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Self-Directed Learning in the Kitchen

One of the best “classrooms” is right in your own home … your kitchen! Planning and preparing meals with your family can support an interest in culinary and pastry arts while exposing kids to a wide variety of embedded learning opportunities. Classic subjects like math, chemistry, and humanities are readily supported in the kitchen, along with general technical skills and valuable life skills.

Category: Hilltown Families Tags: kitchen science, self-directed learning

Seasonal Baking Contests Highlight Creativity and Family Culture

Food is most definitely a focal point during the holiday season – and families can use this to their advantage by engaging in meaningful food-based learning. Through upcoming baking contests and other community-based learning opportunities, families can explore the intersection of the culinary arts, culture, creativity, and family history.

Category: Hilltown Families Tags: Baking Contests, kitchen science, nutritional anthropology, pastry arts

37 Community Highlights: Ice Harvest to Winter Farmers’ Market. Chinese New Year to Tu B’Shevat.

Ice Harvest to Winter Farmers’ Market. Chinese New Year to Tu B’Shevat. Wind Turbines to Meteorology. Hendrix to Ben-Hur… 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 check them… Read More

Category: Highlights, Suggested Activity Tags: arts, Berkshires, Community Based Education, Community Service Based Learning, education for sustainability, environmental education, experiential education, Family Activities in Western Massachusetts, Fire & Ice, Hilltown Families, kitchen science, Local Food, Massachusetts, New England, pedagogy of place, Pioneer Valley, place-based education, place-based learning, Science, Things to do in Western Massachusetts, Tourisim, Travel, Tu B’Shevat, Tu B’Shvat, vacation, Western MA, western massachusetts, Winter Farmers' Market, Women and Girls in Sports Day

22 Community Highlights: Boreal Forest to Kitchen Science. Symphony to Contra Dance.

Boreal Forest to Kitchen Science. Papercrafts to Winter Crafts. Symphony to Contra Dance… 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 check them out from the public library! NATURE… Read More