Monday Funday - All Girls!

Program Description

**3 Sliding Scale spots are availble this winter for families needing financial assistance. **Snowboots, Snowpants and hats/gloves will be needed. **No Class Feb Vacation Week. Dates: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3 Time: 3:00 - 4:30pm CLASS DESCRIPTION: Monday Funday is a 90 min weekly program offering your daughters active exploring, outdoor cooking, artful winter creations, and PLAY to positively impact mind and body. While outdoor adventuring naturally builds self-confidence and wonder, we will take it one step further by touching on an empowerment topic each week to blend with our activities. Empowerment Topics Include: -Self Confidence -Taking Risks / Benefits of Failure -Self Compassion -Positive Self Talk (& growth mindset) -Gratitude -Kindness Being in the woods changes the chemical make-up in our minds, naturally giving us a boost in all of these areas! This is one BIG reason why time outside is so important for teens! What unfolds each week will largely be determined by the girls' interests and ideas, as well as weather conditions. Parents receive a weekly email with the upcoming location, trail plan, and suggested clothing. Our locations around N. Andover vary weekly and may include: Half Mile Hill, Weir Hill, Rolling Ridge, Stevens Estate, Osgood Hill Trail, etc. ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: sledding snowmen building and painting trail games (roving hide n seek; extreme close up; scavenger hunts, museum) building snow lanterns exploring frozen streams and icy patches building fires (potentially) outdoor cooking forest mandalas WHEN DECIDING IF THIS PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD, PLEASE CONSIDER... -this is an active program - covering 1-1.5 miles per outing -we are outside for 90 mins in Jan/Feb temps and weather -warm clothing, boots and snow gear will be needed -ability to follow directions / behave cooperatively / execute self control / demonstrate KINDNESS to ALL participants are necessary for group safety (please read Code of Conduct before registering -classes will be postponed if the weather is severe and added to the end of the class dates