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WAGStudio 280MemorialBlvd Registeratwag.ca/studioorcall204.789.1766 Forregistra�onformsandfurtherdetailsat: www.suzukimusicwinnipeg.org Beau�fulhearts,minds,&musicsince1969 Discover your child's potential! *Privateandgrouplessonsincello, violaandviolin *MusicalBeginningsClassfor0-3 yearolds By Jim Timlick for the Free Press It's a dilemma parents struggle with each day — how to decrease the amount of time their child spends in front of a screen and increase the amount of physical activity they participate in. T he Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, a recent study released by Active Healthy Kids Canada, showed Canadian kids in Grades 6-12 spend an average of seven hours and 48 minutes in front of a screen each day. Meanwhile, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology recommends that kids between the ages of five and 17 should be limited to two hours of screen time each day and should participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day. So how do you convince your youngster to put down their smartphone or game controller and get moving? The province's two biggest universities might have the solution. The University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg both offer a number of programs aimed at getting kids more active. The U of W has dramatically increased community-based programming at its downtown campus with the recent opening of its Health & RecPlex, located adjacent to the Duckworth Centre. The year-old facility's community charter guarantees that one-third of all programming must be community-based. Laura Kathler, community sports and recreation program co- ordinator for the Spence Neighbourhood Association, says one of the RecPlex's most popular offerings is Fit Kids Healthy Kids, a program it offers in conjunction with Sport Manitoba. The aim of the program is to help kids between the ages of six and 12 learn the fundamentals of movement including skipping, running and throwing in a non- competitive environment. "The focus is really for kids to work on their basic physical literacy skills," she says. Another popular youth program offered at the U of W is the Winnipeg Youth Football Club, which is run in co-operation with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and several neighbourhood agencies. The 10-week offering is open to Grade 5 and 6 students in the Winnipeg School Division and provides an opportunity for 120 kids to learn about the game and participate in a flag football league. The RecPlex is also the new home for the WSD's inner-city soccer league which operates throughout the winter. Kathler says she expects interest in the league to increase now that all of its games will be played in one central location rather than scattered throughout the city. If your youngster isn't into organized sports, the RecPlex has several other offerings that might be more suited to their interests. The centre offers youth nights every Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in conjunction with the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) and the Islamic Social Services Association. Kids can play hoops, learn to cook or just hang out in a non-structured environment. In addition, the centre offers an indigenous language program which teaches kids Cree, Ojibwa and Anishinaabemowin. There is also a drop- in program organized with the Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg that offers hoop dancing lessons to young women and powwow demonstrations. "A lot of participants are newcomers so it's great to have a program that focuses on indigenous culture and helps bring two different cultures together," Kathler says. Across town at the U of M, the school's Mini University program offers a number of activities for youngsters between the ages of four and 16. One of the U of M's most popular offerings is its aquatics program, which regularly attracts upwards of 1,000 young swimmers each fall and winter. Program director Jay Gamey says what makes the program different is that participants get to learn at their own pace. "We put kids in groups based on their skill sets and they can acquire the skills at their own rate," he says. "We've found the pass/fail model can be very intimidating for many kids." Another popular Mini U offering is its wall climbing club, offered Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings. Gamey says he expects interest in the club to rise significantly since the climbing facility has doubled in size as a result of moving into the university's new Active Living Centre. Mini U offers several other sports programs including hockey skills camps and martial arts. For kids not sure about which sport they want to try there is a sports sampler program which offers a different activity each time out including soccer, basketball, martial arts and yoga. "It allows kids to try things without necessarily having to be great at it. They get a taste of whether they like it or not," Gamey says. For youngsters who aren't interested in organized sports, there is Mini U's youth fitness and conditioning program which focuses on personal fitness and the Movers and Groovers group which focuses on physical literacy skills. 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