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What is a River?

What Is a River? approaches the inquiry at its heart from all sides and angles, creating a richly imagined story woven of many answers, rather than a single explanation. A river is a thread, a home, a mystery, a name. This beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book gives space to answers both conceptual and factual.

Category: Books, Hilltown Families, Nature Based Education Tags: habitat, Humanities, Rivers

Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Late Fall Community-Based Learning through Engagement

Hilltown Families and Mass Appeal (a weekday, hour-long lifestyle program on NBC) have teamed up to offer a live monthly segment on WWLP 22News! Each month, Hilltown Families’ Founder & Executive Director, Sienna Wildfield, joins Mass Appeal hosts to talk about ways to engage in your community while supporting the interests and education of your children (and yourselves!).

This monthly segment continued on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. This month Sienna and Seth talked about ways to engage in our community in the late fall. Reviewing the newest edition of Learning Ahead, Seth and Sienna talk about learning through the lens of the food, habitat and culture found in the Nov/Dec issue of Learning Ahead: Cultural Itinerary for Western MA:

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Nature Based Education, Resources, Suggested Activity, Supplement Tags: 22News, 22News Mass Appeal, Community Based Education, Education, Harvest, History, Holidays in Western Massachusetts, Humanities, Interpretive Programming, Learning Ahead Seasons Nov Dec, Literature, Mass Appeal, Mass Humanities, Sense of Place

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

Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: October Cultural Itinerary

Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Foliage, Pumpkins & Hauntings Hilltown Families and Mass Appeal (a weekday, hour-long lifestyle program on NBC) have teamed up to offer a live monthly segment on WWLP 22News! Each month, Hilltown Families’ Founder & Executive Director, Sienna Wildfield, joins Mass Appeal hosts to talk about ways to engage in your community while supporting the interests and education of your children (and yourselves!). This monthly segment continued on… Read More

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Nature Based Education, Resources, Suggested Activity Tags: 22News, 22News Mass Appeal, autumn, Community Based Education, Education, History, Humanities, Interpretive Programming, Literature, Mass Appeal, Mass Humanities, Sense of Place

Hilltown Families on Mass Appeal: Debut of Seasonal Cultural Itinerary

This monthly segment continued on Monday, August 29, 2016. This month Sienna and Lauren talked about agricultural fairs, fall festivals, one room schoolhouses and apples featured in the debut of “Learning Ahead: Cultural Itinerary for Western MA.”

Category: Community Based Education, Mass Appeal, Nature Based Education, Resources, Suggested Activity Tags: 22News, 22News Mass Appeal, Agricultural Fairs, Agriculture, Apples, Back-to-School, Community Based Education, Education, Fall Festivals, Harvest, History, Humanities, Interpretive Programming, Literature, Mass Appeal, Mass Humanities, Sense of Place

Learning Ahead: Sept & Oct Cultural Itinerary for Western MA

Who am I? Where am I? These are the fundamental questions proposed by the humanities. Inquiries related to local history, literature, and education, inspire us to think deeply about the places where we live and how our identity fits into the context of our community and the seasons.

Funded in part by Mass Humanities, Learning Ahead: Cultural Itinerary for Western Massachusetts is a NEW 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.

By emphasizing place-based exploration through humanities inquiry, these cultural itineraries connect residents of all ages to their place, helping to shape a more comprehensive understanding of our cultural identity, heritage, and history. This contributes to establishing meaningful relationships between young people and elders, and more active citizens.

With these FREE 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 and a strengthened sense of place. Click through to download a free 38-page PDF!

Category: Andrea Caluori-Rivera, Community Based Education, Cultural Itinerary, Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity Tags: Agricultural Fairs, Agriculture, Apples, Autumn Foliage, Back-to-School, Education, Fall Festivals, Foliage, Halloween, Harvest, History, Humanities, Literature, Local Hauntings, Mass Humanities, Nature Trails, Plein Air, Pumpkins, Sense of Place

Mass Moments Presents a Day-by-Day Calendar of State History

Spotlighting a different event in Massachusetts history for every day of the year, Mass Moments makes the state’s history accessible and exciting for learners of all ages. Alongside information about each event, families can find links to further resources and locations to visit – making for an all-encompassing community-based learning experience!