Delano Community Education

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> Birth-12 months 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 permanent friendships are made here–come for yourself as much as for your baby. We sing, learn, laugh, connect and share! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px 'Arial Narrow'}

It’s time to relax, talk, and enjoy a cup of coffee with other parents. Sponsored by Delano ECFE/School Readiness and Wright County Human Services, the goal of these classes is to improve parent-child relationships by working toward acceptance and encouragement. A licensed educator leads the parent discussion while a trained childcare provider leads the children in learning activities. You may attend one or all of the sessions. Pre-registration for childcare is required. NOTE: Free Sibling Childcare available for families attending class! In order to have sufficient providers available, children must be registered in advance. Sign up online for a monthly spot for you in class and for childcare for your child if needed. Please only sign up for the weeks you will be attending. SIBLING CARE: If sibling care is full, there is a question during registration where you can request sibling care and we will contact you if we're able to add staffing to accommodate your child(ren)!

Series 1: Take Back your Time! It’s a new year and what better time to learn to manage your time better! This mini series will focus on time management techniques to find more of those precious hours of the day. The series will also focus on how to teach others, including children of all ages how to manage their time and tasks. A licensed educator leads the parent discussion while the class actively participates in techniques and tricks to take back your time. #1302-W1 Series 2: Emotions! Happy, Sad, and In-between Do you know how to recognize and handle your emotions? Do you know how to teach emotional regulation to your kids or others in your life? Social emotional wellness is the foundation of every day activities. This series will focus on learning to recognition your own emotions, how to handle unwanted emotions and increase positive emotions, and teach others including children how to regulate their emotions. A licensed educator leads the parent discussion while the class actively participates in self discovery activities for improved social emotional wellness. #1302-W2

> 31-47 Months Do you wonder if your child will be ready for preschool in the fall? Are you thinking it would be nice to try it out early and see? This class will allow you to drop off your younger preschooler to check it out. Children need to be nearly toilet trained to fully toilet trained. A parent/adult only class will be offered during the same time, for your convenience or in case you need to stay close for your child. You may be contacted to assist with toileting needs. Snack will be provided by the program. If your child has food allergies, please bring their snack each week. Note: In order to register for this class you must also participate in either the Tuesday morning or evening class.

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> 13-30 months This class will have the goal of eventually separating for half of the class time: allowing parents to discuss topics in the conference room with other parents and the parent educator, and enabling children to learn to separate and play with the classroom teacher, paraprofessional and their peers. Classroom activities include parent/toddler table top 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 learn, engage and explore with your child. Snack time will be offered with parents volunteering to bring in store bought snacks each week.