Rec Plus provides school-age childcare for children in grades K-6, at neighborhood recreation centers. Children must have completed Kindergarten for summer. Children must be 12 and under.
Rec Plus provides school-age childcare for children in grades K-6, at recreation centers. Rec Plus operates before school, after school, school release days, and summer. Children are required to be at least 5 years old, no older than 12 years old and have completed kindergarten to enroll in summer Rec Plus.
REC PLUS REGISTRATION available locations are listed below. If a site or waitlist is at capacity it will not be listed.
All contracts will remain in pending status (waitlist) until contracts are accepted, no registration is guaranteed due to the volume received. All contracts (noted waitlist or not) are considered waitlist until accepted.
Please do not make two different parent accounts for siblings for the site location. They will not link together if not on same parent account. Siblings that are registered within 30 minutes of each other at same location on same account will get sibling preference if space allows.
Rec Plus new client registration dates follow a priority registration period for currently enrolled school year families. Due to this, some sites may go right to a waitlist when registration opens to new clients.
Prior to registration opening, see Preview of Registration for helpful hints.
For FAQ, please see the link at the bottom of any Eleyo page or click here.
Summer 2025
Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm, June 16-August 22, 2025*
*Rec Plus is closed for summer holidays on June 19 and July 4.
25 day minimum requirement.
New clients are any clients who are not currently enrolled in 2024-25 School Year Rec Plus.
School Year 2025-2026
Registration Steps:
This process is for equity purposes due to conditional answers on remaining questions of the contract request.
Two day per week minimum requirement.
The MPS bus zones can be found here. School Year MPS bus zone variances available are: Cityview School to Webber Rec Plus, Hiawatha/Howe Schools to Sibley Rec Plus, Kenny School to Lynnhurst Rec Plus, Loring School to Webber Rec Plus, Pillsbury to Audubon Rec Plus. Please check with MPS transportation to confirm this.
Rec Plus is able to enroll children from citywide MPS Magnet Schools (and private/charter schools) with a school end time between 2:00-3:00pm at the following afternoon Rec Plus sites: Audubon, Armatage, Harrison, Lynnhurst, Matthews, Sibley, Webber and Windom NE.
The following are suggested pairings for MPS Magnet Schools with early dismissal times:
School Release Days (SRD) are available only for currently enrolled school year participants. Details regarding 2025-2026 SRDs, including dates available for care, will be released by August 1st, 2025.
*Rec Plus is closed for school year holidays on Sept 2, Nov 27th & 28th, Dec 25th, Jan 1st &19th, Feb16th and May 25th. SRD care is not offered on these holidays.
The MPRB Weather Policy is under review for 2025 -2025 school year.
There is a contract fee of $30 per season per child; (school year and summer). This fee is non-refundable and charged at acceptance of your contract. See the Rec Plus Participant Handbook for all procedures: www.minneapolisparks.org/recplushandbook.
For questions email recplus@minneapolisparks.org or call 612-230-6498
Waitlists do not carry over from year to year. You must re-apply each season if you are on the waitlist. If you are no longer interested being on the waitlist, please withdraw your contract.
Eleyo account balance must be up to date to submit a registration request.
