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.
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- 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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May 25, 2019 at 6:00 am (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
Falcons ♦ Bird Houses ♦ Art Festival ♦ Sheep & Woolcraft ♦ WoolHistory ♦ Herbalism ♦ FiberArt ♦ Textile History ♦ Local History ♦ Medieval Studies ♦ Food Trucks ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Farmers’ Markets ♦ Farm Adventures ♦ Farm Tour ♦ Comic Books ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Botanical Illustration ♦ Book Design ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ YoYo School ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Geology ♦ Dendrology ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Placemaking ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Scavenger Hunt ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Waterfalls ♦ Walt Whitman ♦ Sojourner Truth ♦ Cemetery Tour ♦ Night Hike ♦ Ecology
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 25-31, 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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May 18, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
STE(A)M ♦ Robotics ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Graphic Novels ♦ Zines ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Library Adventures ♦ Poetry Walk ♦ Bird Walk ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Scavenger Hunt ♦ Natural History ♦ Rivers ♦ Volcanos ♦ Wild Flowers ♦ Plant Sale ♦ Horticulture ♦ Ecology ♦ Botany ♦ Mycology ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ CulinaryArts ♦ Cheese Making ♦ Mushrooms ♦ Native American History ♦ LocalHistory ♦ Russian History ♦ Living History ♦ Walking Tour ♦ Guided Tour ♦ Historic Homes ♦ Architecture ♦ Industrial History ♦ Horology ♦ Civics ♦ Entrepreneurship ♦ Transportation ♦ Trains ♦ Placemaking ♦ Experiential Learning ♦ Podcasting ♦ Musical ♦ Improv ♦ Play Reading ♦ Comedy ♦ Youth Circus ♦ Family Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Baby Sign Language ♦ Parent Cafe ♦ Buddhism ♦ Mindfulness
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 18-24, 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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May 11, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Mother’s Day ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Tea Time ♦ Food History ♦ Community Meal ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Sustainability ♦ Solar Energy ♦ Living Building ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Experiential Learning ♦ Craft Fair ♦ Knitting ♦ Plant Sale ♦ Teen Gardening ♦ Wildflowers ♦ Dendrology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Bird Houses ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Paleontology ♦ Entomology ♦ Lady Bugs ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Fish Migration ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Astronomy ♦ Cosmology ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Cemetery ♦ Russian History ♦ Iranian Cinema ♦ Film Studies ♦ Art Skills ♦ Printmaking ♦ Art Studies ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Chorus ♦ Community Sing ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Mental Health ♦ Nutrition
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 11-17, 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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May 4, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts
Bird Walk ♦ Bird Banding ♦ Bird Festival ♦ Family Festival ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Divinity ♦ Architecture ♦ Local History ♦ Labor History ♦ Silk History ♦ Women’s Suffrage ♦ Rosie Revere ♦ Girls Gardening ♦ Plant Sale ♦ Soil Science ♦ Electric Cars ♦ Natural History ♦ Phenology ♦ Mycology ♦ Botany ♦ Forest Bathing ♦ Wild Flowers ♦ Volunteering ♦ Town Clean-Up ♦ LGBTQ ♦ NAACP ♦ ADHD ♦ STEM ♦ Food Security ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Comics ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ The Clark ♦ Woodstock ♦ Double Edge Theatre ♦ Basket Weaving ♦ Tie-Dye ♦ Textiles ♦ Star Wars ♦ Harry Potter
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 4-10, 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! Read the rest of this entry »
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April 27, 2019 at 8:00 am (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 ♦ Sustainability Festival ♦ Creative Free Play ♦ Park Clean Up ♦ Volunteering ♦ Walking Meditation ♦ Mindful Meditation ♦ Activism ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Food Studies ♦ Community Seder ♦ Chocolate ♦ Botany ♦ Wildflowers ♦ Arbor Day ♦ Evolution ♦ Knitting ♦ Textiles ♦ Sheep Shearing ♦ Ornithology ♦ Bird Walk ♦ Entomology ♦ Herpetology ♦ Frogs ♦ Salamanders ♦ Mason Bees ♦ American Woodcock ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Crafting ♦ Art Supplies ♦ Second Hand Sale ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Library Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ Musical ♦ Youth Theater ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Mister Rogers ♦ Industry ♦ Law ♦ Government ♦ Local History ♦ Industrial History ♦ Architecture ♦ Music Studies ♦ Folk Music ♦ Drumming ♦ West African Music ♦ Irish Music ♦ Storysongs ♦ Poetry Cafe ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Early Childhood ♦ Social Media ♦ First Aid
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the wook, April 27-May 3, 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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April 20, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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April 13, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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April 6, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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March 30, 2019 at 6:00 am (Highlights, Hilltown Families)
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March 23, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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March 16, 2019 at 6:00 am (Highlights, Hilltown Families)
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October 9, 2018 at 11:00 am (autumn, Hilltown Families, Sienna Wildfield)
Tags: autumn, community-based education, Mindful Engagement, Sense of Place
Learning through the Lens of Autumn Icons
Once school is back in session, the transition from summer to autumn is signaled by a steady stream of fall icons appearing across the region that mark the season. We begin to find ourselves behinds school buses in the early morning hours while dodging squirrels racing across the roads in search of acorns before the cold settles in. Pumpkin lattes and apple cider donuts appear on cafe menus. Scarecrows, mums, and gourds decorate storefronts and front porches. The leaves of deciduous trees bloom into hues of red, orange, and yellow. And apple orchards invite families to pick-their-own apples or the convenience of 1/2 pecks of locally grown fruit for homemade apple pies and cobbler. Signs of autumn not only mark the season and engage our senses, but they are also embedded with limitless community-based educational opportunities and value-based methods for community engagement. Let’s take a quick look at three different signs of autumn that are connected to the weather, local harvest, and cultural heritage of the region and how they can support learning while strengthening a sense of place. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 28, 2018 at 4:00 pm (Community Based Education, Mass Appeal)
Tags: appreciation, Gratitude, kindness, Mass Appeal, Memorial Day, Sense of Place
Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal:
Memorial Day as a Catalyst for Learning
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, May 28, 2018, with Sienna and Lauren talking about how the Memorial Day is the perfect time to show appreciation towards those who have served our country through self-initiated activities while learning via community-based resources.
Mass Appeal is a live weekday program that airs at 11am on 22News (Springfield, MA).
Our next visit to the Mass Appeal studios will be Monday, June 25th, 2018!
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May 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm (Community Based Education, Mass Appeal)
Tags: appreciation, Gratitude, kindness, Sense of Place
Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal:
Spring Holidays as a Catalyst for Kindness
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, April 30, 2018 with Sienna and Lauren talking about how the spring holidays are the perfect time to show kindness and appreciation towards others through self-initiated activities while learning via community-based resources.
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Mass Appeal is a live weekday program that airs at 11am on 22News (Springfield, MA).
Our next visit to the Mass Appeal studios will be Monday, May 28th, 2018!
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March 1, 2017 at 3:00 pm (Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Suggested Activity)
Tags: Intergenerational Engagement, Seasons, Sense of Place
Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Mar/Apr in Western MA
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, Hilltown Families’ Founder & Executive Director, 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, February 27, 2017 with Sienna and Seth talking about the newest issue of “Learning Ahead: Cultural Itinerary for Western Massachusetts.” Looking through the lens of the season, holidays, national observations, farm tradition and nature-based occurrences are featured in this segment of Mass Appeal.
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Mass Appeal is a live weekday program that airs at 11am on 22News (Springfield, MA).
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February 14, 2017 at 11:57 am (Supplement)
Tags: Learning Ahead 24, Learning Ahead Seasons Jan Feb, Mass Humanities, Presidents' Day, Sense of Place
Think about this:
- What books have you read that were once banned or on a challenged list?
- What does the freedom to read mean to you?
- What was the literacy rate among women in the United States in the 18th century? What was it later in the 19th century?
- How can literacy, the right to read, and the value of reading literature help shape an ethical and compassionate democracy?
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February 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Supplement)
Tags: Historic Preservation, History, Holyoke, Learning Ahead 23, Learning Ahead Seasons Jan Feb, Mass Humanities, New England, Paper Mills, Sense of Place, valentine history, Valentine's Day, Virutal Tour, western massachusetts
The Art, History & Paper of Valentines
The American valentine industry was started during the mid-19th century by Esther Howland, a Mt. Holyoke graduate and Worcester native. Often called “The Mother of the Valentine,” Howland was inspired by the beautiful, ornate valentines imported from England and suspected that there might be a market for them in the United States, as well. Through her father’s paper company, she sold her first valentines in 1848 and within a few years was able to begin her own business, the New England Valentine Company.
Mt. Holyoke College graduate, Esther Howland, started the American valentine industry with her beautiful paper valentines sourced through her father’s paper company in the mid-19th century. Howland, also a Worcester native, began her own business 5 years later in 1848: The New England Valentine Company.
Howland’s valentines featured lacy, cut paper with ornate and decorative images. At Mt. Holyoke College’s Archives and Special Collections there are many examples of Howland’s valentines with designs heavily influenced by Victorian style. By the 1860’s, Esther was selling $100,000 worth of valentines a year. (That’s over 2 million dollars today!)
In honor of this Mt. Holyoke alumna’s success and contribution to the history of paper goods and Valentine’s Day, the college’s Archives and Special Collections displays a student-curated exhibit case of valentines in the Library’s courtyard. Curious to see some of the collection’s valentines? Take a look online at the Pinterest board, From MHC With Love.
Esther relied on her father’s local paper company to start the business. In the mid-19th century these types of mills were more common. Which paper mill is the oldest? That would be Crane & Co. in Dalton, MA! Read the rest of this entry »
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