The warmer months are upon us, and for many people with children, summer schedules are filling up. Before the season of sun and freedom disappears — and before you can even begin to wonder where it has gone — Life Time is here to help you plan for some regular you time while your kids learn, play, and are entertained.
Every week, Life Time Kids features Parents Night Out events, where your kids can hang out with others their age while taking part in games and activities related to that evening’s theme. There are Tween Takeover events held monthly, too.
“We use Parents Night Out events for much-needed date nights,” says Abby Banks, member at Life Time in Edina, Minn. “Between three kids in numerous activities, work, and other life obligations, it’s a great chance for my husband and I to reconnect. We know our kids are having the best time and being well taken care of at Life Time.”
Life Time families have even become friends thanks to Parents Night Out events. “We also use these nights to meet up with other Life Time parents,” says Banks. “We’ve developed such an amazing community here!”
Learn more about the events and themes taking place in June, July, and August:
| JUNE | |||
| June 3 | June 10 | June 17 | June 24 |
| Surf & Turf | Surf & Turf | Slime Squad | Slime Squad |
| Tween Takeover | Tween Takeover | ||
| JULY | |||
| July 8 | July 15 | July 22 | July 28 |
| Yoga Rave | Yoga Rave | Super Builder Challenge | Super Builder Challenge |
| Tween Takeover | Tween Takeover | ||
| AUGUST | |||
| August 5 | August 12 | August 19 | August 26 |
| Astronaut Training | Astronaut Training | Life Time Laboratory | Life Time Laboratory |
| Tween Takeover | Tween Takeover | ||
Tween Takeover
Ages: 9 to 13 years old
Length: Typically 3 hours
At Tween Takeover nights, kids rule! This time is for your tween to decide what they want to do at their athletic country club: They can play sports, create crafts, challenge one another to a board game, or participate in other fun activities. The space is theirs.
Surf & Turf
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
Surf’s up, dude! Kids will create leis, make sand art, paint paper surf boards with watercolor, design the tallest tower that can hold a beach ball, and play turf games for some island-time fun. Noodle-dance tag, pool-noodle hockey, and parachute games are also featured at this fun luau.
Slime Squad
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
Slime at home? Messy! Slime at Life Time? Bring it on! Send your kids to this slime party where they’ll create custom slime colors and textures in the “science lab.” Younger kids can also enjoy puffy painting while older kids work on abstract designs by pulling strings through paint.
After they’ve made slime and created art, kiddos can chow down on pizza before competing in some awesome gym games such as island-themed dodgeball, submarine and mines dodgeball, and Hula-Hoop freeze tag.
Yoga Rave
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
Want your kids to rave about yoga the same way you do? This event is the perfect opportunity for them to sample the Kids Studio SOL yoga class —in a fun glow-in-the-dark yoga-party setting. Yogis will glow with the flow, wearing glow-in-the-dark bracelets on their arms and legs while an instructor guides them through the yoga sequences.
Super Builder Challenge
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
Does your child have what it takes to compete (all in the name of good fun, of course!)? At the Super Builder Challenge event, kids will be put to the test to race against their friends and the clock in block-building challenges and Minute to Win It-style games. Their accuracy and creativity will be challenged.
After the competition, kids will refuel with a pizza party and if time allows, play robot tag and balance tag in the gym.
If your kids attend and enjoy this event, try your own version of it at home: “Family Activity Night: Super Builder Challenge”
Astronaut Training
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
Calling all astronauts to report to mission control: This event is going to be out of this world! Kids will see if they have what it takes to be an astronaut through activities including building rockets and flying saucers, painting planets and creating art with galaxy chalk, and playing gym games such as “Man from Mars,” “Alien Orbit,” and “Catching Stars.”
Life Time Laboratory
Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours
We’ve developed the formula for fun: challenges, explosions, and pizza! Your kids — who for the night will be scientists — will rotate through three stations where they’re challenged to develop a hypothesis and test their knowledge. Your kids can expect to experiment at science stations with baking soda before heading to the gym for games such as “Unfreeze Tag,” “Robot Tag,” and “Volcanoes and Ice Cream Cones.”
After the event, kids will receive a booklet of experiments to try at home to keep the fun going.
Common FAQs About Kids Events
Tori Limmel, Kids curriculum manager at Life Time, shares answers to commonly asked questions from parents.
Life Time Editorial | What can I expect if I sign my child up for a Life Time Kids event?
Tori Limmel | Each event has a theme, and we build the curriculum around that so there are always fun, new activities for kids to take part in. There are two themes per month, each offered on two different dates. The first two weeks of the month feature the first theme, and the second two weeks, the other. This helps us accommodate family schedules and allows a greater chance for every child to attend every theme if they wish.
Regardless of the theme, every curriculum follows an intentionally designed format: There’s always arts and crafts time, a S.T.E.A.M. project, a gym game or a sports activity — or some combination of those — and then we always serve dinner, which is usually pizza and juice.
Events typically last two to three hours and can accommodate kids ages 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club based on state requirements). Tween Takeover events are generally for kids ages 9 to 13 years old, though that may vary by club as well.
Our Life Time Kids team members go through training before being entrusted with your kids. This training includes CPR training, a child-development course, and a classroom-management course to ensure your kids are in the safest hands.
LTE | When do kids’ events take place?
TL | Kids’ events occur every Saturday. Depending on the club, there may also be additional events on Fridays.
LTE | Do parents need to stay at the club while their child is attending an event?
TL | No. Parents can leave the club or stay on site. Most often, we see parents using this time in the club, whether that be to take a fitness class, use the space and machines on the workout floor, relax in the sauna or steam room, grab a bite to eat in the LifeCafe, or hit the pickleball court with friends.
LTE | Is there a cost to these events? And do you have to be a Life Time member to participate?
TL | All Kids events are included at no cost in Junior Memberships. Your child does need to be on a Life Time Junior Membership to attend the events.
LTE | How do I sign my child up for an event?
TL | Reservations can be made up to 30 days prior to each event. View the schedule on my.lifetime.life or in the Life Time Digital app by clicking “View All Events” and under “Activity,” filtering by “Kids.”
