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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Explore new subjects, play and recreation in a welcoming, playful and safe environment. Enjoy our hands-on activities created to keep participants engaged and learning. Along with camp-specific content, many programs include recreation and leadership opportunities designed for 4 to 7-year-olds.
This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are not able to run a number of our recreation and special interest programs. We do hope to see them back on the menu next year!
Animal lovers will be wild about this camp! You will learn where animals live, what they eat, how long they have been around for and how they survive. Have fun through interactive activities and games.
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs classroom leader
Hours/day: 3 classroom; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 2, 4, 6, 8
Price: $260
If you love all things crafty, this is the camp for you. Improve your skills in drawing and painting. Try splatter painting, sculpture and more! Participants will have some take-home projects at the end of the week. Please bring a large shirt to protect your clothes.
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs classroom leader
Hours/day: 3 classroom; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 2, 4, 6, 8
Price: $260
Take a trip back to prehistoric times when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Learn how a T. Rex hunted through challenges tracking light and movement. See how fossils were made and then go out and dig them up yourself! You will also get to visit the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie right here on campus to see some massive fossils first hand.
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs leader
Hours/day: 3 classroom; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 3, 5*, 7,
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
Explore a variety of sports and have fun in a non-competitive environment. Each day includes one hour of science adventure and one hour of cool crafts. Learn about basic skill development, fair play, teamwork and participation.
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs classroom leader
Hours/day: 1 craft; 1 science; 4 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
Mini Bisons Basketball I is designed to provide an introduction to basketball through fun, high quality and developmentally appropriate programming and coaching as part of a holistic approach to long-term athlete development. Our programs will be created and coached by Bisons student-athletes.
Instructor: Bisons student-athletes
Hours/day: 3 basketball; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 3, 6
Price: $260
Lessons will focus on the fundamentals of skating (forward skating, stopping, starting, turning, backwards skating) combining movement oriented activities and games to encourage fun through learning. Children must be able to stand independently on the ice without assistance.
Participants are required to bring their own skates, CSA-approved helmets (full face mask recommended) and thick mitts or hockey gloves.
Instructor: Bisons student-athletes
Hours on-ice: 1; 5 off-ice, recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 5*
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
Mini Bisons Volleyball I is designed to provide an introduction to volleyball through fun, high quality and developmentally appropriate programming and coaching as part of a holistic approach to long-term athlete development. Our programs will be created and coached by Bisons student-athletes
Instructor: Bisons student-thletes
Hours/day: 2 volleyball; 4 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5*
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
Keep your body moving all day long. Program focuses on gymnastics elements like cartwheels, forward and backward rolls, and balance beam activities, and is combined with fun jungle gym activities throughout the day. Get instruction in movement and motor skills like throwing, catching, hopping and more!
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs coach
Hours/day: 3 gym; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 4, 8
Price: $260
Mini Bisons Hockey I is designed to provide an introduction to hockey through fun, high-quality and developmentally appropriate training, programming, and coaching as part of a holistic approach to long-term athlete development. Our programs will be created and coached by Bisons student-athletes.
Instructor: Bisons student-athletes
Hours on Ice: 2 on-ice; 4 off-ice
Weeks Offered: 2, 3, 7
Price: $300
Mini Bisons Soccer I is designed to provide an introduction to soccer through fun, high-quality and developmentally appropriate training, programming, and coaching as part of a holistic approach to long-term athlete development. Our programs will be created and coached by Bisons student-athletes.
Instructor: Bisons student-athletes
Hours/day: 3 soccer; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 2, 7, 8
Price: $260
Throughout the week, perform exciting experiments in a variety of hands-on activities. Learn about rockets, fossil formation, chemical reactions, and more!
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs classroom leader
Hours/day: 3 classroom; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 3, 5*, 7
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No…it’s Superheroes in Training camp! Explore what it takes to be a superhero. Climb like Spiderman, run like The Flash and leap like Superman. Sharpen your leadership skills while discovering how the Avengers and Justice League work as a team and use their strengths for good. Create your very own superhero/heroine identity and make your own take-home costume!
Instructor: Qualified Mini U Programs classroom leader
Hours/day: 3 superhero; 3 recreation
Weeks Offered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8
Price: $260 ($208 *short week)
**Due to Covid-19 restrictions, some of our loved recreation games and activities (indicated with **) will not be available for Summer 2021. We look forward to a full return of our camp menu and games for Summer 2022!
