Activity program for homeschooled kids
Movement & Health offers homeschooled kids ages 5-12 a variety of experiences in physical education, sports, nutrition, body wellness and related crafts over the course of the 8-week program. The 8-week sessions are typically offered August – May, with a one or two week break between sessions.
Each week includes a different area of focus that is geared to the program’s age range. These may include:
- Basic fitness
- Sports training
- Introduction to a sport
- Stretching fundamentals
- General health
- Yoga and mindfulness
- POUND, a fitness class using drumsticks!
- A related craft may be included in a class.
Session 4: March 24 – May 12
Day & time: Mondays, 11:00 am – noon.
Program fee: $80 for the first child, $40/sibling. Scholarships available for income-eligible families – scholarship form available online or at front desk).
Pre-registration is required for the full 8-week program. Inquiries and registration: please call our front desk at 540-825-0000 or email prfc@culpeperwellness.org. When you register, please alert us to any allergies your child may have.
Parents are welcome to stay during the program. Seating and restrooms are located in our lobby area. If you need to leave, please confirm a contact phone number where you may be reached.
Schedule of activities
March 24: Yoga with Eileen Moore
March 31: POUND fitness class with Karen Irvin
April 7: Bootcamp with Francesca Rojas
April 14: Wellness class with Suzanne Wirtz
April 21: Pickleball with Doug Zemanek
April 28: Basketball with Edson Appleton
May 5: Food for Life cooking with Eileen Moore
May 12: Activity at the Free Clinic of Culpeper with director Tammy LaGraffe. (If clinic parking is full, please part in the UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center lot.)
Photos from our 2024-2025 sessions
Session 1: August-October 2024
Session 2: October – December 2024
Nutrition session! Assembling whole wheat wraps with hummus & veggies and plant-based chocolate mousse with Food for Life instructor Eileen Moore
Session 3: January – March 2025
Our program instructors:
Karen Irvin: A POUND Pro group fitness instructor, Karen is certified to work with all ages from preschoolers to older adults and share the benefits of movement and music. In this fun class combining drumming with fitness, she looks forwarded to teaching kids how to let their inner rock star loose!
Keona Salcedo: Keona is with our parent organization, Culpeper Wellness Foundation, on a year-long internship to manage programming to support community heart health, such as blood pressure screenings, health-focused discussion groups and more. She has a BA in public health and is pursuing a Masters of Public Health.
Eileen Moore: Eileen is a certified yoga teacher and Food for Life instructor. Her experience includes teaching children with special needs and working as a speech pathologist. She also has directed a preschool and owned a business offering art instruction as an after-school activity.
Francesca Rojas: Personal trainer Francesca loves to help people feel good about themselves and assist them with goals such as weight loss and gaining strength. Her training certification included coursework in aerobic fitness, weight training and lifetime fitness and wellness.
Merrill Simpson: Merrill has been a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer for over 20 years. Her classes support heart health, mobility and strengthen with movement set to a high energy soundtrack.
Suzanne Wirtz: Suzanne has managed the nutrition and health portion of our program since it started in 2019 and is a whiz at developing crafts that illustrate wellness in a fun way. Painting with broccoli, anyone?
Rebecca Bennett: Rebecca has been teaching in our tumbling program since early 2022, sharing her love of tumbling with kids as young as 18 months and with intermediate and advanced level tumblers.
Jessica Bottary – The lead attendant for our Kids Corner child care program, Jessica has been working with kids for more than 12 years. She loves doing activities with kids, particularly crafts, and using crafts in support of learning whenever possible.
Doug Zemanek – Doug is an enthusiastic player and ambassador for the game of pickleball who has led youth pickleball programming in the past at PRFC.
Edson Appleton: Edson is a personal trainer and small group fitness trainer at PRFC.