Recreation Programs

AGE: 6-12 yrs
COST: Free

Fredericton Recreation’s popular Zig Zag Summer Playground Program is back this summer, with a few changes. Due to COVID-19, 15 children can attend per park time slot. Children can be in a morning group or afternoon group, but not both. This program will still be provided free of charge within neighborhood parks across the City. On-line program pre-registration will be required this summer (no on-site registrations will be accepted).

Registration

Schedule | Service Fredericton | Parks & Playgrounds

A fun new addition to Fredericton Recreation’s summer programming is the Nature Day Camps at Odell Lodge and Killarney Lake Rotary Centennial Lodge. The camps will be a great way to end of the summer and promise small groups with loads of fun.

The program will start August 24 and run for two, one-week sessions at each lodge location. Day camps will be offered from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Maximum participation is 15 youth per camp (as per COVID-19 Recovery Phase: Guidance to Early Learning and Childcare Facilities and Summer Camps).

Online registration will be required. Registration coming soon.

As part of the City of Fredericton’s People Helping People initiative, we want to connect folks to resources via Facebook Live feeds where people can watch and interact with local presenters showing them activities such as yoga, cooking, workouts, games, meditation, storytelling, do-it-yourself repairs, gardening, bike maintenance, etc. Sessions will last between 15-30 minutes and you can do weekly content over four weeks or just a one-time session. All the activities should be practical and easy to do with materials that are usually found in most homes or that can be purchased at a supermarket. 

The transmissions have concluded until further notice.

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Fredericton Recreation presents the Stay Home Stay Active Challenge. Are you practicing social distancing and looking for something to do? FredRec has got you covered! Join our free Stay Home Stay Active Challenge and have some fun. Everyone from everywhere is welcome and you can join us at any time, for as long as this isolation continues.  You can just do the challenge, or you can officially join the Stay Home Stay Active Challenge Squad by submitting a photo of a completed challenge- recreation.media@fredericton.ca.  After that, each time you complete a challenge just submit a photo with the hashtag #StayActiveFred and be entered in a draw for a prize.

Have fun, stay safe and maybe win a prize! Squad goals! Wash your hands and keep a safe social distance from those outside your home.

Challenges: 

• Build paper airplanes, have contest to see how far they go. ​
• Family Game Night!  Bust out your family’s favourite board game and see who will be crowned champion.
• Try indoor bowling with plastic pins or empty plastic bottles from your recycling   
• Cook meals as a family or take turns making meals.
• Build a blanket fort.
• Not creative? Doesn’t matter! Gather some random items around the house (maybe the recycling bin) and create an art/structure masterpiece
• Paint a family (or pet) portrait to be framed and hung
• Build a card house, how big can you make it?
• Photograph your pet; accessories optional!
• Each year, the City of Fredericton turns out its non-essential lights for #Earthhour to show its support for a healthy planet.
• Try some online yoga workouts for kids and families
• Learn origami
• Learn to do cats cradles
• Start or restart keeping a diary.
• Backwards day: from clothes worn backwards to meals that begin with dessert!
• Bird watch (identify and log the birds in your yard from inside or outside)
• Drivers: Learn how to change the oil. Practice changing a flat tire. Wash the car. Clean the interior.
• Limbo contest!
• Try to make popcorn in a pot on the stove (adult supervision please)
• Do crossword puzzles or sudoku
• Make up a workout and do it together 
• Dominoes: play the classic game or learn a new one. 
• Do you know how to sew on a button? Now is the time to learn.
• Make Some Noise
• Make homemade play dough
• Write a letter to a friend or relative
• Learn to knit or crochet
• Do a marshmallow toothpick engineering challenge
• Organize your Lego, building blocks, Magna-Tiles, Tinker Toys, and then have a building challenge. Who can build the best house, hotel or shop, the tallest tower?
• Story time! Take turns acting out or telling stories. It can be real or fake.
• Try to write your name in calligraphy
• Make a string of paper dolls or make a paper snowflake.
• Spend an hour speaking only in your second language.
• Can you do 20 push-ups in one day?
• Have a family sleepover in the living room
• Have a picnic lunch in your backyard. Take books and toys with you.
• Research your family tree – see how far back you can go
• Can you do a headstand?
• Back yard Scavenger hunt: -find something red, -something smooth, -something smelly.
• Get fresh air, go for a walk! Perhaps make it an alphabet or number walk and look for letters or numbers in signs (or hidden in architectural details). Remember the social distancing rules
• Make a time capsule of this time to be opened in 10 years.
• Have a movie night of family videos.
• Start a box with things to donate
• Start a compost
• Play school with the children taking turns as teacher and the adults as students
• Try to make some painted rocks. Share your creations below
• Perform a Random Act of Kindness to a family member, friend or neighbor.  Remember the social distancing rules.
• Do makeovers: get out the makeup and hairstyling tools. Take before and after photos 
• Learn a magic trick
• Do a jigsaw puzzle
• Learn to do a burpee. Now try 10 in a row.
• Dig though your craft supplies/or recycle box and create something
• Learn to make shadow puppets
• Plant some seeds to start an indoor garden

Invent Something Cool – No Experience Necessary

Join City of Fredericton Recreation staff and take part in a fun and fast-paced day of STEM creation (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and dynamic activity programming - a day like you have never experienced before !

The day starts with an exciting challenge and a new chance to discover the wonders of science! All activity is hands-on as participants create some very cool contraptions. Everyday materials, hand tools and lots of creativity will be used to build and test inventions in preparation for the ‘big race’ at the end of the day. Best of all, participants get to take their inventions home!

Activity wise, included throughout the day are aquatic offerings and swimming at the Fredericton Indoor Pool and interactive games at the Nashwaaksis Field House Gym. Discover how much fun thinking with your hands can be as science springs to life before your eyes!

Where: Nashwaaksis Field House

When:  Saturday, March 7, 2020   

Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm

Cost:  $30.00 per participant per day (includes all materials). Space is limited

Ages: 8 -12

Registation

Fredericton Recreation in partnership with the Fredericton Marathon Presents: Winter Superhero Fun Run
Saturday, February 1 at 10am at the Small Craft Aquatic Centre, 63 Brunswick Street Fredericton, NB

Help kick off Frozen Nose and Toes in style with the Winter Superhero Fun Run!

Kids aged 3-12 years can take off, dressed in their favorite costume for either a 500m or 1k race.
Kids can bring their own costume or pick from an assortment of superhero capes that will be available on site!
Are you ready to be a superhero?

Registration

Kick Off 2020 with our family friendly New Years Eve Celebration!

Family Swim Party/Family Games Carnival/Family Glow Dance Party

Place: Nashwaaksis Field House & Fredericton Indoor Pool

Fee: $10.00 a person (Family Swim Party/Family Games Carnival/Family Glow Dance Party

Register Here: city-of-fredericton-new-years-eve-2020-family-celebration-tickets

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Activities will be geared to the K-6 age group however younger and older family members are welcome to attend with their family

PARENTS AND OR GUARDIANS MUST STAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES DURING THIS EVENT

EVENING EVENTS & TIMES

ENTRANCE FOR THIS EVENT IS THE FREDERICTON INDOOR POOL MAIN DOORS

5:00pm - 6:30pm  -Family Swim Party (Fredericton Indoor Pool) - Enjoy our thrilling water slide, tarzan rope and a 92-degree swirl pool as you and your family swim, play jump and splash your way into 2020! After swimming we move to the Field House for the rest of the night. *All swimmers under 19 yrs of age must be accompanied by an adult in the water. (One adult for every 3 children; one adult for every 4 children over 7 years old.)

6:45pm -7:45 pm  -Family Games Carnival (Nashwaaksis Field House) - Get ready to have a blast playing our carnival games and you may even win a prize or two!

7:45pm - 8:00pm -PIZZA Snack Break our event is going green this year please bring a refillable water bottle for a chance to win some great prizes!

8:00pm -9:00 pm -Family Glow in the Dark Dance Party (Nashwaaksis Field House)

Dress in neon or white for our Glow Dance Party with Big Mitch Productions! There will be lots of dance prizes and family games so get ready to dance the night away until we have the KIDS countdown to the new year at 9:00pm!

Recreation, Culture & Community Development 506-460-2020  or email recreation@fredericton.ca

The second annual Fredrec Fest will be held in downtown Fredericton on Saturday, August 24 from 1-4pm on Carleton St. and in Officers’ Square. This free fun outdoor event is open to everyone and features many of the local recreation, sport and leisure groups/organizations. Come on out and learn about the huge variety of activities available for you/ your family.

Please find the poster with more info here

Local recreation, leisure and sport groups who wish put a booth in this event can find the registration form here

A free walking club for all interested adults. This group meets every Wednesday from June through Oct at 10am for an hour long walk.

COST: Free

Service Fredericton | Schedule

Friday Mornings 9:15-11:45am- $10 for the term. Starts Sept - June.

114 Johnston AVE | 460-2235 | Fredericton Seniors Centre

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Details | Service Fredericton

Open to all ages. Lessons available from May - Sep. Bowls and other equipment available on-site. Flat-soled shoes must be worn. Men's, ladies', mixed competitive leagues and recreational play available.

15 Saunders ST | 454-6808