My Start in Sports

This is a developmentally appropriate introductory sports program for children 1-3 (with parent) or 3-5 years old. The program prepares children and their parents for organized sports in a fun, non-threatening environment. Sports skills developed in this program are: gross motor skills, throwing, catching, team skills, and more!
At this time, masks are mandatory at all times in the RARA building. You will be notified if anything changes.

$40 per child

#3732 3-5 Years Mondays 6:00-6:45 February 1-February 22 in RARA Group X

#3733 1-3 Years with Parent Saturdays 10:00-10:45 February 6-February 28 in RARA Group X

#3734 3-5 Years Saturdays 11:00-11:45 February 6-February 28 in RARA Group X

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Virtual Rainforest Island STEAM Workshop

Grab your survival gear for an Amazonian adventure on Rainforest Island. You will take on a jungle of challenges at breathtaking destinations like Jaguar's Claw, Monkey Swings, and Anaconda Squeeze. We'll provide the materials and a live interactive space via Zoom for each session, where you can meet other students and work together to learn from each other. Don't miss out on this wildly exciting Challenge Island Experience.

4-6 Years

Wednesdays February 3-March 10 3:30-4:30 PM 

$120 per child

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Valentine's Watercolor Workshop

Join Paint Creek Center for the Arts for a Valentine's Day themed Watercolor Workshop. In this Valentine's themed class, we'll start by covering basic techniques of watercolor, then move on to color mixing, and finally we'll learn about resist. Parents please stay for the duration of this class as our students will need help working on their fine motor skills. All supplies included

3-6 Years

Friday, February 12 3:00-4:00 in RARA Wright Room

$20 per student

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Virtual Family STEAM Game Night

Looking for some safe winter activities for your whole family this winter that are both fun and educational? Each week we will give you a quick overview of a cool sport including some of the STEAM behind it, and then your family will work together to build a miniature version of that game that you can play for hours and days to come. We'll provide the materials and a live interactive space via Zoom for each session, where you can meet other families and work together to learn from each other and create your game. Planned games include tennis, croquet, baseball, and football. Please only register 1 person for each family.

Saturdays February 6-February 27 6:00-7:30 

$120 per family

For children of all ages

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Rainbow Watercolor Workshop

Join Paint Creek Center for the Arts for a St. Patrick's Day themed Watercolor Workshop. In this themed class, we'll start by covering basic techniques of watercolor, then move on to color mixing, and finally we'll learn about resist. Parents please stay for the duration of this class as our students will need help working on their fine motor skills. All supplies included

3-6 Years

Friday, March 19 3:00-4:00 in RARA Messy Room

$20 per student

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Cupid Challenge STEAM Workshop

Join us to celebrate Valentine's Day in a fun and educational way! For our Cupid Challenge, we'll be learning about Cupid's arrows and how they work, and even try out our own (safe!) bows and arrows using everyday objects that the kids will be able to take home. 

4-6 Years

February 10 6:00-7:00 in the RARA Messy Room

$20 per child

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Shark Tooth Island STEAM Series

Chomp down on some fintastic shark-based STEAM challenges at action-packed destinations like Great White Bridges, Blow Cart Beach, and more! 

Saturdays February 13-March 20 9:00-10:00 AM in the RARA Messy Room

4-6 years

$120 per child

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Yertle the Turtle STEAM Workshop

Join us to celebrate Dr. Seuss's 116th birthday and Reading Month in a fun and educational way! For our Yertle the Turtle Challenge, we'll be learning about Yertle's story with selected readings from the book, and then make our own pet turtles as well as a simple machines-based playground for them! 

4-6 Years

March 8 6:00-7:00 PM in the RARA Messy Room

$20 per child

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Virtual Great White Bridges STEAM Workshop

Join Challenge Island for this one-time enrichment class, where you will learn about bridges from around the world and the secrets that make them as sturdy as possible, as you take on the challenge of building your own bridges for your adventurers to get across the water safely! We'll provide you with a materials list as well as a Zoom link, where you'll work together with other engineers-in-training to share ideas and demonstrate what you've created.

4-6 Years

March 2 6:30-7:30 PM

$20 per child

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Youth Recreation

Early Childhood Programs

RARA offers a variety of early childhood programs.  Our programs are coordinated by trained and certified contractors with a variety of backgrounds in youth education, fitness, sports, and special events.  To the right, you can click the tab to view more information about each of our programs.

Contact:  

Lyndsey Ramsay

Recreation Supervisor

947-886-0084    Lyndsey@rararecreation.org


RARA Sponsors

Interested in becoming a sponsor for RARA? Contact us today and see how you can become a sponsor! Call us today at 947-886-0007