Recap Map: Western MA Weekend Summary & Family Guide for August 3rd & 4th, 2013
Here’s a recap of news and information posted on Hilltown Families this past week, along with a map for finding out what’s happening this weekend and next week throughout Western MA!
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Peruse our list of Suggested Events for August 3rd-9th, 2013 for a comprehensive list of events happening throughout the four counties of Western MA, including: Best Bets, Bulletin Board, Hilltown Family Variety Show, Summer Camp Options, and our Bucket List of Summer Activities!
Also check our weekly column, Learn Local. Play Local. for 24 Community Highlights: Felt to Pottery. Storytelling to Stargazing, and our column, Berkshire Family Fun: August 2013, for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families!
August 3rd-9th, 2013
Saturday • Sunday
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday
Theater ♦ History ♦ Nature Studies/Hikes ♦ Arts & Crafts ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Astronomy ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Music Studies
RECAP
- Language Play: Strategies for Encouraging Independent Play in Summer Months
- Social Studies on the Road
- Under the Hat: Mixing Music is Like Mixing a Cake
- Ticket Giveaway: Parents’ Night Out at Mountain Park with Dropkick Murphys
- Literary Guide for Roald Dahls’ “Danny the Champion of the World”
- New England’s Largest Revolutionary War-era Military Reenactment Celebrates 10 Years!
- Parenting Possibilities: The Chinese Finger Trap
- Contemporary Islamic Art & Events in the Berkshires
- One Clover & A Bee: Belle of Amherst
- Five Picture Books That Bubble And Splash
Visit the Hilltown Families Facebook page and Twitter stream for more news and information!
FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES
- 19 Children’s Books on Food Security/Scarcity
- 13 Suggestions on What to Do with Tattered & Torn Clothes
- Dirty Dozen & Clean 15: A Family Guide to Reducing Exposure to Pesticides in Your Produce
- How Does Your Family Approach Chores, Allowances and Educating Kids About Finances?
- Language Play: 6 Pre-Reading Activities