Palm Harbor Parks & Recreation | Palm Harbor FL

Winter Camps

First Mate Academy

First Mate CAMP

Campers learn boating and fishing skills needed to assist a Captain and become a good First Mate. Hands on learning includes net and rod casting, boat safety mooring/docking, hooks, knot tying, etc.

Charter Boat Fishing

Experience two days of charter fishing. Targeted species include snook, redfish, trout, sharks and more. 4 campers per boat with USCG Charter Captains. Cancellation after 12/15 will forfeit all camp payment. Bring sack lunch, water, hat, sunscreen and water shoes.

Cooking and Baking

Cooking CAMP

There’s always something good cooking in Chef Dan’s kitchen! Campers will learn to prep, chop, cook and clean up too!

Holiday Cookie Bake

It’s time to bake up some holiday magic! Take home delicious holiday cookies to share with family & friends.

Baseball

Jimmy the BAt

Improve your fundamental baseball skills in the 4th annual JTB Holiday Baseball Camp. Learn all facets of the game. A competitive camp tournament will be played throughout the week. Camp meets Thur, Fri, Sat, Mon & Tues. All campers get a t-shirt!

Arts

Paint Like Bob Ross

Our certified Bob Ross instructor will be helping campers create a beautiful acrylic canvas masterpiece. A perfect time to give the happy trees, mountains and clouds that Bob loved to someone they love. All supplies included. Enroll by 12/20.

Dancing Princess Camp

Make your child’s holiday even more magical by letting them experience camp as a dancing princess. The week includes crafts, snacks and perfecting a dance by the end of the week! Wear dance clothes & shoes.

Mobile STEM Academy

Exploration Station

Dive into a day of marine biology, unlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt, unleash your creativity with coding and robots and master the art of building a rollercoaster – all brought to you by Mobile Stem Academy. Enroll by 12/23.

Extend the day

Wrap around camp

Enrolling in an on-site Winter Camp and prefer full-day supervision? Enroll in our Wrap Around Camp priced per day. Jimmy The Bat Camp would require parental transportation to and from the Centre.

Activities and classes

First Mate Boating Academy

Welcome to First Mate Boating Academy. Our professional fishing guides will teach you the boating and fishing skills required to become a valuable USCG Charter Captain’s assistant and a good First Mate. Our program takes students from beginner to intermediate and advanced levels, and they will earn certificates that reflect their progress. they will learn important skills such as boat preparation, launch, and mooring, catching and rigging live bait, rod casting, fish location, boating safety, and marine terminology. Safety and conservation are our top priorities, and we’re committed to ensuring that learning is fun.

Bring: Water bottle.

Paint Like Bob Ross-In One DAy

These workshops will teach the Bob Ross style wet-on-wet oil painting by a certified Ross® Instructor who will provide Bob Ross® certified tools and materials and lead you step by step to create “happy little trees, clouds and mountains”. All levels welcome to learn that there are no great mysteries to painting. At the end of the workshop, go home with a frame-ready painting that you never thought possible, created by your own heart and hands. (Under 13 with parental participation)

Wellness Lifestyle Coaching

Take part in an affordable, short-term, solution-focused personal coach to better manage life crises, family relationships, and work adjustments. Our Lifestyle Coach has 60 years of personal and professional experience in Wellness Lifestyle development. The first consultation is free.

Guitar Lessons

Don’t let your acoustic guitar gather dust in a corner any longer! It’s time to pick it up and start making music with your loved ones. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced guitarist, these lessons are designed to inspire you and help you have fun while you learn. To get started, simply purchase the Hal Leonard Guitar Book 1 on Amazon and bring your acoustic guitar (sorry, no electric guitars allowed) to class. Our instructor will be happy to help you choose the right size guitar if needed. Don’t wait any longer, sign up now to start your journey in January!

Private Voice Lessons

Unleash the full potential of your voice with the guidance of a professional performer and opera singer. No matter what your style is, you can achieve amazing singing technique. And for the young music enthusiasts, the lessons will be a fun-filled journey with added perks like ear training, music reading and writing, and singing songs. Join a nurturing learning environment catered towards unleashing your natural talent. Register now for four 30-minute lessons and get ready to elevate your singing to the next level with one of the best teachers around.

Dance

Mini's Dance

Our emerging dancers can expect to learn basic ballet and tap through beginning steps mixed in with games that will reinforce steps, terminology, rhythm and a whole lot of fun!

Girls Attire: Dance leotard and tights, ballet skirt optional, ballet and tap shoes. Boys Attire: White or black plain t-shirt, exercise or dance pants, ballet and tap shoes.

Beginning Ballet

A perfect class for both experienced and students new to ballet. Review basic ballet steps and build on those concepts to enter more complex arrangements. Learn the musicality, expression and art of ballet.

Girls Attire: Black or pink leotard, ballet tights, ballet skirt optional, pink ballet shoes, hair pulled back in ponytail or bun. Boys Attire: White or black plain t-shirt, black exercise or dance pants, black, white or beige ballet shoes.

Ballet I

Appropriate for new and experienced dance students. Class focus will be on center and across-the-floor work, technique, form of ballet steps, and terminology.

Girls Attire: Black or pink leotard, ballet tights, optional dance skirts, pink ballet shoes. Boys Attire: White or black plain t-shirt, black exercise or dance pants, black, white or beige ballet shoes.

Private Ballet Lessons

Hone and polish your ballet skills with attentive instruction from a teacher with more than 10 years of experience in ballet and training from the Royal Academy of Dance.
This is the perfect opportunity for students looking to move further into the dance world and get a jump on foundational techniques.

Beginning Tap/Jazz

A split class of both Tap & Jazz where focus will be on beginner concepts and then build on them to create longer variations. Emphasis will be on keeping polished steps, clean sounds in tap and appreciation of modern, jazz and tap styles.

Girls Attire: Black leggings and plain shirts, black, white or beige jazz shoes, black tap shoes. Boys Attire: Plain t-shirt, black exercise or dance pants, black, white or beige jazz shoes, black tap shoes.

Tap/Jazz I

Class welcomes both new and experienced dance students. Dancers will move into more advanced and complex jazz steps with work on improving existing skills. Building on existing steps to create new combinations and polish techniques.

Girls Attire: Black leggings and plain shirts, black, white or beige jazz shoes, black tap shoes,. Hair pulled back in bun or ponytail. Boys Attire: Black exercise or dance pants, plain shirt, black, white or beige jazz shoes.

Homeschool Ballet

For both experienced and those new to ballet. Review basic steps and terminology building on concepts and introducing more complex arrangements. Experience barre exercises, floor combinations, musicality, expression and appreciation of the art of ballet.

Girls’ Attire: Black or pink leotard, ballet tights, ballet skirt optional, and pink ballet shoes. Boy’s Attire: White or black plain t-shirt, black exercise or dance pants, black, white or beige ballet shoes.

Homeschool Jazz/Tap

Focus on beginner concepts and build into longer variations. Emphasis on this split class will be polished steps, clean sounds, and appreciation of modern and class jazz and tap styles.

Girls Attire: Black leggings and plain shirts, white or beige jazz shoes, black tap shoes. Boys Attire: Black exercise or dance pants, plain shirt and black, white or beige jazz shoes. Black tap shoes.

Youth Classes