FORT CARSON, Colo. -- The life of a military child is full of challenges that he never chose -- leaving friends and Family to move to distant locations, changing schools in the middle of the year and dealing with long separations from parents.
But for the month of April, they are being celebrated with Month of the Military Child and a variety of free and reduced-cost activities on Fort Carson.
"(It's) just to let them know, we do appreciate them, what their Families sacrifice and go through for our country," said Myah Mason, a fitness instructor at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center.
Mason has been teaching a children's yoga class at the center every Saturday in April from 12:15-1 p.m. The class is open to all children, 4-13 years old, accompanied by a parent.
"There are so many different aspects to yoga," she said. "I think their favorite part was being different animals. They got to make their animal sounds and be in poses that are like the animals."
Amya Prince, 8, attended the class, Saturday.
"It was good and relaxing," she said. "My favorite part was doing the laying down because I went to sleep."
In addition to the classes, Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex is offering half-price daily passes for military children, 6-23 years old.
"If parents bring their kids and they need help, we'll always give them help on the range. We try to teach them as much safety as we can out here, starting out young," said Dave Beach, senior safety officer at the complex.
Beach also encourages parents to bring their children to the children's marks?manship class, offered the first Saturday of every month from April-September.
"So they're comfortable around firearms, so they're not scared of them if they have them around the house, and they know the proper safe handling of firearms," he said.
The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation has several other activities planned for the month, including projects at the child development centers, youth center and School-Age Services.
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