Indoor Places to Play with Your Young Child:

Whitney KinderGym

Tuesdays       9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Thursdays      9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Fridays            9:00 – 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Ages: 2-5 years
Cost: $2.00 for first child and $1.00 for each additional child
Contact: Call the Whitney Center Gym at 255-7277 for more information
Description: Spend quality time with your child while they exercise and develop the use of their gross motor skills. This will be a parent supervised time, meaning each child will need to be accompanied by an adult at all times. Feel free to bring any "indoor" toys suitable for use on a gymnasium floor. Some play equipment will be provided.

Northcrest Open Gym

Wednesdays  11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Saturdays          8:30 a.m. –  9:30 a.m.
Ages: preschool
Cost: $5.00
Contact: call North Crest at 320-251-3416

Open Gym at St. Josephs School in Waite Park

Saturdays      12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Sundays         12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Contact: 251-4741  ext. 1 by noon on Friday to reserve a time
Description: The gym at the St. Joseph School is made available for everyone to use.  Great for exercise, basketball, birthday parties, and family events.

Play Time at Lake George Municipal Complex

Monday – Friday       8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Ages:  9 – 24 months
Cost: FREE
Contact: Call Marci at 257-5952
Description: As fall and winter nears are you looking for a place where you and your child can play and interact with others? Stop down at Lake George Municipal Complex and see our preschool room. We have a room available of games, legos, books and much more. Please check in at the reception window.

On-going Activities 2008-2009

Becker Community Center:

Description of activities: Kids Play – parents and children open gym time, skating, swimming

Website: http://www.beckercommunitycenter.com/

Community Education:

Description of activities: Family activities, crafts, sports lessons, etc.

ROCORI

Website: http://www.rocori.k12.mn.us/

Sartell

Website: https://ssl.dwebsite.com/secure2/ce_sartellststephen/php/public.php

Sauk Rapids - Rice

Website:http://www.isd47.org/communityeducation/communityeducation/index.php

St. Cloud

Website: http://isd742.org/communityed/

Early Childhood Family Education:

Description of activities: Open gym, family recreation, A Place to Play, weekend gym, Parent/Child education times, Super Saturdays with Dad

St. Cloud Area Schools:

Website: http://isd742.org/roosevelt.html

Sauk Rapids/Rice Public Schools:

Website:http://www.isd47.org/communityeducation/earlychildhood
familyprograms/index.php

ROCORI:

Website: http://www.rocori.k12.mn.us/%7Ehilsgens/ecfe/index.htm

Becker:

Website:http://www.becker.k12.mn.us/education/dept/dept.php?

sectionid=209&sc_id=1188453664

Great River Regional Library:

Description of activities: Preschool and toddler story time, tuck me in tales

Website: http://www.griver.org/

North Crest Gymnastics, Dance, and Cheer:

Description of activities: open gym, preschool open gym

Website:http://www.northcrestgym.com/North%20Crest%2007/North%20
Crest%20Pages/PNO-OpenGym.html

St. Cloud Recreation:

Description of activities: Lake George Municipal Complex activities, Kindergym, open swim, story time

 Website: http://www.ci.stcloud.mn.us/Rec/eventscalendar.html

St. Cloud Area YMCA:

Description of activities: Preschool play group, swimming lessons

Contact: 253-2664 or email socialservices@scymca.org

Website: http://www.scymca.org/modules.php?mod=Pages&page_id=41