Fun for Kids… and Parents Too!
Hike, ramble, track, sing, play, learn, and explore with the Harris Center.
Upcoming Programs
Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at the Jaquith Rail Trail
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil to ramble along wild walking trails searching for signs of spring, listening to bird songs, and sniffing the first flowers of the year!
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow along the Parker Trail at Monadnock State Park
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a morning ramble with your young children! Together, we’ll listen to bird songs, search for animals of all kinds, smell spring flowers, and explore the wild world.
Learn more »Fantastic Frogs of Robin Hood Park
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Karen Rent and Jenna Spear to look and listen for frogs in and around the water, and learn how to identify the different species that live in our local ponds.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at Robin Hood Park
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil to ramble along wild walking trails searching for signs of spring, listening to bird songs, and sniffing the first flowers of the year!
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at the Converse Meadow Trail
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a morning ramble with your young children! Together, we’ll listen to bird songs, search for animals of all kinds, smell spring flowers, and explore the wild world.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at the Fremont Field
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a morning ramble with your young children! Together, we’ll search for everyday magic like caterpillars, butterflies, salamanders, and more.
Learn more »Turtle Time
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Join Matt Patterson, illustrator of the award-winning books “The Book of Turtles” and “Of Time and Turtles,” on a slow meander in search of nests, basking sites, and other turtle finds. Perfect for elementary school-aged children and their families.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at Ashuelot River Park
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a morning ramble with your young children! Together, we’ll search for everyday magic like caterpillars, butterflies, salamanders, and more.
Learn more »Family Ponding Adventure
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a pondlife safari on the shores of Norway Pond. Wild treasures await!
Learn more »Kids Count for Wildlife: Monarchs and Milkweed Survey
9:00 am to 10:00 am
If you love monarch butterflies and want to help scientists find out more about these remarkable insects, here’s your chance! Spend a morning with a team of Harris Center naturalists as we count monarch eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies for science.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at MacDowell Lake
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a morning ramble with your young children! Together, we’ll search for everyday magic like caterpillars, butterflies, salamanders, and more.
Learn more »Rock Hounders Family Rock Club: Beryl Mountain
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Calling all rock hounds! Join naturalists Susie Spikol and Julie Brown for a rockin’ adventure in search of mica, feldspar, quartz, beryl, and other geological treasures at Beryl Mountain, a former pegmatite mine in Acworth.
Learn more »Contact Us
For more information on Harris Center family programs, please contact Susie Spikol at (603) 525-3394 or by email.
