TickiKids Guide: Summer Activities for Kids and Youth in Dubai

Published 11 August 2023 at 04:04

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Dubai, with its scorching summers, may seem like a challenging place for kids to enjoy any activities. However, the city offers a plethora of exciting options to keep the little ones entertained during the summer months. One popular activity is visiting the various water parks scattered across Dubai, such as Wild Wadi Waterpark or Aquaventure Waterpark. These parks boast thrilling slides, lazy rivers, and wave pools, ensuring hours of fun under the sun.

For those seeking indoor adventures, Dubai has numerous entertainment centers like KidZania or Magic Planet. These venues offer a range of activities, including role-playing, arcade games, and even virtual reality experiences.

And, what’s more important, Dubai has plenty of enriching activities so kids can start a new hobby, decide what sport they would like to do, and just have a good time. 

In this article, we cover some of the best places to enroll your kids for the summertime (and the whole year too!) in Dubai.

Rhythmic Gymnastics by PIROUETTE Club

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Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, and dance, all performed with various handheld apparatus such as ribbons, hoops, balls, and clubs. Engaging in rhythmic gymnastics offers numerous benefits for participants. Fitness and flexibility, body awareness and control, creativity and artistic expression, discipline, and perseverance - this beautiful sport helps children create the best version of themselves. 

Residents of Dubai are particularly lucky as the first professional training center of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Club PIROUETTE has opened here.

This unique project combines professional training, innovative methodologies, and comfortable conditions for sportsmen. 

Since 2010, PIROUETTE has been a successful rhythmic gymnastics school network in Russia and the UAE since 2022. Over 30 Pirouette centers have helped develop the potential and talents of many youngsters, and over 1,000 parents trust our experience and professionalism.

Firstly, the venue of the club is specially created to meet the needs of the gymnasts: the area of over 500 square meters with a 9-meter-high ceiling has everything and even more for the kids’ successful training (and parents’ relaxed pastime).

PIROUETTE is not only a training center but also an organizer of rhythmic gymnastics tournaments. More than 30,000 athletes from around the world have already participated in the international tournaments organized by the club - and your kids can train and participate in international cups and tournaments! 

The coaches here are the champions of international tournaments with specialized education and extensive work experience. Moreover, the club constantly invites top athletes to conduct masterclasses at the venue. For example, Olympic champion Vera Biryukova will hold a unique master class in September!

Apart from classes for children, PIROUETTE also offers classes for adults and developmental activities for the youngest participants. 

PIROUETTE is a talent pool for future champions who train under the guidance of renowned world, European and Olympic champions. Your children's names can also be written in the world history of rhythmic gymnastics, so do not hesitate to enroll your kids in the club! 

Contacts: +971 58 550 2360, pirouette.uae@gmail.com.

Socials: Instagram, YouTube.

Location: 45 4th St Al Quoz, Al Quoz Industrial Area 3, Dubai.

Coding with CodeMonkey

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Coding skills are highly sought after in today's digital world, opening up a wide range of career opportunities for those who excel in this field. So, we, as responsible parents, need to help our children learn this skill as soon as possible. 

Learning coding at a young age has numerous benefits for kids. It enhances problem-solving skills and critical thinking abilities. By understanding the logic behind coding, kids learn to break down complex problems into smaller, manageable parts. Also, coding fosters creativity and innovation. It allows children to think outside the box and come up with unique solutions. 

There is no need in taking additional introductory courses or having prior experience with coding to succeed with this platform and numerous courses that it offers. 

The game-based and project-based courses are designed in such a way that even 8-year-olds can comprehend the concepts of coding (Statements & Arguments, Objects, Loops, Variables, Arrays, Functions, Conditions) and use text-based coding to solve puzzles and create their own games. 

The coding languages used in the projects are CoffeeScript (language with easy syntax similar to JavaScript) and Python. 

The curriculum of the platform offers step-by-step guidance that walks users through each stage of the process in a series of levels or challenges. In addition to the projects and courses, CodeMonkey offers a selection of resources that may come in handy.  

CodeMonkey shows that learning to code can be both enriching and entertaining and your kids have a possibility to try and test it with the help of a trial lesson. Sign up for a free trial now and build your kids’ future-proof skills now!

Age: 5+.

Timing: Mon-Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm.

Contacts: info@codemonkey.com.

Socials: Facebook, Instagram.

Fees: check the website for the actual prices.

Location: online.

Insidious Escape Room: Best Horror in Dubai

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Whatever you say, it's much harder to find the right activity for teenagers than it is for 6-10-year-olds. Teenagers are much more discerning, it is more difficult to interest them and tear them away from the screens of smartphones. However, there is a way out! If your child likes watching horror films, there is a place in Dubai where they can test their stress resistance and imagine themselves in the shoes of the main characters of the film.

Now they can challenge themselves and experience the ultimate thrill at Insidious Escape Room, where the horror of their favorite movies comes to life! 

The best escape room in Dubai and a heart-stopping adventure offer a truly terrifying experience for horror enthusiasts. With spine-chilling decor and real actors whose acting will make one’s skin crawl, everyone will be pushed to their limits. But if the visitors of the escape room will have the courage and determination to solve the puzzles and unlock the secrets, they just might survive. Unlike other escape rooms, Insidious immerses the participants of the quest in a world of genuine terror. 

The rule is simple: the participant has 60 minutes to solve the mysteries of the escape room. 

Of course, this quest will be accompanied by numerous tests, scare tests, and interventions from the heroes of various horror films. With a cool head and nerves of steel, your teen can handle all tasks and find the exit so offer them to try their problem-solving skills to the test!

Age: 15+.

Fees: 

• 2 players: 250 AED + 5% VAT Per Person;
• 3 - 4 players: 200 AED + 5% VAT Per Person;
• 5+ players: 170 AED + 5% VAT Per Person.

Contacts: WhatsApp, insidiousescaperoom@gmail.com.

Socials: Instagram, TikTok.

Location: Insidious Escape Room, Detroit Rd, Motor City, 3rd Floor, 301, Dubai.