1. Cheering on Local Youth

The Frisco ISD school district offers town residents aged 60 and over a $25 gold card. These gold cards allow seniors to attend home athletic games and fine arts events throughout the school year.

The events vary widely and offer sports games for middle school through high school, including golf, football, baseball, swimming and diving. This gives you the double opportunity to enjoy live sports games and support local kids by cheering them on.

The schools also offer the chance to attend regularly scheduled dance, band, choir and orchestra events. Check the district calendar to discover the show dates for theatrical performances by the drama clubs.

2. Bird-Watching

You can scale birding to suit your time and abilities. It can be as simple as setting up a bird feeder. There are many, especially hummingbird nectar feeders, that can be attached directly to your window and allow you to study the tiny creatures up close.

However, you can also take birding on the road, visiting nearby parks and walking trails to let you spot species from different habitats, including plains and forested areas.

To help you learn how to identify native birds and take part in their conservation, consider joining meetings held by the Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society. Most meetings are available in person and by Zoom and are free to the public.

3. Social Dancing

Dancing is so beneficial to your health that it's used to treat Parkinson's. Beyond the physical and mental benefits of dance, there are also social and emotional bonuses to the recreational activity.

Here in Frisco, seniors can visit the Grove to join the dance club, which meets weekly to learn swing, ballroom, country and line dances. The senior center is less than 10 minutes from our assisted living community, and members pay $20 for four lessons a month in their preferred genre.

4. Community Theater

Going out to a play lets you witness many classic stories redone in the vision of local artists. The live performances offer an evening of excitement, and if you want to be more than an audience member, you can inquire about joining a future production.

Getting involved in theaters, such as Theatre Frisco, offers seniors the chance to flex their creativity and put their abilities to use. From ushering to set designing and costume repair, most community theaters rely on volunteers to help them bring the show to life.

5. Singing

Singing and taking part in musical activities can reduce stress and boost your mood. Studies have also shown singing regularly improves breath control and lung function for individuals with COPD and asthma. This improvement can translate into easier breathing while completing daily activities and tasks.

The venues for singing as a senior are quite diverse. Besides singing for fun in your apartment or shower, you can check out businesses here in town to see if they hold or will start karaoke nights.

Our residents can join in and host sing-alongs with their neighbors here in Bethesda Gardens Frisco. They may even wish to join a local choir or form their own barbershop quartet with friends.

6. Outdoor Recreation

Frisco Parks and Recreation maintains multiple natural areas ideal for reaping the benefits of sunshine and fresh air. The city notes five areas perfect for viewing and photographing bluebonnets and other native blossoms throughout the growing season.

Fishers also have nine places to cast their lines, including stocked ponds at the Warren Sports Complex, Frisco Commons Park and Northeast Community Park. An annual Trick-a-Trout event offers grandparents the chance to get their grandchildren hooked on the pastime so they can share the experience together.

You can also access the walking trails, baseball training tunnels and bicycle routes maintained by the city. Many clubs, including the Shawnee Trail Cycling Club, offer intergenerational opportunities to connect with other outdoor enthusiasts.

7. Arts and Culture

Cultural opportunities are plentiful locally, thanks to many art galleries and the Frisco Heritage Center. Besides joining guided walking tours that showcase historical buildings and the pioneers who lived in them, the center offers changing museum exhibits and mobile planetarium events.

Other walking tours in the city give you the chance to strap on your shoes and get your daily steps in while learning interesting historical facts through art and architecture throughout the city.

For the musically inclined, the city hosts many concerts over the course of the year, including Music in the Chamber. From January until June, Frisco residents can pay $10 to listen to monthly concerts in a professionally designed space ideal for acoustics.