Learning to snowboard can be painful, but it doesn’t have to be. A new pilot program called Little Rascals on Snow…boards at the Treasures Child Care Center at Smugglers’ Notch introduces toddlers as young as 18 months to the basics of shredding in a safe, indoor environment. To get a feel for the sport, kids play with foam boards and mimic common riding movements, such as bending at the knees, with hula-hoops. “We want these children to learn the fundamentals of snowboarding without… bundling up for the snow and taking a hard fall,” says snowboard program supervisor Michael Chait, who hopes to instill in his students a lifelong love of riding. “We want their first encounter with a snowboard to be a positive one.”
Little Rascals on Snow…boards: At Treasures Child Care Center at Smugglers’ Notch in Jeffersonville. Find more information at smuggs.com.
This article was originally published in Seven Days’ monthly parenting magazine, Kids VT.
This article appears in Kids VT, February 2014.
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