BRATTLEBORO — The Boys & Girls Club Brattleboro and Retreat Farm are joining up again to deliver Kids Club, a licensed after-school care program that they said “supports healthy social-emotional development, outdoor skills, and respect for the planet and each other.”
This program begins Sept. 1 and will operate at Retreat Farm.
This fully outdoor program will provide children with access to the barn, the pasture, the field, the animals, the forest playground, and everything the Retreat Farm has to offer. The curriculum is nature-based and designed to get children away from screens and get them outdoors.
Outdoor activity has been proven to support healthy outcomes in kids and can serve as a break from the classroom.
In the fall, children will explore the Forest Playground and Hope Garden, and they will visit animals in the pasture. During winter, the curriculum includes sledding, snowshoeing, walking on the meadows, and building snow forts. In the spring, children will watch the farm come alive with planting, growing, and gardening.
This program is open to children up to age 11 in kindergarten through grade 5 and operates Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Transportation is provided from Oak Grove, Academy, and Green Street schools.
The Vermont state licensed program accepts child care subsidies.
Learn more about the program at bgcbrattleboro.org/after-school-care.