Find fun after-school recreation, keeping your kids engaged, active, and entertained with opportunities for physical exercise, social interaction, and skill development. These fun and diverse activities not only help burn off energy but also promote healthy habits, teamwork, and confidence, ensuring that kids are constantly learning and growing, no matter the season.
Kickin' It Indoors
Fitchburg is home to two martial arts studios that offer classes for youths and adults. Empower Martial Arts offers classes for children from 4-13+. Their structured classes are meant to help develop coordination, physical fitness, mental strength, as well as gain valuable social skills. Adult classes are also available.
Infinity Martial Arts also offers classes for children and adults. Their mission is to empower kids and families through modern and dynamic martial arts instruction, incorporating leadership development, and a curriculum driven by excellence, accountability, and professionalism. Kids' Martial Arts classes are helping students build the best blend of mental, physical, and emotional skills. We work hard to help every child find success. Adult Martial Arts classes offer the best blend of traditional self-defense skills and total-body fitness training. Visit their website for more information on classes available!
Goldfish Swim School
If you're looking for lessons, Fitchburg has a swim school that will keep your kids swimming all year long. Goldfish Swim School's learn-to-swim facility welcomes aspiring swimmers ages 4-12. Their proven curriculum emphasizes step-by-step development and flexible scheduling options, with a pool heated to 90 degrees, making it feel like a tropical oasis! If you're not sure what class your child needs, they offer an online swim assessment to help. Family swim time is also available, letting you spend time in the pool together. If you’re not enrolled in Goldfish Swim School, Family Swim sessions are open to the public and are also a great way to get your feet wet. Explore their fun, safe, tropical facilities and get a glimpse of the experiences they create for our students and their families.
Aspiring Musicians
For the past 18 years, musicians of all ages and abilities have turned to Madison Music Foundry to develop their skills. Their spacious facility was designed and built for musicians, with a focus on the particular uses of rehearsal and recording. Madison Music Foundry believes private music instruction works best with extra learning opportunities. They provide a number of extra performance activities at no additional cost to students, including student jams and recitals. You can choose from in-person or online learning in guitar, voice, drums, bass, brass, woodwinds, and more.
The Foundry also has professional spaces for musicians looking to rehearse and record. Each band rehearsal studio includes a drum set, bass amp, 2 guitar amps, PA system, 3 mics, 2 music stands, and a keyboard. Bands are welcome to bring in their own equipment, as well. Visit their website for more info on all of the services available!
Growing Gymnasts
Achieve Gymnastics Center is a great recreational outlet for kids to stay active while developing strength, flexibility, coordination, balance, and discipline. Coaches at AGC understand how valuable these lifelong skills are, and strive to help young gymnasts grow their skills while having an amazing experience! Senior coaches there have many years of experience teaching gymnastics, and through their training program, they make sure junior coaches are ready and able to provide the same high quality coaching to students.
Classes are available for kids as young as 18 months old, to 18 years old, as well as advanced classes and workshops. You can browse their full class and schedule, open gym times, get pricing information, and register on their website.
Gymfinity is another great option to keep kids active and healthy. What started as a gymnastics only club has evolved into a muti-sport venue with gymnastics, trampoline, tumbling, and ninja warrior programs. Gymfinity has programs for every child, from the toddler to the teen, with a system that is developmental and progressive, whether children aspire to competition or not. They believe that children in their program have an opportunity to learn physically, mentally, emotionally and socially at every developmental step.
