What: We are gathering together to teach our children to work as a team, develop strength, perseverance, good sportsmanship and friendships through physical activity. We start with a warm up exercise routine that will help the children build strength and balance.  It is really fun to see how much they improve over the school year.  After the warm up, we do structured activities for about 45 minutes.  Afterwards we have optional free play.

Some examples of things we have done in the past: Relay races, obstacle courses, “Toxic River”, “Barbarians”, “Steal the Bacon”, crab soccer, jump rope, and four-square.  We have also spent time playing games and doing drills to work on specific skills such as improving reaction time, learning how to pass a volleyball, hand-eye coordination, etc.

Parents take turns organizing/planning/leading the activities.  If you don’t feel equipped to take that on, you will not be alone, I will help you through it.  I can send you ideas and instructions and come alongside you as you lead the activity.  This is not a drop off class.  Parents will be supervising and assisting their children as needed.

Who: ACHEV members Pk-12 years.   This co-op can include all ages.  We currently have a group of elementary students formed and we have room for lots more, so please consider joining us.  We also have a small group of preschoolers and we are planning special activities for a separate preschool group at the same time.  If you have high school students, we can absolutely coordinate something structured for them.  It could be a fitness class, a sport, field games, or maybe even a running group – it’s a big park with not too much traffic and good sidewalks.

This co-op aims to be a commitment for the school year as opposed to a “drop-in” program.  If you’re curious, but would like to try it out first, please feel free to come for a couple sessions and see if it’s something you can commit to for the rest of the year.  We also invite students to join the group at any time in the year.  

The dates for the whole school year are printed below and all dates are also on the ACHEV calendar, all are on Friday mornings.  We will meet at Pitts Ranch Park  (Camarillo).   Please email or text Bonnie Adair 805-504-6457 bonnieadair@verizon.net if you are interested in joining us.   We need to know how many children will be present in order to help with activity planning.  Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Sept 18

October 2, 16, 30

November 13

December 4, 11

January 15, 29

February 12, 26

March 12, 19

April 2, 16

May 7, 21