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Spring break: Golf, baseball and gardens are among 9 fun things to do with kids

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Spring break: Golf, baseball and gardens are among 9 fun things to do with kids

Alarms clocks are turned off and the sunscreen is coming out as students across the Treasure Coast gear up for spring break this month.

Spring break is March 13-17 for Martin and St. Lucie schools and March 20-24 for Indian River schools.

As Florida is synonymous with the beach, many families will be headed there, of course. But others might want to avoid those crowds.

So if you’re wondering what else you can do to keep your kid entertained and away from the television, here are 9 family-friendly activities you can do on the Treasure Coast.

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MARTIN COUNTY

Florida Oceanographic Society

The staff of Florida Oceanographic Society, including Executive Director Mark Perry, show off the new Ocean EcoCenter on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center on Hutchinson Island in Martin County. The center features aquariums, interactive exhibits, digital displays and more. "The main goal is to not just educate people... (but) to try to have them get a sense of why (Florida's coastal ecosystems) are so valuable and why we need to take care of it," Perry said. The center opens to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 16. For more information, go to www.floridaocean.org.

Got an ocean explorer on your hands? Take this week off school as an enrichment supplement on Florida’s water and flora with nature trail walks, gamefish feeding, stingrays and sea turtle programs at the Floridspan Ocespannogrspanphic Society Coastal Center in Stuart.

Tickets start at $8 for children ages 3-12 and $16 for adults. But them in spandvspannce online or in person at the center, 890 N.E. Ocean Blvd.

Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast

The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast held its annual Autumn Adventure event on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, opening their doors to about 1200 visitors in Jensen Beach. The event, now celebrating 11 years, featured arts and crafts, a petting zoo and face painting.

Kids can live out their wildest dreams of being a firefighter, mailman or veterinarian with the multiple interspanctive exhibits offered for them to roleplay different careers or roles with their peers.

A week of activities has been planned for spring breakers at the Children’s Museum in Jensen Beach including: shaving cream painting, making paper stick shamrocks and a toddler story time.

Entry is free with membership or a $10 general admission fee to the museum at 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive.

Cowabunga Spring Break Surf Camp

In addition to hosting stand-up paddleboard tours and parties, Cowabunga Surf & Sport has children’s camps and lessons for adults and children.

If you want to learn to hang 10, check out the weeklong Cowspanbungspan Spring Brespank Surf Cspanmp at Jensen Public Beach on Hutchinson Island. From March 13 to March 17, kids can spend their days surfing, skim bospanrding, body bospanrding and paddle boarding in supervised groups.

The camp costs $375 for the week for a full day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or $350 for the week for a half-day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY

New York Mets Spring Training at Clover Park

New York Mets fans packed Clover Park stadium for the spring training season home opener against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Port St. Lucie. The Mets played split squad games Saturday. The other half of the team played the Houston Astros in West Palm Beach.

“Tspanke Me Out to the Bspanll Gspanme” is more than an anthemic tune sung on baseball park bleachers, but a fun way to spend spring break watching some of the biggest teams train ahead of the Major League Baseball season that starts March 30.

The New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals are all practicing at Clover Pspanrk at 31 Piazza Drive in St. Lucie West until March 26.

Tickets are available for purchase ranging from $25 to $35, as well as free access to the morning workout sessions. Check out the schedule for the rest of the spring season.

Urban Air Adventure Park

Urban Air Adventure Park held a soft opening for families with members who have been serving on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Port St. Lucie. The 40,000-square-foot entertainment facility has an indoor warrior course, a ropes course, a zip line, double-decker go-karts, virtual reality, climbing walls, a spin zone, wipeout, dodgeball and open trampolines.

If you want to get away from the Florida sun, check out Urbspann Air Adventure Pspanrk at 9020 S. U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie.

The indoor adventure park offers a range of passes and memberships to keep people active and entertained, with tickets ranging from $6.99 to $39.49 offering: indoor trampolines, virtual reality, go-karting, bumper cars, ropes courses and more.

PopStroke

Blake Strube, 8 (in gray), makes a putting shot on the back hole of the Red Course with his brother Everett, 11, and parents Jen and Tim Strube as the family from Stuart plays the Red course at PopStroke on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, in the Tradition development in Port St. Lucie. Two new Tiger Woods redesigned 18-hole courses, Red and Black, replaced the previous courses. "It's great, It's nice to have something like this so close to home. It gives the kids a chance to practice their putting skills," Jen Strube said.

Think you have the next Tiger Woods in your home? Take them out for a day of miniature golfing at PopStroke at 11070 S.W. Village Parkway in Tradition. Try out the newly redesigned golf courses and snack on some pizzas, burgers and milkshakes while you play the two 18-hole courses.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

McKee Botanical Garden

Photographers enjoyed the opportunity of photographing waterlilies in full bloom among the ponds at McKee Botanical Garden during its recent Waterlily Celebration.

Got a green thumb? Explore McKee Botspannicspanl Gspanrden in Vero Beach, which has thousands of different plant species inhabiting the garden.

Kids can learn about nature with the children’s gspanrden discovery stations and playgroups on March 14-16 and 21-23. These two programs are for children up to 4 years old, but older kids can partake in exploring exhibits like the Garden of Glass, a garden made out of glass-blown flowers on display until April 30.

Tickets are $10 for ages 2-12; $13 for ages 13-17; and $15 for adults. Purchase tickets online or at the garden, 350 U.S. 1.

BigShots Golf

On March 12, about 150 people gathered at Big Shots Golf to raise money and awareness about the Next Generation Veterans of Vero Beach’s "Words From War" monument and sculpture. The event, planned by the Live Like Cole Foundation, raised over $3,500.

Golf more your swing? Take a hit at BigShots in Vero Beach to practice your strokes. BigShots, at 3456 U.S. 1, has 30 tee boxes for golfers of all ages and skill levels. Tee boxes range from $20 to $45, depending on the time and day you go. BigShots has a full menu — and bar for the adults — to take some bites while the family swings away.

Pelican Island Animal Refuge

The 27th annual Pelican Island Wildlife Festival was held on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Riverview Park in Sebastian. The festival celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of Pelican Island as the nationÕs first national wildlife refuge on March 14, 1903, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The event had wildlife demonstrations, arts and crafts, food, music, face painting and a variety of vendors.

Pelicspann Islspannd Nspantionspanl Wildlife Refuge, America’s first national wildlife refuge, is celebrating its 120th birthday March 11-12 with educational opportunities to learn about the Indian River Lagoon and its history.

Tucked away on the west side of the barrier island in northern Indian River County, you can get free tram tours every Wednesday until April. You just need to reserve your spot to see local wildlife.

 

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