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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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October 14, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: community connections, Literacy, Literature, Sense of Place
Community Resources Support Place-Based Explorations of Children’s Literature

Drawing inspiration from the pages of a favorite picture book, families can embark on place-based studies of children’s literature, local history, and the local landscape.
Thanks to western Massachusetts’ incredibly high concentration of resident children’s authors and illustrators, as well as the many picture books set in the area, the region is chock full of opportunities to engage in place- and community-based studies of exciting and engaging children’s literature.
From landmarks to landscapes, museums to meet-the-author events, families can utilize local resources in order to deepen their understanding of stories, explore the role of the local landscape in specific children’s books, and learn about the methods employed by local authors and illustrators.
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October 11, 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

Inspiration ♦ Halloween ♦ Trick-Or-Treating ♦ Spiritualism ♦ Pumpkin Festival ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Creative Placemaking ♦ Sense of Place ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Local Habitat ♦ Botany ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Canoeing ♦ Bogs ♦ Herbariums ♦ Zoology ♦ Paleontology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Bats ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Vegetarianism ♦ Local Harvest ♦ Apples ♦ Apple History ♦ Corn ♦ Dairy ♦ Butchery ♦ Craft Fair ♦ Arts & Crafts ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Coopering ♦ Grist Milling ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Felting ♦ Fashion History ♦ Medicine History ♦ Perfumery ♦ Social Studies ♦ Language Arts ♦ Writing Workshop ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Art Studies ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Drama ♦ Surrealism ♦ Telescopes
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 12-18, 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.
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October 4, 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

Fashion History ♦ Music History ♦ Rock & Roll ♦ Afro Cuban ♦ Jazz ♦ Piano ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Art Studies ♦ Post-Impressionism ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Surrealism ♦ Drama ♦ Art Installation ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Art Museum ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Bats ♦ Squirrels ♦ Pollinators ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Homeschool ♦ Science Museum ♦ Fiber Optics ♦ Geology ♦ Paranormal ♦ Anthropology ♦ Language Arts ♦ Sign Language ♦ Poetry ♦ Writing Club ♦ Open Mic ♦ Upcycling ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Tinsmithing ♦ Letterpress Printing ♦ Broom Making ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Rural Culture ♦ Urban Culture ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Fall Harvest ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Autumn Parade ♦ Food Culture ♦ Food Tradition ♦ Potatoes ♦ Pudding ♦ Pumpkin Pie ♦ Vegetarian Cooking ♦ Wine & Cheese
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 5-11, 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.
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September 27, 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

Folk Music ♦ Contra Dancing ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Historical Comedy ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Japanese Theater ♦ Japanese Storytelling ♦ Bullet Journaling ♦ Textile History ♦ Women’s History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Trolley Festival ♦ Country Fair ♦ Local Agriculture ♦ Food Traditions ♦ Shaker Heritage ♦ Puerto Rican Food Traditions ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Culinary Traditions ♦ Pies ♦ Silversmithing ♦ Stoneware Pottery ♦ Basket Making ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Local Harvest ♦ Seed Saving ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Garlic ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Botany ♦ Herbalism ♦ Natural History ♦ Geography ♦ River Clean Up ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Biology ♦ Zoology ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Hawk Migration ♦ Bears ♦ Reptiles ♦ Food Security ♦ Community Meal ♦ Charity Bike Ride ♦ Parent’s Night Out ♦ Arts Night Out ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ STEM ♦ 5K ♦ Art Studies ♦ Drawing ♦ Installation Art ♦ Rural Placemaking ♦ Urban Placemaking ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Civics
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 28 – October 4, 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.
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September 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

Transportation ♦ Bike Riding ♦ Boat Cruise ♦ Kayaking ♦ Trains ♦ Robotics ♦ Food Chemistry ♦ Science Cafe ♦ Permaculture ♦ Forest Bathing ♦ Native Fauna ♦ Entomology ♦ Geology ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Autumn Equinox ♦ Rosh Hashanah ♦ Social Justice ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Film Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Grassroots Music ♦ Arabic Music ♦ Art Installation ♦ Language Arts ♦ Poetry ♦ Word Games ♦ Story Hour ♦ Bread Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Apple Festival ♦ Apple Harvest ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Agricultural Heritage ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Fermentation ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Homesteading ♦ Colonial History ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Butter Making ♦ Seed Saving ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Sustainability ♦ Silk ♦ Fashion History ♦ Fiber Arts
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 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.
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September 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

Hispanic Heritage Month ♦ Puerto Rican Parade ♦ Mardi Gras Parade ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Historical Museum ♦ Textile History ♦ Industrial History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Cooking for Teens ♦ Colonial Cooking ♦ Farm Festival ♦ Rosh Hashanah ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Chili Peppers ♦ Hawk Migration ♦ Monarch Butterflies ♦ Tagging Butterflies ♦ Bioblitz ♦ Silk Worms ♦ Pollinators ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Biology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Textiles ♦ Community Gathering ♦ Block Party ♦ Community Meal ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Safety ♦ Language Arts ♦ Rural Public Art ♦ Experiential Art ♦ Pop Culture ♦ Poetry ♦ Date Night ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Film Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Family Podcast ♦ Cajun Music ♦ Grassroots Music ♦ Kirtan ♦ Canoeing
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 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.
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September 6, 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

Placemaking ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Creative Placemaking ♦ Mardi Gras Parade ♦ Community Celebration ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Community Meal ♦ Art Festival ♦ Chalk Festival ♦ Street Festival ♦ Local Heritage ♦ History Museum ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Blacksmith ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ County Fair ♦ Kids Concert ♦ Puppetry ♦ Puppet Show ♦ Yo-Yo ♦ Computer Science ♦ Robots ♦ STEM ♦ Architecture ♦ Perennial Gardening ♦ Canals ♦ Civics ♦ Geology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Butterflies ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Woolley Bears ♦ Lobster ♦ Chickens ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Culture Studies ♦ Paganism ♦ Greek Culture ♦ Music Studies ♦ Symphony ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Chalk Art ♦ Art Installation ♦ Botanical Illustrating ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Hat Design
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 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.
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August 30, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Labor Day ♦ Natural History ♦ Pioneer Valley History ♦ Holyoke History ♦ Hilltown History ♦ Canals ♦ Yo-Yos ♦ Hiking ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Regional Heritage ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Placemaking ♦ Community Meal ♦ BBQ ♦ Food Festival ♦ Greek Food ♦ Peaches ♦ Zoology ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Bones ♦ Snakes ♦ Beavers ♦ Livestock ♦ Birding ♦ Butterflies ♦ Entomology ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Green Living ♦ Date Night ♦ Salsa Music ♦ Kirtan ♦ Train Rides ♦ Arts Night Out ♦ Installation Art ♦ Fine Art ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Poetry ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Ballet ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Fundraiser
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 31-Sept 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!

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August 23, 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

New England Heritage ♦ Agricultural Fairs ♦ Grange Fair ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Gaelic Harvest Festival ♦ Shaker Food Traditions ♦ Tomato Festival ♦ Food Truck Festival ♦ Food History ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Graham Crackers ♦ Community Meal ♦ Civics ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Placemaking ♦ Motorama ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Back To School ♦ History Hike ♦ Hilltown History ♦ Holyoke History ♦ Civilian Conservation Corps ♦ Geology ♦ Zoology ♦ Junior Rangers ♦ Native Species ♦ Beavers ♦ Mammals ♦ Equine Studies ♦ Equine Therapy ♦ Birding ♦ Monarch Butterflies ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Art Studies ♦ Installation Art ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Leonardo Da Vinci ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Scrabble ♦ Singing ♦ Youth Symphony ♦ Classical Music ♦ Astronomy ♦ Physics ♦ STEM
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 24-30, 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!

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August 16, 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

Folk Traditions ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ New England Heritage ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Textiles ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ 4-H ♦ Sustainable Living ♦ Art Studies ♦ Teen Art ♦ Installation Art ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Social Movements ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Glass Art ♦ Music Studies ♦ Shape Note Singing ♦ Symphony ♦ A Cappella ♦ Classical Music ♦ Community Concert ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Folklore ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Outdoor Performance ♦ Fairies ♦ Starfish ♦ Rabbits ♦ Beavers ♦ Amphibians ♦ Geology ♦ Astronomy ♦ STEM ♦ Computer Coding ♦ Architecture ♦ Economics ♦ Culinary Design ♦ Community Meal ♦ Tea Time ♦ Blueberries ♦ Peaches ♦ Harvest Supper ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Paranormal ♦ Roller Derby ♦ Tai Chi & Aikido ♦
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 17-23, 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.
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August 9, 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

New England Heritage ♦ Agriculture History ♦ Agricultural Fairs ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Farmers’Market ♦ Country Fair ♦ Apple Orchard ♦ Book Sale ♦ Downtown Celebration ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Zoology ♦ Mammals ♦ Bats ♦ Beavers ♦ Religious Studies ♦ Kirtan ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Theater ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Hansel & Gretel ♦ Mother Goose ♦ Art Studies ♦ Chinese Painting ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Social Movements ♦ Reading To Dogs ♦ Literacy ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Music Festival ♦ Symphony ♦ Classical ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Placemaking ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Sustainability ♦ Skillshare ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Commerce ♦ Architecture ♦ Aviation ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ Yo-Yo ♦ Natural History ♦ Astronomy ♦ Planetarium ♦ Meteor Shower ♦ Constellations ♦ Sturgeon Moon
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 10-16, 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.
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August 2, 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

Revolutionary War ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Native American Heritage ♦ Shaker Foodways ♦ British Culture ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Qi Gong ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Musical Instruments ♦ Music Performance ♦ Classical Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Immersive Theater ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Folk Stories ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Cider Pairing ♦ Tea Time ♦ Lobster ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Beavers ♦ Owls ♦ Native Species ♦ Astronomy ♦ Economics ♦ Urban Ecology ♦ Rowing ♦ Helicopter ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Magic ♦ Paranormal ♦ Renaissance Fair ♦ Native American Festival ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Community Meal ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Placemaking ♦ Commercial Free
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 3-9, 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.
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July 26, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights, 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

Folk Traditions ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Preserving Fruit ♦ Pottery ♦ Farming ♦ Textile Arts ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Local History ♦ Transportation History ♦ Aviation ♦ Buckland ♦ Deerfield ♦ Springfield ♦ Middle Ages ♦ Renaissance Fair ♦ Gather In Festival ♦ Block Party ♦ Art Walk ♦ Music Festival ♦ Family Outdoor Concert ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Jazz ♦ Klezmer Music ♦ Musical Instruments ♦ Botany ♦ Ecology ♦ Ferns ♦ Birds ♦ Native Species ♦ Stargazing ♦ Solar System ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Autobiographical ♦ Musical ♦ Youth Theater ♦ Clowning ♦ Puppet Theater ♦ Marionettes ♦ Ghosts ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Reading to Dogs ♦ Canoeing ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Skateboarding ♦ Baseball ♦ Motorcycles ♦ Jets ♦ Chess ♦ Knitting
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 27-Aug 2, 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.
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July 19, 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

Outdoor Adventures ♦ Waterways ♦ Canoeing ♦ Stargazing ♦ Mountain Hike ♦ Boat Cruise ♦ Baseball ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Scottish ♦ Shaker ♦ Rural Living ♦ Indigenous Heritage ♦ 60s Pop Culture ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Canning ♦ Emily Dickinson ♦ Edith Wharton ♦ Mary Poppins ♦ Storytelling ♦ Ice Cream Social ♦ Tea Party ♦ Blueberry Pie ♦ Local History ♦ Colonial History ♦ Living History ♦ Agriculture ♦ Canals ♦ Astronomy ♦ Aviation ♦ Jets ♦ Pollinators ♦ Moths ♦ Native Species ♦ Wildlife ♦ Beavers ♦ Stars ♦ Ornithology ♦ Ecology ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Rivers ♦ Family Performance ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Family Theater ♦ Youth Theater ♦ Musical ♦ Improv ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Klezmer
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 20-26, 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.
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July 12, 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

Folk Traditions ♦ Fruit Preserves ♦ Shaker Gardening ♦ Masonry ♦ Music Festival ♦ Town Fair ♦ Beach Party ♦ Community Picnic ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Ecology ♦ Geology ♦ Cosmology ♦ Daytime Canoeing ♦ Evening Paddle ♦ Moonlight Canoeing ♦ Guided Hiking ♦ Beavers ♦ Dragonflies ♦ Native Species ♦ Wetlands ♦ Waterways ♦ Aviation ♦ Lunar Landing ♦ Solar System ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Musical ♦ Biographical Theater ♦ Immersive Theater ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Swing Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Drumming ♦ Kirtan ♦ Religious Studies ♦ Shaker ♦ Local History ♦ Agriculture ♦ 4-H ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Storytelling ♦ Reading to Dogs ♦ Summer Playgroup ♦ Baseball ♦ Postcards ♦ Magic
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 13-19, 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.
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July 5, 2019 at 4:00 am (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

Literature In Translation ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Storytime ♦ Butterflies ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Bird Watching ♦ Geology ♦ Natural History ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Pond Ecology ♦ Zoology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Mycology ♦ Ecology ♦ Invasive Species ♦ Apiculturists ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Gardening ♦ Canoeing ♦ Evening Paddle ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Aerodynamics ♦ Aviation History ♦ Local History ♦ Frederick Douglass ♦ Shakers ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Religion Studies ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Ice Cream ♦ Tea Time ♦ Picnic ♦ Social Issues ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦
Music Festival ♦ Folk Songs ♦ Musical ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Black Comedy ♦ Family Comedy ♦ Circus Arts ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Aquarium ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Library ♦ Watershed
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 6-12, 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.
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June 28, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights, 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

Summer Reading ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Reading To Dogs ♦ Farm Animals ♦ Native Species ♦ Watershed ♦ Ornithology ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Lavender Festival ♦ Garden Tour ♦ Manufacturing History ♦ Textile History ♦ Living History ♦ New England History ♦ Aviation History ♦ Solar System ♦ Star Gazing ♦ Dinner Theater ♦ Musical ♦ Play ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Mary Poppins ♦ Into The Woods ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Zoology ♦ Family Concert ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Playgroup ♦ Baseball ♦ Fireworks ♦ 4th of July ♦ Parades ♦ Food Justice
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 29-July 5, 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!
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June 25, 2019 at 1:00 pm (Mass Appeal)
Tags: 4th of July, civic pride, Independence Day, Seasonal Learning, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal:
Learning through the Lens of Independence Day
Hilltown Families and Mass Appeal (a weekday, hour-long lifestyle program on NBC) have teamed up to offer a live monthly segment on WWLP 22News! Each month, community-based education specialist and Hilltown Families’ Founder, Sienna Wildfield, joins Mass Appeal hosts to talk about ways to engage in your community while supporting the interests and education of your children (and yourselves!).
This monthly segment continued on Monday, June 24, 2019 with Sienna and Danny talking about hos Independence Day can support both interests and education as well as strengthening civic pride and a sense of place.
Click on the video below to view.

- NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Annual events that celebrate the 4th of July support learning and community values.
- EVENTS: Look for annual events to engage in, including parades & community firework displays.
- RESOURES: Notice what community resources support these opportunities, including main streets, town commons, parks, stadiums, and civic organizations
- SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING: Learn about the world and national history behind fireworks and US celebrations and why we have parades and firework displays. Integrate STEM by exploring the science and chemistry behind pyrotechnics.
- VALUES: Participating in annual events supports many community values, including civic pride, intergenerational engagement, placemaking, shared history, and sense of place.
Mass Appeal is a live weekday program that airs at 11am on 22News (Springfield, MA).
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June 21, 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

Wild Foods ♦ Astronomy ♦ Aviation ♦ Transportation ♦ STEM ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Open Studio Tour ♦ State Parks ♦ Community Picnic ♦ Lavender Festival ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Naturalist Program ♦ Civic Organizations ♦ Local History ♦ Colonial History ♦ Nautical History ♦ Summits ♦ Zines ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Art Supplies ♦ Fireworks ♦ Baseball ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Podcasting ♦ Musical ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Geology ♦ Interpretive Walk ♦ Ornithology ♦ Entomology ♦ Spiders ♦ Fireflies ♦ Goats ♦ Pigs ♦ Cows ♦ Beavers ♦ Magic
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 22-28, 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!
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June 14, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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June 7, 2019 at 6:00 pm (Highlights)
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May 31, 2019 at 6:00 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

Occupations ♦ Ranger ♦ Naturalist ♦ Asparagus ♦ Community Meal ♦ Food Festival ♦ Agriculture ♦ Oenology ♦ Farmers’ Market ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Placemaking ♦ Block Party ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Beginning Naturalist ♦ Vernal Pools ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Herbal Gardens ♦ Herbal Medicine ♦ Farm Animals ♦ Bird Watching ♦ Goats ♦ Pigs ♦ Butterflies ♦ Pollinators ♦ Scenic Byways ♦ Hike ♦ Bike Safety ♦ Summer Playgroup ♦ Storytime ♦ Lifelong Learning ♦ Toddlers ♦ Architecture ♦ Living History ♦ Local History ♦ Militia History ♦ Medieval Studies ♦ 19th-Century Dance ♦ Haitian Dance ♦ Circus Music ♦ Ukulele ♦ Yo Yos ♦ Angling ♦ Entomology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Geology ♦ PictureBooks ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Writing Contest ♦ Poetry ♦ Open Mic ♦ Art Studies ♦ Contemporary Art ♦ Figure Drawing
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 1-7, 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.
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