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For parents looking to bolster their young onesB次元官网网址� imaginations, I Want to Be Play Drop in Play and Sensory Centre at 1610 Island Hwy. in View Royal is a great place to take your kids for an afternoon of fun. Kids between the ages of one to 10 can drop in and play at one of 13 stations, which include a food truck, market, construction site, house, theatre and hospital, as well as a sandbox and mud kitchen.
The 3,000-square-foot centre, which officially opened in mid-November, also offers a sensory room and augmented reality box, which is one of the firsts of its kind in B.C.
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The centre also hosts birthday parties, family courses and family disco nights. I Want To Be is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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For children who favour the arts, The Rising B次元官网网址� Victoria Centre for Circus Arts offers a unique range of circus-style classes for those who arenB次元官网网址檛 afraid of heights.
Moving from Victoria to the West Shore and officially opening on Dec. 17, the facility offers aerial and acrobatic classes for toddlers aged two years old to adults. There are parent and toddlers classes, while those four years and older will have the chance to work with instructors and learn aerial silk, aerial hoop, lollipop lyra, trapeze, and circus ground-based acrobatic work in the roughly 2,600-square-foot space in Langford.
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The Rising Circus also offers circus-themed parties and corporate team building workshops. It is located at 140-1047 Langford Pkwy. For more information visit
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