Sunshine Coast Free Activities for Children

Big Folks, Little Folks Drop-In

Gibsons Health Unit
494 South Fletcher
Tuesdays 1-3:30pm
604.886.5600

Sechelt Health Unit
5571 inlet Ave.
Wednesdays 1-3:30pm
604.885.5164

Pender Harbour Health Unit
5066 Francis Peninsula Rd.
Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am
604.883.2764

Community Services Parent-Tot Drop-In (Sliding scale fee)

Gibsons Family Place
464 South Fletcher
Tuesdays 9:30-11:30am
Wednesdays 9:30-11:00am
Thursdays 9:30-11:00am
Fridays 9:30-11:00am
Saturdays, 1^st and 3^rd of the month, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Last Saturday of the month Dad's Drop-In 10:00am - 12:00pm
604.886.1602

Roberts Creek Rainbow Preschool
Mondays 9:00-11:00am
604.885.0163

St. Hilda's Anglican Church
Sechelt
5838 Barnacle
Tuesdays 9:30-11:30am

Community Services, Sechelt
5638 Inlet Ave.
Fridays 9:30am-11:30am
604.885.5881

Halfmoon Bay Community School
Mondays 9:30am-11:30am
604.885.2177

Red Balloon Drop-In Pender Harbour
Serendipity Preschool
Wednesdays 9:30am-11:30am
604.885.2316

Parent-Child Programs

Mother Goose A free, registered program that runs for 10 weeks. It is an experience that focuses on the pleasure and power of using rhyme, songs, and stories together. Age is for birth-5 years. Offered by Community Services 3 times a year on the Sunshine Coast. 604.885.5881

Nobody's Perfect A free provincially funded parenting program for families. Offered by Public Health Nurses and Community Facilitators 3 times a year on the Sunshine Coast, 604.885.5164 or 604.886.5600

School Readiness Program A free program that supports parents in preparing their child for school through song, rhymes, storytelling, learning numbers, A, B, C's, colours and shapes. Children 4 and 5 attend the program with their parent or caregiver. The sessions are held at elementary schools on the Sunshine Coast. For more information contact Kirsten Deasey at 604.740.7949.

Library Programs

Gibsons Public Library Preschool Storytime: 604.886.2130

Sechelt Pubic Library Preschool Storytime and "Bounces and Rhymes" for 0-18m olds, 604.885.3260

Outdoors and Around the Coast

Gibsons
Brothers Park
Dougall Park
Pioneer Park
Winegarden Park

Sechelt
Davis Bay Waterfront and pier
Brookman/Chapmen Park
Hackett Park
Sechelt Marsh - feed the ducks
Snickett Park
Trail Bay Waterfront and pier
Porpoise bay Provincial Park