Sign Up Your Child For Fun, New Winter Programs With the Recreation Department

Hello Parks and Recreation Friends

We hope you are having a wonderful Holiday season. It is now time to sign up for some of your child’s favorite Crafting and Fitness programs with the Recreation Department. For a full listing please visit www.suffieldrec.com

Winter Crafting Party (New!)

Description: Children will have a fun afternoon expressing their creativity while making a variety of winter themed crafts, decoration projects and treats. This class is great for both girls and boys. Some of the crafts include: snowmen themed cards, art designs and craft bags. Please have your child bring or wear an old T-shirt/clothes to class. A snack will be provided.

Instructor: Donna Carney-Bastrzycki

Registration deadline is Wednesday, January 6 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Date: January 14

Day: Thursday

Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m.

Grades: 1 – 5

Location: McAlister School Cafeteria

Fee: $12.00

Non-Res: $17.00

Very Cool Valentines!

Description: Children will have a great time while making a variety of creative valentine crafts and edible goodies! Please have your child bring or wear an old T-shirt/clothes to class. A snack will be provided.

Instructor: Donna Carney-Bastrzycki

Registration deadline is Wednesday, January 20 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Date: January 28

Day: Thursday

Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m.

Grades: 1 – 5

Location: McAlister School Cafeteria

Fee: $12.00

Non-Res: $17.00

Speed Training Clinic (Grades 3-8)

Description: This clinic offers a great cross training workout for athletes! Participants will learn to perform a proper warm-up before exercise, focus on the best practices of acceleration and change of direction, cool down of static stretches and core exercises. This clinic will help both boys and girls that participate in any sport, looking to enhance coordination, running technique, body weight strength, first step quickness, flexibility, injury prevention, weight loss, and most importantly a better sense of self confidence.

Instructor: Parisi Speed School Trained Coach

Registration deadline is Wednesday, January 6 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited Enrollment.

Dates: January 12, 19, 26, February 2

Day: Tuesday

Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Grades: 3 - 8

Location: McAlister School Gym

Fee: $45.00

Non-Res: $50.00

Introduction To Horseback Riding For Children

Description: Learn to ride or improve current riding skills under the guidance of an advanced riding instructor. An approved safety riding helmet will be provided. Riders must wear jeans or riding pants, shoes with low heels. No sneakers or work boots with wide treads.

Instructor: End of Hunt Farms Staff

Registration closes on Tuesday, January 12 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: January 19, 26, February 2.

Day: Tuesday

Time: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Ages: 3 - 17 years old. *(Ages 3-8 must be accompanied by an adult at all times on premises)

Location: End of Hunt Farms Training Center, 1360 Hill St., Suffield

Fee: $90.00 per person for the 3 sessions

Non-Res: $100.00

Eureka! Invention for Grades 3-5 NEW

Description: Children explore famous inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Archimedes, Ben Franklin and even Rube Goldberg, along with the contributions they made to science, engineering and society. Guided by our Mad Scientists, children use their knowledge and creativity to overcome a series of challenges using basic materials, simple machines, tips from famous inventors and the most important of all – their minds! Each child will also bring home a cool science take-away every week! While Thomas Edison said “invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration” this program is 100% FUN!!

Instructor: Mad Science Staff

Registration closes on Wednesday, January 13 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: January 20, 27, February 3, 10.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Grades: 3-5

Location: McAlister School Art Room #109

Fee: $75.00

Non-Res.: $85.00

Jedi Engineering with LEGO ®

Young Jedi will explore worlds far, far away and engineering principles right in front of them. Defeat the Empire by designing and refining LEGO® X-Wings, R2-units and settlements on far-flung edges of the galaxy. Imagination and engineering combine to create motorized and architectural projects such as energy catapults, shield generators and defense turrets.

Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies Staff

Registration closes on Wednesday, January 13 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: January 20, 27, February 3, 10

Day: Wednesday

Time: 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Grades: K - 2

Location: Spaulding School Cafeteria A

Fee: $77.00

Non-Res.: $87.00

Eureka! Invention for Grades K-2 NEW

Description: Children explore famous inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Archimedes, Ben Franklin and even Rube Goldberg, along with the contributions they made to science, engineering and society. Guided by our Mad Scientists, children use their knowledge and creativity to overcome a series of challenges using basic materials, simple machines, tips from famous inventors and the most important of all – their minds! Each child will also bring home a cool science take-away every week! While Thomas Edison said “invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration” this program is 100% FUN!!

Instructor: Mad Science Staff

Registration closes on Thursday, January 14 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: January 21, 28, February 4, 11.

Day: Thursday

Time: 3:20 - 4:20 p.m.

Grades: K-2

Location: Spaulding School Cafeteria A

Fee: $75.00

Non-Res.: $85.00

More Art Ventures in the Rainforest - Let’s Gogh Art

Description: All New Projects! For new or continuing artists, Art adventurers head off on a rainforest safari, discovering rare and wondrous creatures that call it home. Journey into the world of parrots, jungle cats, snakes, red-eyed tree frogs and more! Experiment with whimsical and original art forms and techniques. Design stained glass tigers, build rockin’ rain sticks and paint ceramic turtle banks. Sculpt froggy light switch covers and coiled snake pots. Even create

a rainforest masterpiece on stretched canvas! Throughout the voyage art adventurers learn about the importance of saving the rainforest and pick up super artist survival skills like painting, drawing, sculpting, canvas transfer and more. Surprises and laughter round out this fun-filled art safari! Adventurers return home with awesome works of art each week.

Instructor: Let’s Gogh Art-Western MA/CT Staff

Registration closes on Tuesday, January 19 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: January 26, February 2, 9, 23, March 1, 15. *(No class on 2/16, 3/8)

Day: Tuesday

Time: 3:15 – 4:15 p.m.

Grades: K – 2

Location: Spaulding School Art Room #25.

Fee: $79.00

Non Res: $89.00

Kids Fitness Challenge (Grades 3-8)

This clinic is designed to accommodate boys and girls in grades 3-8 and fitness levels and will engage each individual in core training, strength and agility training, plyometrics and other training exercises. The class focus is to motivate with positivity and fun activities in a safe nonjudgmental environment. It is geared towards making fitness a lifestyle!

Instructor: Joseph Hicks, Certified Personal Trainer, ISTA.

Registration closes on Monday, January 25 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: February 1, 8, 22, 29, March 7, 14, (No Class on February 15)

Day: Monday

Time: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Grades: 3 - 8

Location: McAlister School Gym

Fee: $50.00

Non-Res: $60.00

Goop, Gak, Slime and More! NEW!

Squish, splosh, smash, squelch, splash, slime, drop, smear, spray, and ooze are some of the thing we will do/hear during this fun hands on program! Children are doing many things at once when engaged in messy play. They can be observing, creating, building, exploring, imagining, discovering, investigating, interpreting, even relaxing. What child doesn’t want to get slimed or at least play with it! Each day we will ‘create’ something new, from Goop, Gak or Slime!

*Note: projects will be messy, parents should send their child with a cover up to wear.

Instructor: Kids Corner Company Staff

Registration closes on Monday, January 25 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity.

Limited enrollment.

Dates: February 1, 8, 22, 29 *(No class 2/15)

Day: Monday

Time: 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Grades: K - 2

Location: Spaulding School Cafeteria A

Fee: $75.00 per person includes instruction, supplies and materials.

Non-Res.: $85.00

Babysitter Safety 101

Description: This is an entry level course intended to teach age appropriate skills necessary to care for children of all ages using team babysitting, mother’s helper and individual babysitting concepts. The course focuses on safety with emphasis on prevention. Basic first aid and obstructed airway management for a conscious choking adult/child and infant will be covered. Other topics include hand washing, diapering, bottle feeding, personal safety, interview skills and many more topics. Course is 4 hours, bring a snack. Booklet, handouts and Babysitter Safety Certificate of completion included.

Instructor: LifeSafe Services Staff

Registration closes on Tuesday, February 9 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Date: February 16

Day: Tuesday

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Ages: 10 - 15

Location: Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association, 205 Bridge Street

Fee: $75.00

Non-Res: $85.00

Gymnastics

Flip into spring this year with the exciting gymnastics program. This introductory program will teach boys and girls the basic skills of gymnastics. We will focus on coordination, flexibility and safety. Participants will learn basic skills to develop a good foundation in gymnastics including: Floor Exercise, balance beam, bars, rings and vault. For comfort and safety, girls should wear leotards and boys should wear shorts and a t-shirt that can be tucked in. Buckles, snaps or zippers are not allowed.

Instructors: Heather Casinghino, S.M.S., P.E. Teacher along with Michele Mancinelli and Brian Casinghino.

Registration closes on Thursday, February 18 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Dates: February 25, 26 March 3, 4, 10 (snow date Friday, March 11)

Days: Thursdays and Fridays

Time: 5:45 – 7:45 p.m.

Location: Middle School Gym

Grades: 3, 4 and 5

Fee: $63.00

Non -Res.: $73.00

Egg-Citing Easter Baskets and Scavenger Hunt! (Grades 1-5)

Children will have an enjoyable afternoon expressing their creativity while dying and decorating real Easter Eggs and finding candy filled eggs! This will be an action packed class as we will dye eggs, decorate Easter baskets and edible treats. If the weather is good outside, we will go on an outdoor Easter Egg Hunt otherwise the egg hunt will be inside! Please have your child bring or wear an old T-shirt/clothes, winter coat and boots to class. A snack will be provided.

Instructor: Donna Carney-Bastrzycki

Registration closes on Tuesday, March 15 and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment

Date: Wednesday

Day: March 23

Time: 3:15-5:00 p.m.

Grades: 1 – 5

Location: McAlister School Cafeteria

Fee: $12.00

Non-Res: $17.00

Crafting Fun and Easter Egg Hunt! (Grades K-2)

Children will have an enjoyable afternoon while decorating a variety of Easter Crafts and edible treats! We will also go on an outdoor candy filled egg hunt! If the weather is not permissible the egg hunt will be inside. Please have your child bring or wear an old T-shirt/clothes, winter coat and boots to class. A snack will be provided. Please note this class will be held on Monday, March 21

Instructor: Donna Carney-Bastrzycki

Registration closes on Tuesday, March 8, and/or earlier if enrollment reaches maximum capacity. Limited enrollment.

Date: March 21

Day: Monday

Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m.

Grades: K-2

Location: Spaulding School Cafeteria A and Gym

Fee: $12.00

Non-Res: $17.00