While recent snow storms have seen many parents and caregivers scrambling to find last-minute daycare for their children, that doesn鈥檛 need to be the case for spring break, which in 麻豆传媒映画runs from March 13 to 24. Actually, if you look at the 麻豆传媒映画School Board鈥檚 calendar online, it鈥檚 scheduled as spring break from March 13 to 17 and 鈥淪chool not in session鈥� from March 20 to 24. But no matter what you call it, what it means is most parents with young children need to come up with a care plan for two weeks in March. That鈥檚 where we come in.
And while there鈥檚 no way we can cover the dozens of programs available for spring break, we can hopefully point you in the right direction, starting with your local community centre. Most locations also offer summer and winter break camps, as well as professional development day programs.
The following is just an example of some of the spring break programs available across the city:
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Hastings Community Centre
Bricks 4 Kidz 鈥� Clash of Bricks: Gather your barbarians and archers, it's time for battle Bricks 4 Kidz style. This camp specializes in mechanical LEGO builds to recreate the thrill of battling barbarians, greedy goblins, powerful PEKKAs and wild wall breakers. The camp challenges kids with exciting daily fun activities and engineering tasks, including the catapult distance launch, and more. At the end of the week, all campers go home with a custom mini figure.
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False Creek Community Centre
Dance Explorers: Kids can get their dancing shoes on and enjoy an energetic exploration of movement in a welcoming and inspiring environment. Participants will learn a number of routines and movements from many dance styles and disciplines through the week, which may include hip hop, Latin dance, acrobatic dance, creative movement, Bollywood, and conditioning and flexibility training. Please bring a water bottle and small snack each day. Friends and family are welcome to attend a final performance, which takes place the last 30 minutes on the final day. For more information, visit .
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Hillcrest Community Centre
Tennis and Art: Join Hillcrest Centre for a children's camp filled with the essentials of creative art and self-motivating sport. The day is broken down into morning and afternoon events, which allow the child to be part of an all-day activity program. The program is based upon physical activity in the morning with tennis and continues with a creative art and games in the afternoon. Meet at Queen Elizabeth Tennis Courts and bring your own racquet. Program fees include tennis T-shirt, a canvas and art kit. Contact the instructor for proper racquet fitting and purchasing options. Program is weather permitting. Please contact the tennis line directly on rainy days for confirmation at 778-919-9364.
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For more detailed information on Spring Break day camps offered at community centres, call or drop by the location closest to your needs or visit vancouver.ca and search for 鈥渄aycamps and holiday care programs.鈥�
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Purple Dragon Martial Arts
Purple Dragon Martial Arts specializes in age specific classes for children ages four to 12 and teens. The classes are designed to improve the concentration and self-discipline of students, which could also help them in school. Students also learn self-confidence and how to have a more positive attitude, as well as self-respect for themselves and others. Purple Dragon is located at 617 East 16th Ave. Visit purpledragoncanada.com.
YMCA: various locations
The YMCA not only offers spring break programs at the Langara and Robert Lee (Burrard) locations, but also operates out of several schools across the city, including Lord Kitchener elementary, Sir William Van Horne elementary, Lord Roberts elementary and Hastings elementary. For a detailed schedule of spring break programs, visit gv.ymca.ca.
Campers aged five to 12听participate in field trips, outdoor activities, sports,听games, arts and crafts and get the recommended 90听minutes of daily physical activity. Extended before and after camp care is also available. Note: children must have completed kindergarten to participate in these camps, excluding those that operate out of YMCA Kids Club locations.
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Arts Umbrella
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Young artists let their imaginations run wild during spring break programs at Arts Umbrella 鈥� be it capturing photos or pulling cool hip-hop moves.
Week-long camps and programs let students get creative through theatre, music, dance and visual and media arts classes. And while kids challenge their curiosity and stretch artistic boundaries, they鈥檒l also have a lot of fun. The classes take place on Granville Island. For more detailed information, visit artsumbrella.com.
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Circus West
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In this week-long camp, children learn juggling, trapeze, trampoline, acrobatics, how to ride a unicycle and more. On Friday afternoon, the children demonstrate their new skills in a one hour show starting at 3 p.m. for family and friends. Visit circuswest.com.
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麻豆传媒映画Theatre Sports
Spring Break Teen Improv Camp: This one-week teen camp offers a fun-filled immersion into the core skills that are necessary for good improvisation. Students are coached in creativity, teamwork, trust, acceptance, listening, storytelling, character creation and environment work. Experienced and supportive improv teachers guide students through a variety of games and exercises to hone the skills needed for great improvised scenes. The students then showcase their new skills in a live performance at the end of the week. This class is ideal for students interested in strengthening their performance or presentation skills or for students who want to be a little more outgoing.
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