🌈💥 SLIME, SAND & SPLATTER WEEK 💥🌈 📅 July 6–9 🕙 Monday–Thursday | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 ConnectEd & Inspired 138 S. Main Street, Milford, MA 01757 🌐 www.connectedandinspired.org/summer-program Get ready for four days of ooey-gooey slime, sandy sensory fun, and epic paint splatter creations! 🎨🖌💦 This week is all about texture, color, creativity, and hands-on FUN! Campers will explore exciting art techniques while building confidence, independence, and BIG creative energy! 💪✨ 🗓 Weekly Creative Line-Up: 💚 Monday – Slime Making & Canvas Drip Painting Campers mix, stretch, and customize their own slime creations while learning the science behind slime! Then we’ll create bold acrylic drip paintings on canvas full of colorful movement and magic! 💥 Tuesday – Splatter & Slime Suit up for our controlled Paint Splatter Experience! Expect energy, laughter, and vibrant masterpieces. Plus, we’ll create another unique slime variation with new textures or mix-ins! ☕💜 Wednesday – Slime Mug Glazing & Slime Campers glaze their very own ceramic mug using drippy, slime-inspired color techniques. (Mugs will be kiln-fired and ready for pickup within two weeks.) We’ll also create another custom slime to take home! 🏖✨ Thursday – Sand Art Wood Design & Kinetic Sand Design and decorate a wooden project using colorful sand art techniques, then build and sculpt with satisfying kinetic sand to wrap up the week! ☀️ About Our Summer Program ☀️ Our summer programming provides youth ages 5–12 (Teen Programs available for ages 10–17) the opportunity to explore the Arts & Sciences in a safe, upbeat, and air-conditioned environment! ❄️🎨🔬 ✨ This year is ALL-NEW! We are offering dozens of brand-new projects and activities we have never offered before! 👩‍🎨 This is a drop-off program for children 5+. Step-by-step instruction ensures children learn to complete projects independently while building confidence and creativity! 🥨 Please send your child with a snack and water bottle (we have a refill station!). 📝 Once per week at drop-off, parents/guardians complete an emergency contact form. This form is available in our FAQs online if you'd like to print it in advance. 👯‍♀️ Signing up with friends? List them during registration so we can seat them together! 🚨 Please note: Once registered, we are unable to issue refunds. However, we are happy to help transfer your registration to another child, move to another available date, or add you to a waitlist.

Friday Sessions 8-9AM Breathe in a new day with this dynamic and fluid Vinyasa based class. This class will wake you up with a powerful sequence using your breath to link physical yoga postures. Explore variations of Sun Salutations and asanas (postures) in a steady and happy flow with a strong focus on healthy alignment for all bodies. These classes are sequenced in a way to help increase flexibility, strengthen and tone muscles, and allow you to tune into your body’s own rhythm. You’ll leave class feeling strong, balanced, focused, and energized. Sessions are $17/ session or a five-week session for $75 Session begins 5/20-6/17 About the instructor: Dianne Croteau MSN, RN, RYT-500 Dianne is a devoted teacher with a gentle spirit and kind heart who guides others to pursue their practice and find health, balance, and overall well-being through Yoga and Meditation. She has practiced and studied yoga and meditation throughout North and South America for over 20 years. Combined with an extensive background in nursing, she views the science and spirituality of Yoga as a path to helping each individual find a deeper relationship with their own physical, physiological, and psychological body. Her style pulls from multiple yogic disciplines (Vinyasa, Hatha, Restorative, and Yin), and is both intuitive and steeped in the traditional aspects of yoga. Her classes focus on breath, movement, and the interconnection between mind, body, and spirit. Dianne encourages students to practice at a comfortable pace, in their own unique form within a welcoming, safe, and transformational environment.

🐉✨ Mythical Makers Week ✨🦄 August 10–13 | 10:00AM–12:00PM Calling all dragon tamers, unicorn believers, brave knights, and whimsical warriors! This magical week is packed with legendary creatures, bold designs, and fantasy-inspired masterpieces. If your child loves imagination, adventure, and epic art projects… this is their week! 🏰🌈 🗓 Monday – Dragon Eye Paint Party Kick off the week by painting a mesmerizing dragon eye on canvas! Campers will blend fiery colors, add dramatic textures, and create a glowing, powerful focal point that looks straight out of a fantasy novel. 👁🔥 🗓 Tuesday – Paint Your Own Pottery (Mythical Edition!) Choose from a magical collection of dragons, unicorns, fairies, and gnomes to paint and personalize! Artists will learn layering and detailing techniques to bring their enchanted pottery piece to life. 🦄🐉✨ 🗓 Wednesday – Knight or Warrior Shield Design Design and decorate your own shield! Campers can create a bold metallic knight-inspired shield with a realistic metal finish and accessories — or go colorful and whimsical with bright patterns fit for a fantasy warrior. Strength, creativity, and style unite! 🛡⚔️ 🗓 Thursday – Watercolor Silhouettes Create dramatic watercolor backgrounds with vibrant blends and dreamy effects, then add powerful unicorn or dragon silhouettes for a striking, gallery-worthy masterpiece. 🌌🖌 Epic creativity. Legendary projects. Unforgettable fun. ⚔️✨ ☀️ About Our Summer Program ☀️ Our summer programming provides youth ages 5–12 (Teen Programs available for ages 10–17) the opportunity to explore the Arts & Sciences in a safe, upbeat, and air-conditioned environment! ❄️🎨🔬 ✨ This year is ALL-NEW! We are offering dozens of brand-new projects and activities we have never offered before! 👩‍🎨 This is a drop-off program for children 5+. Step-by-step instruction ensures children learn to complete projects independently while building confidence and creativity! 🥨 Please send your child with a snack and water bottle (we have a refill station!). 📝 Once per week at drop-off, parents/guardians complete an emergency contact form. This form is available in our FAQs online if you'd like to print it in advance. 👯‍♀️ Signing up with friends? List them during registration so we can seat them together! 🔥 Cost: $140 for the full 4-day week (a $20 savings!) $40 per individual day 🚨 Please note: Once registered, we are unable to issue refunds. However, we can transfer registrations.

📅 July 13–16 🕙 Monday–Thursday | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 ConnectEd & Inspired, Milford Turn up the color and rewind the clock! 📼✨ Retro NEON Art Week is a bold, bright blast from the past packed with glowing paint, wearable art, and totally rad throwback fun! Campers will explore vibrant techniques while creating eye-popping masterpieces inspired by retro vibes and neon dreams! 💥🌈 🗓 Weekly Creative Line-Up: 💠 Monday – Neon Geometric Art Design bold geometric patterns using bright neon acrylics while exploring symmetry, contrast, and color layering to create a modern-retro masterpiece. 👜 Tuesday – Puff Paint Tote Bags Create a wearable work of art! Campers will use dimensional neon puff paint to customize their own tote bag with retro shapes, names, or 90’s-inspired designs. 📻 Wednesday – Paint a Ceramic Boombox Gadget Holder Totally rad! Campers will paint and personalize a ceramic boombox gadget holder using vibrant neon paints and creative detailing. Projects will be kiln-fired and available for pickup within two weeks. 🎉 Thursday – 90’s NEON Art Party! An epic throwback celebration filled with creative stations and games! Activities may include Skip-It fun, fashion designer sketch challenges, splatter paint art, decorating a neon dessert, and more! It’s the ultimate retro art party finale! ☀️ About Our Summer Program ☀️ Our summer programming provides youth ages 5–12 (Teen Programs available for ages 10–17) the opportunity to explore the Arts & Sciences in a safe, upbeat, and air-conditioned environment! ❄️🎨🔬 ✨ This year is ALL-NEW! We are offering dozens of brand-new projects and activities we have never offered before! 👩‍🎨 This is a drop-off program for children 5+. Step-by-step instruction ensures children learn to complete projects independently while building confidence and creativity! 🥨 Please send your child with a snack and water bottle (we have a refill station!). 📝 Once per week at drop-off, parents/guardians complete an emergency contact form. This form is available in our FAQs online if you'd like to print it in advance. 👯‍♀️ Signing up with friends? List them during registration so we can seat them together! 🔥 Cost: $140 for the full 4-day week (a $20 savings!) $40 per individual day 🚨 Please note: Once registered, we are unable to issue refunds. However, we are happy to help transfer your registration to another child, move to another available date, or add you to a waitlist. Let’s glow BIG this summer! 🌟

🎨✨ Creative Opportunities Art Program ✨🎨 Looking for a joyful, welcoming, and inspiring creative space? Join us at ConnectEd & Inspired—📍 138 S. Main Street, Milford, MA (just 10 minutes off 495!)—for our weekly Creative Opportunities Art Session! 🖌️💛 🗓 Wednesdays | 2:00–3:30 PM 📅 April 29 – June 3 🎉 6-Week Session 🎨 A brand NEW project every single week! We are thrilled to offer art classes designed especially for older teens and adults with special needs in a small, supportive, and welcoming group setting. This program is all about building confidence, creativity, and connection! 🌈🤝 Each week, artists will explore exciting new materials and techniques, including: 🧱 Clay 🖼️ Canvas 🧵 Fabric 📄 Paper 🎨 Mixed Media …and so much more! Every project is thoughtfully tailored to build on each participant’s interests and abilities—encouraging self-expression, skill-building, and lots of proud creative moments! 🌟 This is more than an art class—it’s a space to socialize, explore, and shine. Caregivers are warmly encouraged (but not required) to attend and support participants throughout the session. 💕 ✨ All materials are included—just bring your creativity and a smile! Classes are proudly promoted through Creative Opportunities, a local nonprofit dedicated to providing meaningful opportunities for employment, socialization, and connection for adults with special needs. Come create, connect, and be inspired with us at ConnectEd & Inspired! 🎨💛

Vinyasa Yoga Meets weekly on Fridays from 8-9AM from May 20th-June 17th Breathe in a new day with this dynamic and fluid Vinyasa based class. This class will wake you up with a powerful sequence using your breath to link physical yoga postures. Explore variations of Sun Salutations and asanas (postures) in a steady and happy flow with a strong focus on healthy alignment for all bodies. These classes are sequenced in a way to help increase flexibility, strengthen and tone muscles, and allow you to tune into your body’s own rhythm. You’ll leave class feeling strong, balanced, focused, and energized. Appropriate for all ages and abilities. Please bring your yoga mat with you to class (we will have a few available for purchase if you need one). About the instructor: Dianne Croteau MSN, RN, RYT-500 Dianne is a devoted teacher with a gentle spirit and kind heart who guides others to pursue their practice and find health, balance, and overall well-being through Yoga and Meditation. She has practiced and studied yoga and meditation throughout North and South America for over 20 years. Combined with an extensive background in nursing, she views the science and spirituality of Yoga as a path to helping each individual find a deeper relationship with their own physical, physiological, and psychological body. Her style pulls from multiple yogic disciplines (Vinyasa, Hatha, Restorative, and Yin), and is both intuitive and steeped in the traditional aspects of yoga. Her classes focus on breath, movement, and the interconnection between mind, body, and spirit. Dianne encourages students to practice at a comfortable pace, in their own unique form within a welcoming, safe, and transformational environment.

Materials will be distributed during your class session.

Brick Builders STEAM Innovation Lab Engineering with LEGO® Bricks Build. Test. Redesign. Innovate. At ConnectEd & Inspired, our Brick Builders STEAM Innovation Lab transforms classic building bricks into powerful tools for creativity, engineering, and innovation. This high-energy STEAM Innovation Camp uses LEGO® bricks and elements to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through immersive, hands-on challenges. Great for ages 5-13. Throughout the week, campers will: 🌎 Design earthquake-resistant skyscrapers and test them on a shake table 🚗 Engineer balloon-powered race cars and compete in distance trials 🎢 Build collaborative chain-reaction machines 🤖 Create mechanical inventions and robotic-style builds 🌱 Design eco-cities and future transportation systems 🎬 Produce stop-motion brick films 🎉 Present their creations at our end-of-week STEAM Expo Campers don’t just build — they test, redesign, analyze, collaborate, and present. Each day includes: 🔥 Fast-paced engineering challenges 🧠 Mini STEAM concept lessons 🏗 Major design builds 📊 Testing and improvement cycles 🎨 Creative extensions 📣 Reflection and showcase time Using the Design Thinking Process — Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve — campers strengthen resilience, critical thinking, teamwork, and presentation skills. 📍 Camp Details STEAM Innovation Camp Where: ConnectEd & Inspired 138 S. Main Street Milford, MA Time: 1:00–3:00 PM Dates: July 20–23 (Full week enrollment only) Registration required at: 🌐 www.connectedandinspired.org/summer-program Limited spots available. Trademark Notice LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group, which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this program. This camp uses LEGO® bricks and elements in a descriptive manner. ConnectEd & Inspired is an independent enrichment studio and is not affiliated with the LEGO Group.

Thank you for your interest in celebrating your special event with us! We offer both in-person and virtual fundraising options. For fundraisers, we offer: canvas painting, wood sign design, clay work, Cupcake Wars, paint-your-own pottery, cookie or cupcake decorating, watercolor painting, fairy garden creation, LEGO parties, and much more! Please contact us for date and time availability by calling (781) 480-1375 or by emailing us at alwaysconnectedandinspired@gmail.com Fundraising Events -To hold a fundraising 2 or 2 ½ hour event at the studio, we require a minimum of 30 participants confirmed at least 14 days prior to the event. -Price per person is between $35-$75 per person. Our space can comfortably seat 75+ guests. - Earnings for your organization depend on the type of activity chosen and number of participants. This information can be provided in advance of setting up a fundraiser with us after a project has been decided. -You may also set up your own 50/50 raffle or silent auction items to earn even more money for your organization! -Our special events packages include the supplies you will need for your project, an instructor, napkins, paper cups, and a tablecloth. As the host, you are welcome to provide food, drinks, or snacks or encourage your guests to bring their own. -Event hosts may arrive ½ hour before the event to decorate and/or set up food. We will provide a table/space for you to set up. -An online registration site will be set up for your event so that registrants can pre-pay; we will email you a link to that site once we receive your contract and supporting materials. -If you do not have 30 people pre-registered two weeks before the event, we will work with you to reschedule your event for a different date or review the terms of the fundraising contract with you. -In the unlikely event we must reschedule, we will work with your organization to choose a date in the future. -We apologize, however no refunds or credits are given to individuals who registered but cannot attend, however, they may transfer their reservation to someone else.

🌈💥 SLIME, SAND & SPLATTER WEEK 💥🌈 📅 July 6–9 🕙 Monday–Thursday | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 ConnectEd & Inspired 138 S. Main Street, Milford, MA 01757 🌐 www.connectedandinspired.org/summer-program Get ready for four days of ooey-gooey slime, sandy sensory fun, and epic paint splatter creations! 🎨🖌💦 This week is all about texture, color, creativity, and hands-on FUN! Campers will explore exciting art techniques while building confidence, independence, and BIG creative energy! 💪✨ 🗓 Weekly Creative Line-Up: 💚 Monday – Slime Making & Canvas Drip Painting Campers mix, stretch, and customize their own slime creations while learning the science behind slime! Then we’ll create bold acrylic drip paintings on canvas full of colorful movement and magic! 💥 Tuesday – Splatter & Slime Suit up for our controlled Paint Splatter Experience! Expect energy, laughter, and vibrant masterpieces. Plus, we’ll create another unique slime variation with new textures or mix-ins! ☕💜 Wednesday – Slime Mug Glazing & Slime Campers glaze their very own ceramic mug using drippy, slime-inspired color techniques. (Mugs will be kiln-fired and ready for pickup within two weeks.) We’ll also create another custom slime to take home! 🏖✨ Thursday – Sand Art Wood Design & Kinetic Sand Design and decorate a wooden project using colorful sand art techniques, then build and sculpt with satisfying kinetic sand to wrap up the week! ☀️ About Our Summer Program ☀️ Our summer programming provides youth ages 5–12 (Teen Programs available for ages 10–17) the opportunity to explore the Arts & Sciences in a safe, upbeat, and air-conditioned environment! ❄️🎨🔬 ✨ This year is ALL-NEW! We are offering dozens of brand-new projects and activities we have never offered before! 👩‍🎨 This is a drop-off program for children 5+. Step-by-step instruction ensures children learn to complete projects independently while building confidence and creativity! 🥨 Please send your child with a snack and water bottle (we have a refill station!). 📝 Once per week at drop-off, parents/guardians complete an emergency contact form. This form is available in our FAQs online if you'd like to print it in advance. 👯‍♀️ Signing up with friends? List them during registration so we can seat them together! 🚨 Please note: Once registered, we are unable to issue refunds. However, we are happy to help transfer your registration to another child, move to another available date, or add you to a waitlist.

Book a fun and engaging paint party with us at ConnectEd & Inspired! Charcuterie Board Sip and Design events are elegant and fun ways of gathering with friends while creating beautiful food boards that are large enough to share with friends! Each person will use the provided food items to design a visually appealing board that feeds 3-4 people. Using salami, prosciutto, fancy cheeses, fruits, sweets, chocolate, and more you will enjoy learning about pairing items, how to balance a board, how to create a photogenic board, and more! Charcuterie Board Sip & Design Events $75/person with a minimum of (10) guests: - Two hour event which includes 1 1/2 hours of party fun and ½ hour for refreshments, desserts, snacks, etc. provided by the party host. -All parties include the art supplies you need for your project, an instructor, napkins, paper plates, paper cups, and party tablecloths. - Party host can arrive ½ hour before the party to decorate and set-up food. We provide a table/space for you to set up. -Hot Cocoa Bar may be added to the standard party package for $5 per person -We ask that you please confirm the number of participants with us (7) days before the event. - If the host decides, we will create a link and online invitation for you to share with your guests so they may register and pay online for themselves.

-Our space is available for business use at the rate of $50 per hour. (full day and multi-date discount rates available). Please contact us directly to determine if the date and time you are seeking is available by calling (781)480-1375 or by email at alwaysconnectedandinspired@gmail.com -This an ideal space for meetings, get-togethers, and training - comfortably seating 50-75+ guests -A/V equipment including surround sound and a projector are available for your use (just hook up to your computer using an HDMI or USB) - We will adjust furniture and seat participants based on your preferences -For your meeting, we will provide coffee, tea, and water. You are welcome to provide food or drink or have participants bring their own. A member of your team is welcome to set-up/prepare 1/2 hour before event begins. - We will provide a host, plates, napkins, and paper cups. - For an additional fee, we can coordinate a luncheon at our location