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September 2019
Kindermusik Wiggle and Grow (18- 36 months)
Wiggle and Grow is a super-fun, music-filled learning experience. In these 45-minute classes, young children enjoy singing, dancing, and instrument-play activities that are designed to promote cognitive development, encourage social skills like sharing and turn-taking, and cultivate early literacy skills. Wiggle and Grow classes offer monthly enrollment and a year’s worth of exciting 4-week sessions, each with its own theme. Bring the learning home with physical home materials that include a book and CD with all of the lyric songs.…
Find out more »Pickering Brew and BBQ Fest
The Pickering Brew and BBQ Fest will be the best street party in the east side. Great Music, Great BBQ and Great Beer! The 1st Annual Pickering Brew and BBQ Fest will showcase fine craft beers and delectable BBQ cuisine from across the GTA. If you love beer and tasty grilled foods you can’t ask for a better place to be on September 21st! The festival will bring Craft Beer and BBQ lovers together for the last HOORAH of the…
Find out more »Picks & Giggles
Have you heard about Durham Region's Largest Mom to Mom Trade Show? Picks And Giggles will be in Oshawa at Kingsway College from 9am-1pm with over 90 booths to shop from!
Find out more »Bippity Boppity Princess Tea Party
Come one, come all! Prince Charming invites each and every princess to attend this year's royal Bippity Boppity Tea Party. Queens from our favourite Happily Ever Afters will meet and greet each princess upon arrival. Make sure to snap a photo with your favourite Princess and try on the glass slipper before the train departs! VIP guests will have the opportunity to join the Fairy Godmother during a special story time, complete with a gift fit for a Princess, and…
Find out more »PA Days at Earthbound Kids
Earthbound Kids offers year round PA Day & Holiday Day Camp programs for kids 4 to 12 years of age. Our popular Saddle Club program for kids 6-12 years is a great opportunity for kids to learn to ride and care for horses, more experienced young riders have a chance to improve their skills while everyone has fun with friends in the fresh outdoors. Our Treetop PA Day programs offer a great well rounded day for kids 4 to 12…
Find out more »ZUMBINI Classes!
The Prefect way to bond and have fun with your children! Registration is now OPEN for our Fall session of family musical fun! 12 weekly, 45-minute classes which include songs, rhythmic rhymes, movement, dance and instrument play. Designed for caregivers and children aged 0-4, these activities are presented as informal, non-performance-oriented musical experiences--developmentally appropriate for children and easy for parents and caregivers--regardless of their own musical ability. Just come, have fun all while bonding with your child and meeting other…
Find out more »Archaeology Day
The Oshawa Museum and Trent University Durham are inviting archaeology enthusiasts, archaeology newbies, curious kids and even Indiana Jones fans down for an afternoon of discovery. Join us for lectures and hands-on activities! Event date: September 28 Time: 12-3pm Location: Trent University Durham
Find out more »October 2019
Fall Celebration Train Rides
If you enjoy the fall season, what better way to appreciate all it has to offer than from the comfort of a classic heated 1950’s heritage car! The Fall Celebration Trains will run on Saturday October 5th and Saturday October 12th, and on Sunday October 6th and October 13th. The train travels though the Oak Ridges Moraine, an ecologically important landform that you can view just outside your window. View the beautiful forests and captivating fall colors (all depending on…
Find out more »Sunday FUNday – We DIG Archaeology!
Interact with artefacts from Oshawa's Ancestral Wendat archaeological sites at our Sunday FUNday! Found in 1967 and 1992 these excavations have provided us a link to Oshawa's pre-history. Learn about tools of the trade, dating techniques and put together clay pots! View artefacts on display from past digs at the Museum. Sunday FUNdays are held on the first Sunday of the month. Admission is free and allows you to interact with Museum staff and its collection. 12—4 pm in the…
Find out more »Halloween Train Rides
Put on your costumes and join us for a spooktacular heritage train ride with on-board entertainment! The Halloween Trains will be running on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th. Children 12 and under in costume ride for only $3.99! (Maximum of 2 children per adult.) (Select ‘Child Wearing A Costume’ during seat selection.) The Heritage Train does allow for full wheelchair accessibility to the train. This popular ride sells out quickly so be sure to book early to avoid…
Find out more »Earth Run and Fall Festival
The Rouge is home to many historic and significant travel paths. Indigenous peoples used these paths since time immemorial, running from community to community delivering messages, for protection, for ritual and for sport. Then, and now, Indigenous athletes are considered masters of distance running, and are counted among the most esteemed runners in Canadian history. In celebration of this proud and enduring legacy of Indigenous athleticism, Rouge National Urban Park invites visitors to reconnect with nature and follow in the…
Find out more »Pumpkinville
Free admission! This fall event has been a community favourite for years. Activities include horse-drawn wagon rides, pumpkin patch, inflatable rides, haunted house, face painting, children’s activities, live entertainment, interactive experiences and more.
Find out more »Wizards Festival & Hallows Express Train Ride
This weekend festival brings to life the Wizarding World filled with interactive shows, potions classes, maze, magic shows, and workshops on how to defend yourself against the Dark Enemy. That skill will be particularly useful as the fun continues for premium ticket holders on the Hallows Express, where a journey to GOODWOODORA Prison reveals two evil wizards are hatching an escape plan. It’s up to the train passengers and the professors on board to help the ministry secretly transport these…
Find out more »Fright at the Museum
Fright! is a 'spooktacular' event. Get the kids ready in their best costume and join us for a night of hauntings. Experience Uxbridge's History like never before in the dead of night. This year's theme is a Masquerade Ball! Details to come Family appropriate, some scary content.
Find out more »November 2019
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE! Join us for this magical trip where York-Durham Heritage Railway will be providing service to the North Pole onboard THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride this holiday season. The magical story comes to life starting in our enchanted Christmas tent with a magical tree lighting followed with the train one hour t round-trip train ride to the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, with singers and dancers passengers will relive the…
Find out more »Santa Train
All Aboard with Santa! We have received news from the North Pole that Santa will be joining us on our decorated and heated heritage train. This popular train ride is a great family holiday experience. On-board entertainment keeps everyone occupied while waiting for Santa's arrival. Have your wish list ready to share with him when he visits children big and small at their seats. Complete your trip with a gift for each child. Why not create a new family tradition…
Find out more »March 2020
March Break at Earthbound Kids
Get out on the farm for the March Break! Earthbound Kids offers full week and single day programs for kids 4 to 12 years of age. Our Saddle Club program for kids 6-12 years is a great opportunity for kids to learn to ride and care for horses, more experienced young riders have a chance to improve their skills while everyone has fun with friends in the fresh outdoors. Our Treetop March Break program offers a well rounded day for…
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