Explore Stamford Rec *NEW* Fall Programs for Children and Adults

This fall, Stamford Recreation is offering several brand-new youth and adult programs for residents to explore. Below is a list of all the new offerings, but there are dozens more to explore online on the department’s new website. You can now explore all early childhood, youth, and adult programming online in addition to downloading the full brochure.

For more information about our NEW programs, including dates, costs and times, click here.

NEW PROGRAMS:

• After School Club at the Star Center (Grades K-5): Stamford Recreation will be offering a New After School Program for Children Grades K – 5 at the Recreation Star Center located at 1170 Shippan Avenue. Gym time, playground and outdoor time, arts and crafts, video game time and homework time (each day except on Fridays). Transportation provided by the Stamford Board of Education from the following schools to the After School Club at the Star Center: Catholic Elements School, Charter School of Excellence, Hart Magnet School, KT Murphy, Rogers International School, Strawberry Hill School, Toquam School, and Westover Magnet School. We follow the Stamford Public School Calendar.
• Little Athletes (Ages 2 - 3): Children will have lots of fun learning new games and sports each week. This program will allow children to learn the basics and give each child confidence while having fun. Creative movement exercise, soccer balls, t-ball, and basketball just a few of the sports we will cover. Parent and me program!
• Grandma or Grandpa & Me (Ages 2 - 4):Creative grandparent/child play time geared towards strengthening the bond between grandparents & their grandchildren. Each session will have a themed activity. You can sign up for 1 or all 4 sessions. Parent may come in lieu of grandparent.
• Tiny Yoga (Ages 3 - 5): Our Tiny Yoga class offers a 30 minutes of save surrounding, where children can learn mindfulness, care, friendship, sharing space and accessories while also leering simple yoga poses and begging of stillness (meditation.) Children will learn to move with control, coordination, confidence, and rhythm while learning the some poses and names of poses, all in playful and fun way.
• Fantastic Games For Kids (Ages 3 - 4): Each week children will be involved in a new gym game or activity. Our instructor has designed fun and creative activities that are age appropriate. This program is designed for children to participate without the parents as they sit on the side and watch the fun! (No class 11/23)
• Toy Making (Grades 1 - 4): Enjoy exploring their creativity by making and playing with their own toys and games! Imagining and designing toys use skills such as art, math and writing while encouraging original thinking. Some of the projects include slime, board games, trading cards and catapults.
• Jewelry Making (Grades 2 - 4): In this class, students will how to make jewelry. They will make everything that dazzles from earrings, to bracelets to rings. This new program is offered Arts In CT and for more information go to www.artsinct.org
• Fashion Design Class (Grades 3 - 5): Students will learn the “do’s and don’ts” of fashion and how to dress accordingly for different occasions. You will learn about fashion around the world, different types of material used for clothing, how to create their own clothing designs and how to style a model (a classmate). Students will be introduced to fashion sketching, create vision boards, work on developing and editing collections and current fashion trends.
• Zumba For Adults: We take the ‘work” out of workout by mixing low - intensity & high intensity moves for an interval - style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin & World rhythms take over, you’ll see why Zuma fitness classes are effective and fun. A total workout, combining all elements of fitness-cardio, muscle conditioning , balance and flexibility!