What is Rec Center Recess?

Spring Break: Rec Center Recess

The winter is cold and long and cabin fever has kicked in like crazy! We are all ready for Mother Nature to usher in spring with its green grass, blossoming flowers and warmer temperatures. What better way to celebrate then with the Provo City’s Spring Break Rec Center Recess program

What is Rec Center Recess?

It’s a chance to drop your children (ages 6-12) off at the Provo Recreation Center for Spring Break. They will experience some of the best activities this facility has to offer.  Your children can attend morning (9am –12pm) or afternoon sessions (12:30pm - 3:30pm) or they can stay for both! They will have the opportunity to participate in swimming (http://www.provo.org/community/recreation-center/aquatics), sports, popular fitness programs, cooking, and outdoor games /activities. Our program is 100% inclusive. We offer an adaptive version of this program for kids with special needs. Both groups will participate in all activities, building tolerance and love for all people. The adaptive camp includes a higher staff to child ratio and the staff members and volunteers are trained to deal with difficult behaviors professionally. We see this inclusive nature as one of the best aspects of Rec Center Recess and our summer camp programs.

Schedule

Your children can come and participate all three days and all sessions or one day for one session or anything in between.  Every day will offer something a little different and will provide a variety of experiences.

Tuesday AM | Swim, Sports, Fitness Tuesday PM | Sports, Art, Outdoor

Wednesday AM | Swim, Sports, Fitness Wednesday PM | Sports, Cooking, Outdoor

Thursday AM | Swim, Sports, Fitness Thursday PM | Sports, Art, Outdoors

*PM session on Thursday includes an epic Nerf War for both age groups!!!

What to Bring

·         A change of dry clothes, towel, water bottle and sun screen.

·         We’ll email out the participant forms and waiver. Please bring these filled out to the program for a quick check-in process.

·         If your child participates in the Nerf war on Thursday please bring a Nerf gun. The Provo Recreation Center will provide bullets.

·         If your child is going to come for both sessions please provide a full lunch. Your child will be hungry.

Activities being offered:

Fitness

Kids Zumba: An aerobic fitness program featuring movements inspired by various styles of Latin American dance and performed primarily to Latin American dance music.

Kids’ Speed Agility Quickness (SAQ): Fast paced exhilarating way to enhance ability and quickness through different styles of movement and training.

Sports 

Dodgeball

Crab soccer

Soccer

Basketball

Pickle Ball

Indoor/Outdoor Activities

Obstacle course

Swimming

Art projects- watercolor and sketching activities

Cooking- hand-tossed pizza

Pioneer Village

Pioneer Village (pioneervillage.org) Experience the life of the pioneers as you walk back into the early days of Provo when the settlers of 1849 had to survive in isolation.  The Pioneer Village contains the original structures built by these pioneers, including the Turner Cabin, the Haws Cabin, the Loveless Home, a granary, school, woodshop, corn crib, outhouse, and more. 

            

 

Cooking class: Children build confidence working with peers in the kitchen, developing skills and ability.

Swimming: Leisure Pool features Zippy's interactive tree house it has 3 slides, buckets and water toys. The pool is a zero-depth entry pool with a maximum depth of 18". The Leisure Pool leads into the Lazy River with a depth of 3'6". Aquatic climbing wall and dive platform is another incredible adventure piece to a great Spring Break!
POOL

To conclude a fantastic fun filled adventure there will be an epic Nerf war. This will be an amazing event full of fun filled shooting, dodging and laughing. This will be something you don’t want to miss! This will be offered Thursday PM for both age ranges. NERF WARS