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
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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.
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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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March 6, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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February 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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February 21, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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February 14, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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February 7, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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January 31, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
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January 24, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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January 17, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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January 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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January 3, 2020 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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December 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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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.
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December 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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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.
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December 13, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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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.
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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.
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November 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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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.
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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!
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 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.
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November 8, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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!
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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)
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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)
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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!
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September 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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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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