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22 Community Highlights: Victorian Valentines to Mardi Gras. Winterfest to Fire & Ice.

Chocolate History to Guitar History. Victorian Valentines to Mardi Gras. Winterfest to Fire & Ice… These are just a few of the learning & community highlights we’re featuring this week. Get out into your community and learn while you play! History | Valentine Celebrations | Animals | Community Events | Outdoor Adventures | Mardi Gras | Fiber Arts | Science | Theater Studies HISTORY Chocolate and Valentine’s Day go together like peanut… Read More

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26 Community Highlights: Glass Blowing to Handmade Valentines. Ice Harvest to Hobby Railroad.

Spelling Bee to Cosmology. Glass Blowing to Handmade Valentines. Ice Harvest to Hobby Railroad. African-American History Month to Groundhogs Day… These are just a few of the learning highlights we’re featuring this week. Get out into your community and learn while you play! And be sure to check our list of supporting book titles to supplement the learning on the different topics highlighted each week. Purchase them for your family library, or… Read More

Category: Highlights, Suggested Activity Tags: African American History Month, arts, Berkshires, Black History Month, Community Based Education, Community Service Based Learning, current-events, education for sustainability, environmental education, experiential education, Family Activities in Western Massachusetts, Groundhog Day, Hilltown Families, Massachusetts, New England, pedagogy of place, Pioneer Valley, place-based education, place-based learning, Things to do in Western Massachusetts, Tourisim, Travel, vacation, Valentine's Day, Western MA, western massachusetts

Shadows Between Winter and Spring

Anderson also writes, “The groundhog tradition stems from similar beliefs associated with Candlemas Day and the days of early Christians in Europe, and for centuries the custom was to have the clergy bless candles and distribute them to the people. Even then, it marked a milestone in the winter and the weather that day was important.