Delano Community Education - Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/courses2024-03-28T20:29:04-05:00NEW! Thursday Time with Tikeshttp://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1474/2024-winter-spring—1/new-thursday-time-with-tikes2024-01-22T00:00:00-06:00<p>This<strong> mixed-aged class for p</strong><strong>arents/caregivers</strong> and children will stay together the entire time while engaged with learning games, art, pretend play, and group circle time with a fun variety of activities and more! Come explore, play, learn, and connect with others in one of our ECFE classrooms. Several of the weeks will also have parenting discussions based on the interests of the group while the children play with their peers and other ECFE staff members.</p><p> <span style="background-color: rgb(253, 234, 218);">A snack time will be offered with parents/caregivers volunteering to bring in individual/packaged store-bought snacks each week.</span></p>Daddy & Me: Decorate FLower Pots and Plantinghttp://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1431/2024-winter-spring—1/daddy-me-decorate-flower-pots-and-planting2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>ages 2 1/2 – 5 years</strong></p><p>Join us for a fun evening of painting, planting, and playing! Fathers and children will plant and decorate a flower pot just in time for Mother’s Day. After the flower pots are finished, children are invited to make a Mother’s Day card and play with classroom toys. A perfect night of Daddy & Me bonding or a great way to make a Mother’s Day present! </p><p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Wear painting clothes.</span></strong></p>Family Play Time! (Non-separating)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1438/2024-winter-spring—1/family-play-time-non-separating2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>For ages 1–5 years</strong></p><p>This class is for busy families wanting to connect with their children through play and fun. Parents and children will enjoy learning activities, crafts, sensory play, and teacher-led circle time with music and games. We will end our time in the gym or large motor room for big-body play.</p><p>Come to play, learn, and connect with other families. Sign up for one, several, or all six weeks.</p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(184, 204, 228);"><strong>Note</strong>: </span>There may be weeks where you will meet at a park instead of the classroom, weather permitting.</p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><strong>REGISTRATION NOTE</strong>:</span> Must register online to attend. Please register all members of your family that will be attending.</p><p><strong>The deadline to register is Thursday the week before the class. Note: A minimum of registrations will be required to hold these evening events, if not met, sessions will be canceled. </strong></p><p>Teacher: Camille McMillan</p>New! ECFE Outdoor Nature Class (Parent and Child)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1442/2024-winter-spring—1/new-ecfe-outdoor-nature-class-parent-and-child2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>2.6 years + plus with a parent/caregiver</strong></p><p>Forest Time: Explore the great outdoors with your child</p><p>The natural world is a giant, open-ended learning laboratory. Children are innate scientists and love to experience the sights, scents, sounds, and textures of the outdoors. Nature provides countless opportunities for discovery, creativity, problem-solving, and STEM education. In nature, children think, question, and make hypotheses — thereby developing inquisitive minds. Come join this class with your child and learn about the “Sense of Wonder” through your child’s eyes by being outside and surrounded by nature. Every week there will be a variety of planned interactive outdoor activities for you and your child. The instructor, Maggie Olson, has a master’s in environmental education, with extensive experience in planning outdoor education experiences for young children.</p><p>Classes will be held at Lake Rebecca, so come dressed for the outdoors. </p><p><strong>Meets weekly at Lake Rebecca Playground</strong></p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">** Please note, there is no childcare available for siblings, we apologize for the misprint in the brochure.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(251, 213, 181);"></span></strong></p>Wonderful Ones & Twos (gradually separating)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1411/2024-winter-spring—1/wonderful-ones-twos-gradually-separating2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>A</strong><strong>ges 13-30 months | </strong></p><p><strong></strong><em>Wonderful Ones & Twos</em> </p><p>This class is a gradually separating class where parents (or caregivers) can interact with their children and experience a classroom environment. Classroom activities include parent/ toddler tabletop games and manipulatives, sensory experiences, circle time, and creative play all designed to meet the growing needs of the curious one- and two-year-old. Come to learn, engage, and explore with your child. A snack time will be offered with parents volunteering to bring in individual/packaged store-bought snacks each week.</p><hr><p>Sibling care is available - sign-up during registration!</p>FREE! Baby & Me (non-separating)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1436/2024-winter-spring—1/free-baby-me-non-separating2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong></strong><strong>Ages 0-13 months | </strong>Come and join other parents and enjoy time with your new baby. Spend the entire class together, engaged in sensory, language, and literacy, movement/exercise activities, and a licensed parent-educator-led discussion. Many lifelong friendships are made here. Come for yourself as much as for your baby. We sing, learn, laugh, connect and share!</p><hr><p>Sibling care is available -- sign-up during registration!</p>FREE! Coffee Connectionhttp://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1443/2024-winter-spring—1/free-coffee-connection2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p>FREE! Coffee Connection</p><p>It’s time to relax, talk, and enjoy a cup of coffee with other parents!</p><p>The goal of these classes is to improve parent-child relationships by working toward acceptance and encouragement. Activities will include parent education, games, hands-on activities, parent discussion, and parenting sharing. A licensed educator leads the parent discussion, while trained childcare personnel lead the children in learning/play activities. Sponsored by Delano ECFE/School Readiness, Wright County Human Services, and a Delano-Loretto United Way grant.</p><p><strong>Pre-registration for childcare is required. Childcare is Free for participants attending the class, but space is limited.</strong></p>Terrific Twos & Threes (separating)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1435/2024-winter-spring—1/terrific-twos-threes-separating2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>For ages 31-47 months</strong></p><p>In the classroom parents and their two- and three-year-old children will enjoy parent/child playtime, structured learning activities, teacher-led circle time for the children and parents, and a separate parent discussion time. While the parents meet in a separate room, the children’s room activities include a snack, large muscle play, dramatic play, music, art, fingerplays, stories, and time with playmates! Snack time will be offered with parents volunteering to bring in individually packaged store-bought snacks each week.</p>FREE! ECFE ANNUAL TOUCH-A-TRUCK VEHICLE FAIRhttp://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1446/2024-winter-spring—1/free-ecfe-annual-touch-a-truck-vehicle-fair2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong></strong><strong>Calling all vehicle lovers!!! </strong></p><p><strong></strong>Come and join us outside at the Delano Central Park Parking Lot, where there will be a variety of service vehicles (squad car, ambulance, fire truck, city vehicles, etc.) to touch and explore. Other surprises have also been planned.</p><p>This is the ECFE’s Statewide Program’s 50th Anniversary! Come celebrate this huge program milestone with us at this event!!!</p><p>We will again have the ‘Brick Oven Bus’ food truck and the ‘What’s the Scoop’ ice cream truck on-site for you to purchase food, beverages, and desserts.</p><p>Free will donations will be accepted. All donations will benefit the Delano Community Education Center Playground renewal fund.</p><p><strong>Saturday, May 4 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm} Free</strong></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Register your family online so we know you are coming!</span></p><p>Delano Central Park Parking Lot (across the street from the splash/pad/municipal baseball field, with parking on the street for families)</p>Wild Wednesdays (non-separating)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1439/2024-winter-spring—1/wild-wednesdays-non-separating2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>For ages 2.0 years to kindergarten</strong></p><p>This class is for the whole family! Each week will feature a variety of learning activities based on a theme. Each theme will address an important developmental aspect for young children. For example, creative arts, music, and movement, exploring science and nature, constructive building, language and literacy, early mathematics, and sensory experiences. Come to this class to start your day and learn the benefits of play-based learning with your children.</p><p>If you also have a younger sibling (13 mo-2.0 years) you may call the office to register them to attend if space is available.</p>Practice Preschool (child only)http://delano.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/1440/2024-winter-spring—1/practice-preschool-child-only2023-12-11T06:00:00-06:00<p><strong>Ages 2 ½ to 4 ½ years</strong></p><p>Children have a chance to try preschool one day a week! Parents drop off children at the beginning of class and pick them up at the end. While your child is here, they will learn to stand in line, sit at circle time, practice being away from home, and ask a teacher for help when needed. Your child will make new friends and practice social skills in a group setting. The class will have choice time (sensory, fine motor activities, sorting games, puzzles, art mediums, manipulatives, math games, and science experiments), circle time, snack time, use of the large motor room, and storytime. Snacks provided. Participants must be fully toilet trained. (Question template needed to be filled out when registering for this class)</p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><strong>*Note: To participate in this class, you must also register/attend one of the following classes:</strong></span></p><p>Terrific 2s & 3s on Tuesdays </p><p>Wild Wednesdays </p><p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Note: Children must be fully toilet trained.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"></span></strong></p>