Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Community Education Services

Exploring, experimenting, building, busting, concocting and creating...We'll do all this and more in this hands-on, indoor/outdoor, try-it-out investigation! Out kid-friendly environment will provide parents and their active learners an opportunity to choose their own adventure and problem solve in a way that is just right for them. Your children will love this unique chance to take a lead in learning; You'll treasure this time to watch their skills and interests unfold! This is a non-separating class.

Children will gather to eat lunch with our early childhood staff, then engage in interesting projects and enrichment activities designed to reinforce skills and knowledge they are learning in preschool. This class is designed for CoF morning or afternoon students on any day that they attend preschool. **Parents MUST send a lunch to school with their student.

Toddlers are natural investigators, and this class is designed to bring out the best of their new found abilities! Weekly age-appropriate explorations will allow them to discover new things in their world, and give you a chance to learn more about how environmental education, science, technology, engineering and math (E-STEM) can be easily incorporated into your toddler’s day. Parents/caregivers will investigate topics surrounding E-STEM learning and loose part play.

Monday mornings have just become prime time for exploring! Join other families of curious kids as we travel here and there and do this and that. Our projects and destinations will be determined by the group, combining time in our environmental learning space with various field trips to support participant interest. **Fees may be charged at field trip venues.NO SIBCARE AVAILABLEClass location: McColl Pond ELC - 13550 Dakota Ave S, Savage

It’s not always easy to get out of the house when you have an infant but this class will make you glad you did! Here you’ll be gifted with 75 minutes of uninterrupted time to bond with baby and build a community of your parenting peers all within a comfortable, supportive environment. While playing, singing and relaxing with your babies, parents will share stories about their baby’s growth and development, discuss strategies for developing healthy eating and sleeping habits, and learn what new research tells us about your baby’s important first experiences.

The world is a “one-derland” of fun when you are one! Everything is new and exciting, and all experiences offer opportunities to learn. Join this non-separating class for helpful strategies to support the transition from baby to toddler from a licensed parent educator, children’s teacher and a group of your peers.

These busy-body babes eagerly experience the world around them with all of their senses, while still desiring a strong connection with their grown-ups to feel secure. Come make connections with others while bonding with your child in a gradually separating and engaging environment. Enjoy the support of a licensed parent educator and children’s teacher in this fun & friendly class.

If family circumstances have prevented your child from participating in a traditional preschool experience, this unique evening class might be just right for you. Specifically designed for children ages 3 to 5, Preschool Express provides a year-long opportunity for children to practice school readiness skills and for the adults in their lives to prepare for the transition to kindergarten. We'll take a gentle approach to separation, with time for parent-child interaction in the fall and winter, and tapering off to independent preschool experience in the spring. All the while, we'll be working on building self-confidence in the classroom setting, pre-literacy and emerging math and science knowledge, social and emotional competence and speech and language development.

Science has something to say about how children grow and develop, but there's definitely an art to creative parenting. Here's your chance to meet up with other parents/caregivers to discuss what's trending in research and explore what might work in your household. While you're investgating evidence-based strategies for boosting your child's physical, emotional and social competence, your little ones will play and discover with a licensed early childhood teacher and staff. Don't forget to register your Circle of Friends preschooler if they will be joining us after their school day. **Sibling care is available for your infant from 6 weeks to 1 year.

For twos, the world is their stage and we are the players. Come explore, engage, and learn about our great big world along with your child. In this gradually separating class, your toddler will feel supported and secure while developing identity and sense of self. A licensed parent educator and children’s teacher, along with your peers, will support your navigation through the growing independence of your child.

For twos and threes, the world is their stage and we are the players. Come explore, engage, and learn about our great big world along with your child. In this gradually separating class, your toddler will feel supported and secure while developing identity and sense of self. A licensed parent educator and children’s teacher, along with your peers, will support your navigation through the growing independence of your child.