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Clarinet For Kids

If your child is keen to learn a musical instrument, try the clarinet! A standard fixture in school bands across the country, the clarinet is easy and fun to play and a great way to start your kids on a musical instrument!

Chess For Kids

Let your child test their tactical thinking with chess - the ultimate game of strategy! Many studies have discovered that playing chess at an early age does increase a child’s mental fortitude, and overall health.

Let your kids express themselves and have fun!

Dance Parties for Kids

Make your kids' party swing - get your guests up and dancing!

A Kiwi Kickstart: Karate for Kids and Family Fitness in New Zealand

Sharing a hobby like Karate can create stronger emotional bonds within the family. You'll share experiences and have common goals, fostering a sense of togetherness that's truly precious.

Get your kid to try their hand at angling!

Angling Clubs for Kids

With New Zealand's vast coastline and many rivers, fishing is a great option for most families. Taking your kids angling has many benefits, including providing a chance for bonding, relaxing, and developing an interest in the environment

Aim for the sky! NZ is famous for producing world-class netballers

Netball for Kids

The perfect safe sport for your kids, especially if you have a daughter! Your kids will have a lot of fun playing this derivative of basketball, which focuses more on technique than physical condition.

Gymnastics a Beginner's Guide for Kids

As your child progresses, they'll start mastering fundamental skills like rolls, handstands, cartwheels, and somersaults. Trained coaches will guide them through each step, ensuring safety and proper technique.

Hurdles is a great way to improve your kids' fitness

Athletics for Kids

Get your kids to try athletics sports, they'll surely find one they want to specialise in! From jumping, runnning (long distances or speed), hammer, and many other disciplines, athletics provides a wide set of sports that your kid will love taking part in individually or as a member of a team.

Exciting Drills and Games to Enhance Basketball Skills at Home

Incorporate a touch of Kiwi flair into your backyard or living room with a Kiwi Dribble Relay. Set up a course with cones or household objects that your child needs to navigate while dribbling. Challenge them to complete the course as quickly as possible while maintaining control of the basketball. You can even make it a friendly competition with a Kiwi twist.

PRIMARY SCHOOL SELF DEFENCE LESSONS

People do not react in a certain way unless they have had practice. Practice verbal de-escalation and ways to create or close the distance between a would-be attacker. Or better yet enroll your child in a bullyproof or martial arts program to learn all the skills they need as well as grow in confidence and self-esteem.

How to Encourage Your Child To Practice Their Musical Instrument

There is only one thing more magical than watching an expert musician who is lost in their own craft; that is, being that musician. Become one with an instrument produces a sense of flow, enjoyment, confidence and pure bliss. A musician can lose themselves to something greater than them alone. Which is why you are doing your child a massive favour if you know how to make practice both fun and rewarding. Here’s how to best get your child to practice, without the tears.

Martial Arts for Kids

Let your kids learn self defence while getting fit and having fun! Martial arts is a type of training which was originally designed to help fighters preparing for combat.

Baseball for Kids

If your kids are team sports players who are looking for something new, they might like to try baseball. Baseball can be a fabulous activity for kids with energy to burn. It's a relatively simple game, played with a bat and a ball between two opposing teams. Teams take turns to hit the ball and try to run around a diamond shaped course before the ball is caught and returned by the opposing team. The team with the most 'runs' at the end wins the game.

Yoga For Kids

Calm your kids down with a session of soothing yoga! It is also a great way to get fit and improve your kids’ posture!

Badminton for Kids

Badminton - a growing sport that can be played in the backyard or competitively on the court! Great for fitness and fun and one of the activities for kids that can be enjoyed in the backyard during school holidays and weekends!

MARTIAL ARTS IMPROVE YOUR ATTENTION SPAN

A new study shows that Martial Arts has positive benefits for improving your attention span and alertness. Something in today’s ‘no patience’ society is sorely needed. A large part of Martial Arts training is developing your mental acuity as well as your physical strength.

Plenty of activities are provided at YMCAs!

Ymca for Kids

Let your kids develop their potential while helping the community! The YMCA is a worldwide not for profit association dedicated to helping young and disadvantaged people of all ages to maximise their potential and learn new skills.

A simple cricket set to play in your backyard

Backyard Cricket and Beach Cricket

Looking for something to do on a sunny afternoon? Backyard or beach cricket is a great way to spend an afternoon with family and friends!

Dancing for Kids

Get your kids to start learning dance, and let them find the type they really like. There are many types of dances, from classical, to academic, to contemporary and many more, but they will all help your kids to learn discipline and elegance.

Aquatic Centres for Kids

For fun and fitness why not get your kids to your local aquatic centre this summer? Aquatic centres, sometimes known as leisure centres, are common throughout New Zealand and they provide an opportunity for parents and kids to enjoy a vast array of water based activities for kids from swimming lessons to pool parties. Aquatic centres usually feature a swimming pool as their main attraction and are often a venue for sporting activities such as swimming carnivals and water polo.