studies ♦ Chinese Painting ♦ African Art ♦ Polish Heritage ♦ Austrian Music ♦ Three Kings Day ♦ Chinese New Year ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Needle Felting ♦ Fiber Art ♦ Pottery ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Sewing ♦ Music Studies ♦ Sing Along ♦ Orchestra ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ Computer Lab ♦ Coding ♦ LEGOs ♦ Chess ♦ YoYos ♦ Origami ♦ Experiential Learning ♦ Critical Thinking ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Sustainability ♦ Community Meal ♦ Civics ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Botany ♦ Greenhouse ♦ Coffee Shops ♦ Community Meal ♦ Cook Book Club ♦ Media Literacy ♦ Language Arts ♦ Literacy ♦ Zines ♦ Book Arts ♦ Storytime ♦ Word Games
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, January 4-10, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. Scuba Diving to Ice Skating. New Year’s Eve to New Year’s Day.
December 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Astronomy ♦ Constellations ♦ Star Gazing ♦ New Years Eve ♦ Family Dance Party ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Menorah Lighting ♦ Hanukkah ♦ Three Kings Day ♦ LEGOs ♦ STEM ♦ Rockets ♦ Model Airplanes ♦ Psychology ♦ Paleontology ♦ Fossils ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Music Studies ♦ Songwriting ♦ Orchestra ♦ Art Studies ♦ Botanical Illustrations ♦ Monet ♦ Sports ♦ Outfitting ♦ Gymnastics ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Hiking ♦ Scuba Diving ♦ New England History ♦ Performance Art ♦ Puppetry ♦ Marionettes ♦ Gingerbread ♦ Pancakes ♦ Cookbooks ♦ Agriculture ♦ Ayurveda ♦ Hindu Medicine ♦ Magic ♦ First Night ♦ First Hike
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, December 28, 2019 – January 3, 2020. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Gingerbread ♦ Sufganiyot ♦ Solstice ♦ Santa ♦
December 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Chanukah Celebration ♦ Kwanzaa ♦ Solstice ♦ Santa ♦ New England Christmas ♦ Christmas History ♦ Local History ♦ Urban Life ♦ Holiday Train Ride ♦ Aviation ♦ Puppet Show ♦ Merry Go Round ♦ Board Games ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Gymnastics ♦ Physics ♦ Makerspace ♦ Trees ♦ Candlelit Hike ♦ Spiral Walk ♦ Solstice Celebration ♦ Winter Solstice ♦ Astronomy ♦ Film Studies ♦ Holiday Film ♦ MYO Soap ♦ MYO Ornament ♦ MYO Menorah ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Irish Dance ♦ Klezmer Music ♦ Sing Along ♦ Community Meal ♦ Pastry Arts ♦ Gingerbread ♦ Sufganiyot ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Light Festival ♦ Light Displays ♦ Menorah Lighting ♦ Luminaries ♦
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, December 21-27, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Holiday Lights ♦ New England History Carol ♦ Pastry Arts ♦
December 13, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Kindness ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Community Meal ♦ Locally Made ♦ Open Studios ♦ MYO Ornaments ♦ Yule Celebration ♦ Christmas ♦ Holiday Light Displays ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Train Rides ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Zoology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Nocturnal Animals ♦ Dendrology ♦ White Birch ♦ Aromatherapy ♦ Pastry Arts ♦ Gingerbread Houses ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Dr. Seuss ♦ Elf ♦ Emily Dickinson ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Storytelling ♦ Story Hour ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Ballet ♦ Nutcracker ♦ A Christmas Carol ♦ It’s A Wonderful Life ♦ Music Studies ♦ World Music ♦ American Roots Music ♦ Symphony ♦ Singing ♦ New England History ♦ Broadcast History ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, December 14-20, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Holiday Lights ♦ Nutcracker ♦ Christmas Carol ♦ Orchestra ♦
December 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Winter Sports ♦ Curling ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Outfitting ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ Higher Education ♦ Ornithology ♦ Crows ♦ Christmas Bird Count ♦ Christmas Fair ♦ Craft Fair ♦ Winter Fair ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Tree Lighting ♦ Light Festival ♦ Yule Celebration ♦ Winter Lights ♦ Lantern Light Parade ♦ Holiday Train Ride ♦ Community Meal ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Non-Commercial ♦ Open Studios ♦ Placemaking ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Toy Exchange ♦ Gingerbread Build ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ Origami ♦ Papercrafts ♦ Book Arts ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Holiday Stories ♦ Music Studies ♦ Caroling ♦ Sing-A-Long ♦ Choral ♦ Chorus ♦ Orchestra ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Nutcracker ♦ Ballet ♦ A Christmas Carol ♦ Historic Architecture ♦ Sustainable Architecture ♦ New England History ♦ Restaurant History ♦ Food Studies ♦ French Culture ♦ Polish Culture ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, December 7-13, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Holiday Lights ♦ MYO Wreaths ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Gingerbread ♦
November 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Skillsharing ♦ Placemaking ♦ Tree Lighting ♦ Merry Maple ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Festival Of Lights ♦ Global Holidays ♦ Holiday Lights ♦ St. Nicolas Day ♦ Holiday Festival ♦ Holiday Music ♦ Indonesian Music ♦ Jazz ♦ Celtic Music ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Psychology ♦ ADHD ♦ Community Hike ♦ Tiny Homes ♦ Living History ♦ Volunteering ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Language Arts ♦ Book Arts ♦ Word Games ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Poetry ♦ Musical ♦ Animation ♦ Caroling ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Sewing ♦ Felting ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ MYO Wreaths ♦ Pastry Arts ♦ Food History ♦ Gingerbread ♦ Community Breakfast ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market ♦ Ice Skating
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 30-December 6, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Community Meals ♦ Volunteering ♦ Thanksgiving ♦ Non-Commercial ♦
November 22, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
New England Food History ♦ Recipes ♦ Local Food History ♦ Thanksgiving Day ♦ Black Friday ♦ Self-Guided Hikes ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Holiday Food Traditions ♦ Local Food Tour ♦ Community Meal ♦ Community Potluck ♦ Food Security ♦ Indigenous Culture ♦ Buddhism ♦ Kindness ♦ Volunteering ♦ Historic Canals ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Belly Dancing ♦ Folk Dance ♦ Musical ♦ Folk Music ♦ Broadway Theater ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ Upcycling ♦ Handmade Crafts ♦ Artisan Traditions ♦ Wreath ♦ Glassblowing ♦ Sewing ♦ Sawing ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ Aviation ♦ Palaeography ♦ Christmas Trees ♦ Plant Biology ♦ Ecology ♦ Ferns ♦ Seed Swap ♦ Local Agriculture ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market ♦ Sports ♦ Football ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Sense of Place ♦ Short Stories ♦ Storytelling ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Placemaking ♦ Festival of Lights ♦ Holiday Lighting Ceremony ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Balloon Parade
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 23-29, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LEARN LOCAL. PLAY LOCAL. ♦ Native American Heritage Month ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Soap Making ♦ Glass Blowing ♦
November 15, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Friendship ♦ Community Meal ♦ Animal Behavior ♦ Hibernation ♦ Turkeys ♦ Dairy ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Cookbook Club ♦ New England Thanksgiving ♦ Cider History ♦ Sake ♦ Vegetarian ♦ Animal Husbandry ♦ Butchery ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Horticulture ♦ Sugar Maples ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Glass Blowing ♦ Crafts ♦ Native Crafts ♦ MYO Ornament ♦ Sewing ♦ Origami ♦ Finger Weaving ♦ Natural Dyes ♦ Soap Making ♦ Fashion History ♦ Culture Studies ♦ Native American Heritage ♦ Climate Change ♦ Government Studies ♦ Religion Studies ♦ Literature ♦ Short Story ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Theater History ♦ Music Studies ♦ Indian Dance ♦ Musical ♦ Broadway ♦ Orchestra ♦ Sing-A-Long ♦ Acting Class ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Parent Workshop
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 16-22, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Learn Local. Play Local.: Open Art Studios to Hockey. Veterans Day to LGBTQ History.
November 8, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Bilingual ♦ Food History ♦ Ice Harvest ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Plant Studies ♦ Horticulture ♦ Seeds ♦ Botany ♦ Physiology ♦ Entomology ♦ Geology ♦ Fossils ♦ Local History ♦ New England Food History ♦ LGBTQ Local History ♦ LGBT Music History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Military History ♦ Aviation History ♦ Robotics ♦ Writing History ♦ Short Stories ♦ Spelling Bee ♦ Hockey ♦ Installation Art ♦ Children’s Illustrations ♦ Pastels ♦ Glassblowing ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Short Plays ♦ Musical ♦ Music Studies ♦ Sacred Harp ♦ Drums ♦ Native American Studies ♦ Artisan Traditions ♦ Open Studios ♦ Ornithology ♦ Birds Of Prey ♦ Aging ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Parent Cafe
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 9-15, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Learn Local. Play Local.: Swedish Dance to Chrysanthemums. Robots to Buttons.
November 1, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Locally Made ♦ Community Meal ♦ Local Food ♦ Cider ♦ Pumpkin Pies ♦ Textile History ♦ Women’s History ♦ New England Heritage ♦ Colonial History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Swedish Dance ♦ Folk Dance ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Tailoring ♦ Furniture Making ♦ Buttons ♦ Palaeography ♦ Quill Pen Writing ♦ Language Arts ♦ Word Games ♦ Poetry ♦ Open Mic ♦ Open Studios ♦ STEM ♦ Geography ♦ Botany ♦ Fall Flowers ♦ Chrysanthemums ♦ Horticulture ♦ Seeds ♦ Meteorology ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Native American ♦ Abenaki ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ African Art ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Flutes ♦ Flamenco ♦ Sacred Harp ♦ Drums ♦ Choral ♦ Ornithology ♦ Birds Of Prey ♦ Loons ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Pet Fostering ♦ Family Night ♦ Haunted Festival ♦ Puppets ♦ Robotics ♦ Parent Workshop ♦ Parent Support ♦ Self Care ♦ Ayurveda
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 2-8, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Learn Local. Play Local.: Halloween to Dia de los Meurtos. Owl Banding to Ghosts Stories.
October 25, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Spooky Safari ♦ Spooktacular ♦ Monsters Ball ♦ Haunted Hangar ♦ Haunted Train Ride ♦ Rag Shag Parade ♦ Trick-or-Treat ♦ Gravestone Carving ♦ Haunted Farm ♦ Horror Film ♦ Paranormal ♦ Night Tour ♦ Day of the Dead ♦ Halloween Fest ♦ Dia de los Meurtos ♦ Spiders ♦ Bats ♦ Owls ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Film Studies ♦ Orchestra ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Biology ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Ornithology ♦ Zoo Adventures ♦ Local Food ♦ Vegetarian ♦ Butchery ♦ Apples & Cider ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Aviation ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Archaeology ♦ Pottery ♦ Woodworking ♦ STEM ♦ Women Engineering ♦ Date Night ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Placemaking
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 26-November 1, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Learn Local. Play Local.: Pumpkin Festival to Sukkot. Dressmaking to Origami.
October 18, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Relationships ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Family Dance ♦ Performance Art ♦ Qi Gong ♦ Drumming ♦ History ♦ Clock Tower ♦ Stone Walls ♦ Train Ride ♦ Cemetery ♦ Fall Harvest ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Town Festival ♦ Pumpkin Festival ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Apples ♦ Trees ♦ Sukkot ♦ Yiddish ♦ Polish Parade ♦ Immigration ♦ Carnival ♦ Halloween Show ♦ Halloween Parade ♦ Night Tour ♦ Occult ♦ Mini Golf ♦ Trivia ♦ Origami ♦ Nature Studies ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Fashion History ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Dressmaking ♦ Shoemaking ♦ Blacksmith ♦ Letterpress Printing ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Health Care ♦ Date Night
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 19-25, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
