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Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Non-Commercial Gift Giving

Instead of buying presents for the holidays this year, why not do it yourself, and get the whole family involved! Sienna Wildfield shares non-commercial gift-giving ideas and the value of making your own gifts to give for the holidays.

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Video Tags: 22News, 22News Mass Appeal, caroling, Chorus, Community Based Education, Gift Giving, Interpretive Programming

Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Holiday Strolls & Community Singing

The holiday season is a beautiful time of year, sometimes covered in a blanket of snow, and the perfect time to get outside and enjoy! Sienna Wildfield, Founder of HilltownFamilies.org, told us about different holiday strolls and caroling around the area!

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Nature Based Education, Resources, Suggested Activity Tags: 22News, 22News Mass Appeal, caroling, Chorus, Community Based Education, Holiday Strolls, Interpretive Programming, Mass Appeal, Singing

Learning Ahead: Nov & Dec Cultural Itinerary for Western MA

Learning Ahead: Cultural Itinerary for Western Massachusetts is a bimonthly publication produced by Hilltown Families that sheds light on embedded learning opportunities found in cultural resources that exist within the geography, history, and cultural traditions of Western Massachusetts.

With these downloadable seasonal itineraries, self-directed teens, lifelong learners, and families are encouraged to engage together in cultural opportunities that support similar interests, resulting in a shared history, strengthening sense of place.

Looking through a seasonal lens, our Cultural Itinerary for Western Massachusetts for November and December includes…

Category: Andrea Caluori-Rivera, Community Based Education, Cultural Itinerary, Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity Tags: Butchers, caroling, Christmas, Christmas trees, Education, First Hikes, First Night, Hanukkah, Harvest, History, Holiday Strolls, Humanities, Kwanzaa, Literature, Mass Humanities, Non-Commercial Holidays, Sense of Place, Storytelling, Thanksgiving, Three Kings Day, veterans day, Winter Solstice

Language Play: Caroling and Language Learning

Singing together with family, neighbors and friends is one way of enhancing children’s language learning. Christmas carols are an obvious choice today of what to sing today! Check out what speech-language pathologist and Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Kathy Puckett, recommends this month in “Time to Talk: Supporting Children’s Language Skills.”