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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Check out our comprehensive list of summer camps with over 55 summer programs in and around western MA from which to choose! New camps added every week!

Peruse our list of Suggested Events for March 26th-April 1st, 2016 for a comprehensive list of events happening throughout the four counties of Western MA, including Bulletin Board Announcements & Hilltown Family Variety Show.

Also check our weekly column,  Learn Local. Play Local. for 30 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Service-Based Learning to Acts of Kindness. Bat Houses to Sign Language., our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families.

March 26-April 1, 2016

Saturday • Sunday
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday

Family Volunteering ♦ Community Meal ♦ Oral History ♦ Bread Baking ♦ Bridge Engineering ♦ Local Landscapes ♦ Bats ♦ Ornithology ♦ Music Studies ♦ Gender Studies ♦ Sign Language ♦ History ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Arts & Crafts ♦ Physics ♦ Computer Science ♦ Weaving ♦ Nutrition ♦ Grandparenting ♦ Easter

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• Suggested Events for March 26th-April 1st, 2016
• Let Them Grow: Creative-Free Play with Kitchen Scrapes
• Locally-Based Citizen Science Connects Families to Place-Based Learning and Scientific Discovery
• Open Sesame: 5 Picture Books Present Amazing Women In History
• Rock Poster Retrospective: Merging Music & Visual Art Studies
• Quilting Offers Multidisciplinary Exploration of Math and Art
• Literary Guide for The Black Book of Colors
• HFVS Purim Episode with Guest DJ, Mama Doni (Radio Show/Podcast)
• Citizen Scientists Needed to Digitize Scientific Collections!
• Let’s Play: Being Creative With Your Old Books
• 6 Ways to Mix Service-Based Learning with Nature Studies

Visit the Hilltown Families Facebook page and Twitter stream for more news and information!

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. Legends & Lore of Easter Icons
2. Message of the Spring Peepers
3. One Clover & A Bee: A Poem for Spring
4. Video: Snake Eating an Egg
5. Lifecycle Studies: Hatching Frog Eggs

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• Community Suggested Classes

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