Vetta Sports offers Kickaroos and Instructional Soccer League classes for kids from age 18 months and up.
Kickaroos is a super fun sports program designed for boys and girls ages 18 months to 6 years. Centered around soccer, Kickaroos promotes physical fitness, coordination, agility, an understanding of sports play and lots of smiles!
Instructional Soccer Leagues (ISL) teaches soccer skills to beginners through advanced players. Players learn to excel at dribbling, kicking, passing and shooting, and have many opportunities to apply their skills and score goals.
Vetta Sports offers Kickaroos at seven locations across the St. Louis metro area with multiple classes offered for all ages. See www.vettasports.com for more information, class schedules and fees. Click for more information
Take your family to watch birds of prey fly right over your head, meet the wonderful bird ambassadors of the World Bird Sanctuary up close and much more.
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There are more than strawberries (but plenty of those too) at this festival! Kids can enjoy carnival rides, a petting farm, pony rides, the children's play area and lots more.
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