Both programs are $500 per month ($125 per week) and we accept financial assistance from the Vermont Child Care Financial Assistance Program. Most families qualify for assistance and we can help with the paperwork.
Our goal is to ensure that all children receive an opportunity to participate.
Kids Club at Retreat Farm
Kids Club is for children ages 5-11 and runs Monday-Friday from 3:00pm-5:30pm, throughout the school year. A nature based curriculum is used, and outdoor activities are offered on most days. Our children have access to a forest classroom, well maintained trails and farm animal exploration. Snacks are provided.
**Transportation is available from Academy, Oak Grove, and Green Street schools.
For more information contact our Retreat Farm Kids Club Director, Phoebe Pfaffman, phoebe@bgcbrattleboro.org
Kids Club at Westminster Central School
Kids Club is for children ages 5-11 and runs Monday-Friday from 3:15pm-5:30pm, throughout the school year. A curriculum involving physical activity and crafts is adapted for both outdoor and indoors. Children use the multifaceted facility of Westminster Central School which includes playgrounds, fields, walking trails, gyms and classroom spaces. Snacks are provided.
For more information contact our Westminster Kids Club Director Kim Budzik, kim@bgcbrattleboro.org.
FALL
Children will enjoy the fall exploring the forest playground, looking for birds and salamanders, and visiting farm animals in the pasture!
WINTER
Our program will continue outdoors through the winter building with snow, seeing how the farm changes throughout the seasons, and warming up with hot chocolate and campfires!
SPRING
Watch the farm and forest come alive again in the spring! Gardens, mud season, spring migrations, and baby animals. The entire farm is ready for us to discover!