25 Things
to do with kids
BEFORE AGE 5
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BY HEATHER VAN MIL
We polled families across the
Lower Mainland and combined
it with our own experience
to bring you this list of 25
Must-Do’s with your kids:
1. Maplewood Farm,
NORTH VANCOUVER
(www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca): Learn how
to milk a cow, pet a goat and so much
more with their hands-on fun.
2. Deer Lake Park, BURNABY
(www.burnaby.ca): Pack a picnic, rent a
rowboat, paddleboat or kayak and see how
many turtles and dragonflies you can spot.
3. Lynn Valley Ecology Center,
NORTH VANCOUVER
(www.dnv.org/ecology): Great weekly
and special event programming to get kids
into and learning about the amazing
natural world that surrounds us.
4. Stanley Park, VANCOUVER
(www.vancouver.ca): Rent a bike, ride
the miniature train and take a splash in
the pool or ocean – there is no end to
the family fun to be had.
5. Public Transit, LOWER MAINLAND
(www.translink.ca): A fun afternoon can be
passed hopping from the seabus, to the skytrain
to the bus to explor H