Archive for The Hilltowns Region
GIVEAWAY: Mothering with Ease: A Mini Retreat for Busy Moms
Apr
19
2016
Enter to Win a Mini Retreat for Busy Moms How do you model self-care to your children? What tools help you take a breather when needed? What do you do to sustain your energy so you can parent another day? How about a mini retreat! Pain specialist, yoga instructor and Reiki practitioner Ginny Hamilton and [continue reading]
High Tech Planetarium Takes Us to the Stars
Oct
8
2015
Milham Planetarium at Williams College is an incredible high-tech resource for Western Mass. Astronomy students in the area always seem to want to open up the planets for the rest of us. All through the Fall they will host free shows for the general public. There is something scientifically hypnotic about a planet show, and [continue reading]
Suggested Events for September 12th-18th, 2015
Sep
11
2015
“Hilltown Families is my go-to place to look for upcoming family activities in my community (and the surrounding communities). I truly appreciate this site and all of the work that’s put into it!” – Renee H. (Easthampton, MA) … Continue reading → [continue reading]
Time to Talk: 11 Apps to Support Children’s Language Skills
Jul
9
2015
The activities we do when on vacation can be used to support vocabulary and language skills. When used together with your kids, apps can also be useful tools to stimulate communication and fostering language carryover. This month in “Time to Talk,” speech-language pathologist Kathy Puckett shares 11 apps to use to support children’s language skills [continue reading]
Keeping Warm & Safe When It’s Extremely Cold!
Jan
7
2015
“The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting bitter cold temperatures throughout the Commonwealth for the remainder of the week. As the temperatures continue to plummet, wind chills are expected to reach -15 to -30 degrees in some areas,” stated Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Director Kurt Schwartz. “To that end, MEMA presents these cold weather [continue reading]
Engage in Community-Based Learning & Service: Become a Pet Foster Family
Dec
7
2014
Engage in some furry family community service by becoming a foster family for a local animal shelter or humane society! Cats, dogs, rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, and even birds await foster placements all over western Massachusetts, and providing a foster home to pets waiting adoption is a fantastic way to not only enjoy some animal [continue reading]
The Good Life: A Parent As Sports Spectator
Nov
22
2014
As a parent of a little child, you spend so much time protecting from the jarring contact of the outside world. Sometimes it seems the world is just full of accidents waiting to happen and you are there to protect your child from them the best you can….And then there is sports with its crunching [continue reading]
Connecting Math Education to Real Life Scenarios
Oct
29
2014
Have you ever thought to measure your family’s consumption of things not in pounds, gallons, or grams, but in terms of children, cats, or pebbles? Exploring statistics becomes more interesting when children learn how to be creative with not only the units used, but the topics that they research, as well. Drawing inspiration from the [continue reading]
Nature Table for October
Oct
20
2014
October is a bright month, and the nature treasures of mid-fall are plentiful. Similar to September’s offerings, collections this month in “Nature Tables” have included lots of mushrooms, seeds, and colorful leaves – all indicators that though temperatures have remained warm, the winter is coming! [continue reading]
Pop-Up Mobile Art Boxes Take Art to the Streets
Sep
16
2014
Community support is essential for the undertaking of installation art, and it’s fantastic to see this happening in Florence via the Florence Night Out and the Mobile Art Boxes. Now the most innovative of artists can use a DIY Mobile Box to contain a multimedia installation by a local artist. The obvious side benefits of [continue reading]
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