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Youth Programs

Red Fox

Adventures await children and their families
year-round at the Harris Center!

• Small Wonders for families invites preschoolers and their caregivers to explore the Harris Center’s meadows and forests.

• Small Wonders for preschools share the excitement of learning outside with a whole preschool class.

• After school programs both at the Harris Center and at area schools keep kids thinking and moving in the fresh air throughout the seasons.

• Vacation Camps bring the fun of summer programs to winter and spring.

• Kinder Wonders offers an outside laboratory to support Kindergarten and First Grade science studies.  From walking like bears to scooping insects out of our pond, an hour and a half at the Harris Center brings natural science into daily life.

• We invite groups such as homeschoolers and scouts to help us design a program that will complement their projects and studies.

To find out more, or to register for any of our programs call (525-3394) or email spikol@harriscenter.org Susie Spikol, Youth and Family Program Coordinator.

Fall 2010

Family Hikes!

Sept. 19, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, 2010
2 to 4:30 p.m.
No Charge

Did you know that families that hike together, can develop in their children a lifelong love of the outdoors and help children develop a healthy life style?

The Harris Center wants to help families get outside together and hike their way into health and enjoyment of the out of doors. Join the Harris Center this fall for a hike each month with your family. Come to one, or all!

Each hike is a gentle amble to some of the Harris Center’s favorite locations. Come discover new trails, meet other families and enjoy the beautiful outdoors together, with a naturalist guide for each hike.

Sept. 19: Bald Mountain Ledges, Antrim - Join us for an exploration of the beautiful ledges of Bald Mountain at New Hampshire Audubon’s Willard Pond Sanctuary. The trail is steep but we’ll take our time and search for the landscape for the signposts of autumn such as mushrooms, raptors and seeds. Meet at NH Audubon’s Willard Pond Sanctuary parking lot.

Oct. 3: Fremont Field Amble, Peterborough - Explore this beautiful Peterborough conservation land. From old beaver sign to new, we’ll have a leisurely exploration of this gem of a property. We’ll spend some time with ponding nets to discover what creatures live in the beaver ponds of this old meadow. Meet at the Fremont Field parking area off of Old Jaffrey Road in Peterborough.

Nov. 7: Welch Farm, Hancock - Visit the old property of the Welch Family, now a Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests property. Discover the rich history of this wonderful landscape on a guided walk through the land. We’ll stop at the old homestead site and walk one of Hancock’s beautiful old roads. Take a walk back in time! Meet at the parking area at SPNHF’s Welch Farm Property off Route 123.

After-School Programs - 2010

Small Wonders:
Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Harris Center
Cost: $40 members / $60 non-members
Instructor: Laura Kennedy

Calling all 4 through 6-year-olds, who LOVE nature! Join us for four afternoons of guided nature explorations around the lovely Harris Center grounds. Topics will be seasonally based and filled with song, art and play as children investigate and celebrate nature’s autumn’s offerings of such things as caterpillars, seeds, and chipmunks.

Forts, Shelters and Shanties
Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Location: Harris Center
Instructor: Laura Kennedy

Build it, live it and love it! If you love building forts and want to find out how to build different styles of forts, shelters and even shanties, here’s your chance. Adventure awaits you in this club, as you create and build a wide range of different styles of outdoor (and even a few indoor) forts. Also included will be knot-tying, fire-building, and wild tool-construction. A bus will drop Hancock Elementary School students off at the Harris Center.

To register for either program, please call 603-525-3394
or email lefevbre@harriscenter.org.
Limited space available.