- November 1, 2024
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If you heard music and drove through bubbles in the UTC parking lot on Wednesday morning, it’s because there were a bunch of toddlers partying on the Green.
UTC Kids Club: Gameland is an interactive hour long playdate every fourth Wednesday of the month from 9-10 a.m. before it gets too hot to play outside. The series targets the preschool crowd. It began in February and runs year round.
It was another fun day June 28 as Lakewood Ranch resident Prescott Delk kept taking swings at a Tee Ball, while Palm Air resident Andrew Mullen dunked on the bean bag baskets.
About 80 kids, parents and grandparents attended the mega playdate. With 10 play stations set up around the Green at UTC, the bigger, more active kids wore themselves out with mini golf, Tee Ball and basketball.
For the less mobile crawlers, there was a maze set up with ball pits in between tunnels. Other stations included whack-a-mole and magnet fishing.
Sarasota resident Pat Gmerek babysits her grandson Maverick Cressy, who lives in Lakewood Ranch, on Wednesdays.
“I usually bring him to the Brats Club at 1 p.m. (at Nathan Benderson Park), so this is a little something extra to tire him out,” Gmerek said.