Programs for ages 3-7

Join us each week for 50 minutes of fun movement and activity.  Learn basic movement and motor skills like throwing, catching and hopping, combined with elements of gymnastics like forward and backward rolls, balance beam activities and more!  

This program will require parent participation.   

This program is ideal for beginner skaters. Lessons will focus on the fundamentals of skating, gliding, forward skating, stopping, starting and turning. Learn to Skate combines movement-oriented activities and games to encourage fun through learning. The parent/adult accompanying the child should be a confident skater.

Participants are required to bring their own skates, CSA-approved helmets (full face mask recommended) and thick mitts or hockey gloves.

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.

Designed by our Bisons head coaches, the Mini Bisons Basketball program allows children to play the game in a focused environment suited to the development of their physical, mental and basketball skills by instituting long-term athlete development (LTAD) modifications to the adult game. With high repetitions and touches, it is player-oriented with the emphasis is on skill development in combination with the teaching and loading of actions.

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This program is designed to give participants the chance to experience wall climbing for the first time. Under the supervision of our certified leaders, you will learn the basic requirements for wall climbing such as safety, communication and technique.

Mini Bisons Soccer I is designed to provide an introduction to soccer with 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.

Mini Bisons Basketball I is designed to provide an introduction to basketball with 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 varsity Bisons student-athletes.

This camp is an introduction to the sport of cheerleading. Learn basic tumbling, pyramids and stunts combined with gymnastics and dance techniques.

This full day program is packed with fun activities that will keep you busy all day long! Participate in recreational games and activities, learn basic movement skills and enjoy one hour of basic art activities each day.  Please pack a lunch, a nut-free snack and a drink for breaks.

Participants must be age 4 by the start date of the program.  This program does not include swimming. 

Move and groove in this fun movement program. Learn basic movement and motor skills like throwing, catching and hopping, combined with elements of gymnastics like cartwheels, forward and backward rolls, balance beam activities and more!

Experience the world of rhythmic gymnastics in a fun and encouraging environment.  Participants will receive basic instruction in rope, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and scarves and create a fun routine throughout the week. 

Welcome to the world of sports! Develop a passion for a variety of sports in a fun, non-competitive and inclusive environment. Campers will be introduced to all of the favourites including soccer, basketball, dodgeball, track and more! Learn about basic skill development, fair play, teamwork and participation.

Step into the blocks and sprint to the finish line! Develop your skills as you explore all the events of track and field. Learn about running, jumping and throwing in an active and games-oriented environment. Take part in a mock track meet at the end of the week to test out your new skills.

This program is designed to give participants the chance to experience wall climbing for the first time. Participants will tackle a 1500 square foot climbing wall in the Active Living Centre for one hour per day and spend one hour per day on our bouldering wall which features our new kilter board.  Learn safety procedures, knot tying techniques, bouldering and climbing communication in a fun and safe indoor environment.

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, games, a visit from a therapy dog and a live animal presentation.

If you love all things crafty, this is the camp for you. Improve your skills in drawing and painting. Try splatter painting, sculpting and more! Participants will have some take-home projects at the end of the week. Please bring a large shirt to protect your clothes.

Potential allergens: Acrylic Paint, Chalk

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 on campus to see some massive fossils firsthand.

Potential allergens: baking soda, vinegar, wheat flour, salt, corn starch

Throughout the week, perform exciting experiments in a variety of hands-on activities. Learn about rockets, fossil formation, chemical reactions and more!

Potential allergens: baking soda, vinegar, shaving cream, sodium polyacrylate, saline solution

Welcome to the world of sports! Develop a passion for a variety of sports in a fun, non-competitive and inclusive environment. Campers will be introduced to all of the favourites including soccer, basketball, dodgeball, track and more! Learn about basic skill development, fair play, teamwork and participation.

Swimming for this week has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday & Thursday.  Please pack a bathing suit and towel for your child.  An email confirming swim dates will be sent prior to start of Spring Break Camps. 

Keep your body moving all day long!  Program focuses on gymnastic elements like cartwheels, forward and backward rolls, balance beam activities and is combined with fun jungle gym activities throughout the day.  Gain confidence in movement and motor skills like throwing, jumping, hopping, catching, running and more!

Swimming for this week has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday & Thursday.  Please pack a bathing suit and towel for your child.  An email confirming swim dates will be sent prior to start of Spring Break Camps. 

Throughout the week, perform exciting experiments in a variety of hands on science activities.  Science topics may include ecology, astronomy, physics, chemistry and physiology.  

Swimming for this week has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday & Thursday.  Please pack a bathing suit and towel for your child.  An email confirming swim dates will be sent prior to start of Spring Break Camps. 

• Adaptives
• Bean Bag Zoo with Giant Jenga 
• Buckets!
• Dodgeball
• Eggstavagant Eggs
• Frogs LOGS
• Giant Soccer
• Giant Twister
• Hoppers
• Kanga-Sacs
• Kinect 4
• Mini Basketball and Parachute
• Mini Bouncer**
• Mini Circus
• Mini Leadership
• New Age Kurling (NAK)
• Noodle Time
• Pinguard
• Ricochet Ball
• Rubber Chicken
• Scatterball
• Scoops
• Soccer 
• Spelunker 
• Swamp Thang
• Swimming (Not available 2023)
• Team Walk
• Topple Tubes
• Track Pack
• Yard Games 

• Making new friends 
• Sharing your ideas 
• Learning how to be part of a team 
• Being creative 
• Collecting leadership cards 
• Learning to solve problems 
• Assisting your leader